2 Kings 17:27 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

²⁷ Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry thither one of the priests whom ye brought from thence; and let them go and dwell there, and let him teach them the manner of the God of the land.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁷ Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry thither one of the priests whom ye brought from thence; and let them go and dwell there, and let him teach them the manner of the God of the land.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁷ Then the king of Assyria commanded, Take to Samaria one of the priests you brought from there, and let him [and his helpers] go and live there and let him teach the people the law of the God of the land.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁷ Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry thither one of the priests whom ye brought from thence; and let them go and dwell there, and let him teach them the law of the god of the land.

Common English Bible

²⁷ So Assyria’s king commanded, “Return one of the priests that you exiled from there. He should go back and live there. He should teach them the religious practices of the local god.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁷ Then the king of the Assyrians commanded, saying: "Lead to that place one of the priests, whom you brought as a captive from there. And let him go and live with them. And let him teach them the ordinances of the God of the land."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁷ And the king of the Assyrians commanded, saying: Carry thither one of the priests whom you brought from thence captive. And let him go, and dwell with them: and let him teach them the ordinances of the God of the land.

2 Kings 17:27 Cross References

1 Kings 12:31

And he made houses of high places, and made priests from among all the people, which were not of the sons of Levi.

1 Kings 13:2

And he cried against the altar by the word of the LORD, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the LORD: Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he sacrifice the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall they burn upon thee.

2 Kings 17:26

Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations which thou hast carried away, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner of the God of the land: therefore he hath sent lions among them, and, behold, they slay them, because they know not the manner of the God of the land.

2 Kings 17:28

So one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelt in Beth-el, and taught them how they should fear the LORD.

2 Chronicles 11:15

and he appointed him priests for the high places, and for the he-goats, and for the calves which he had made.

Ezra 7:25

And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God that is in thine hand, appoint magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people that are beyond the river, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye him that knoweth them not.

Judges 17:13

Then said Micah, Now know I that the LORD will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest.