2 Kings 17:26

Contemporary English Version 1995

A messenger told the king of Assyria, “The people you moved to Israel don't know how to worship the god of that country. So he sent lions that have attacked and killed some of them.”

Cross References

Amos 8:14

You made promises to the goddess Ashimah at Samaria; you made vows to other gods at the shrines of Dan and Beersheba. So now you will fall and never get up.

2 Kings 17:27

The king replied, “Get one of the Israelite priests we brought here and send him back to Israel. He can live there and teach them about the god of that country.”

1 Samuel 10:25

Samuel explained the rights and duties of a king and wrote them all in a book. He put the book in one of the shrines where the Lord was worshiped. Then Samuel sent everyone home.

1 Samuel 8:9

Do everything they ask, but warn them and tell them how a king will treat them.

2 Kings 17:25

At first these people did not worship the Lord, so he sent lions to attack them, and the lions killed some of them.