2 Kings 17:27

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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.”

Cross References

1 Kings 12:31

Jeroboam built small places of worship at the shrines and appointed men who were not from the tribe of Levi to serve as priests.

2 Kings 17:26

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.”

2 Kings 17:28

One of the Israelite priests was chosen to go back to Israel. He lived in Bethel and taught the people how to worship the LORD.

2 Chronicles 11:15

Jeroboam chose his own priests to serve at the local shrines in Israel and at the places of worship where he had set up statues of goat-demons and of calves.

Ezra 7:25

Ezra, use the wisdom God has given you and choose officials and leaders to govern the people of Western Province. These leaders should know God's laws and have them taught to anyone who doesn't know them.

Judges 17:13

Micah said, “I have a Levite as my own priest. Now I know that the LORD will be kind to me.”