2 Kings 17:27

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 11:15

And he made to himself priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for the calves which he had made.

1 Kings 13:2

And he cried out against the altar in the word of the Lord, and said: O Altar, Altar, thus saith the Lord: Behold, a child shall be born to the house of David, Josias by name. And he shall immolate upon thee the priests of the high places, who now burn incense upon thee: and he shall burn men's bones upon thee.

1 Kings 12:31

And he made temples in the high places, and priests of the lowest of the people, who were not of the sons of Levi.

Judges 17:13

Now I know God will do me good, since I have a priest of the race of the Levites.

2 Kings 17:26

And it was told the king of the Assyrians, and it was said: The nations which thou hast removed, and made to dwell in the cities of Samaria know not the ordinances of the God of the land. And the Lord hath sent lions among them: and, behold, they kill them, because they know not the manner of the God of the land.

2 Kings 17:28

So one of the priests who had been carried away captive from Samaria, came and dwelt in Bethel; and taught them how they should worship the Lord.

Ezra 7:25

And thou Esdras, according to the wisdom of thy God, which is in thy hand, appoint judges and magistrates, that may judge all the people that is beyond the river, that is for them who know the law of thy God. Yea and the ignorant teach ye freely.