2 Kings 17:27 - The Scriptures 1998

²⁷ And the sovereign of Ashshur commanded, saying, “Send one of the priests whom you exiled from there, to go there. Let him go and dwell there, and let him teach them the right-ruling of the Elohim 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."

2 Kings 17:27 Cross References

1 Kings 12:31

And he made the house of high places, and made priests from all sorts of people, who were not of the sons of Lĕ

1 Kings 13:2

And he cried out against the altar by the word of יהוה, and said, “O altar, altar! Thus said יהוה, ‘See, a son is to be born to the house of Dawiḏ

2 Kings 17:26

And they spoke to the sovereign of Ashshur, saying, “The nations whom you have removed and placed in the cities of Shomeron do not know the right-ruling of the Elohim of the land. And He has sent lions among them, and see, they are slaying among them because they do not know the right-ruling of the Elohim of the land.”

2 Kings 17:28

And one of the priests whom they had exiled from Shomeron came and dwelt in Bĕ

2 Chronicles 11:15

as he appointed for himself priests for the high places, and for goats, and the calf idols which he had made.

Ezra 7:25

And you, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your Elah that is in your hand, appoint magistrates and judges to judge all the people who are beyond the River, all such as know the laws of your Elah. And teach those who do not know them.

Judges 17:13

And Miḵ