2 Kings 17:27

English Standard Version 2016

Then the king of Assyria commanded, “Send there one of the priests whom you carried away from there, and let him go and dwell there and teach them the law of the god of the land.”

Cross References

2 Chronicles 11:15

and he appointed his own priests for the high places and for the goat idols and for the calves that he had made.

1 Kings 13:2

And the man cried against the altar by the word of the Lord and said, “O altar, altar, thus says the Lord: ‘Behold, a son shall be born to the house of David, Josiah by name, and he shall sacrifice on you the priests of the high places who make offerings on you, and human bones shall be burned on you.’”

1 Kings 12:31

He also made temples on high places and appointed priests from among all the people, who were not of the Levites.

Judges 17:13

Then Micah said, “Now I know that the Lord will prosper me, because I have a Levite as priest.”

2 Kings 17:26

So the king of Assyria was told, “The nations that you have carried away and placed in the cities of Samaria do not know the law of the god of the land. Therefore he has sent lions among them, and behold, they are killing them, because they do not know the law of the god of the land.”

2 Kings 17:28

So one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and lived in Bethel and taught them how they should fear the Lord.

Ezra 7:25

“And you, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your God that is in your hand, appoint magistrates and judges who may judge all the people in the province Beyond the River, all such as know the laws of your God. And those who do not know them, you shall teach.