2 Kings 17:27

Modern English Version

Then the king of Assyria commanded, “Escort back one of the priests whom you exiled from there and let him go and dwell there. Let him teach them the law of the god of the land.”

Cross References

1 Kings 12:31

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

1 Kings 13:2

He cried against the altar by the word of the Lord and said, “O altar, altar, thus says the Lord: ‘Behold, a child named Josiah will be born in the house of David, and he will sacrifice upon you the priests of the high places who burn incense on you, and these men’s bones shall be burned upon you.’ ”

2 Kings 17:26

So they said to the king of Assyria, “The nations which you have exiled and settled in the cities of Samaria do not know the law of the god of the land. Therefore He has sent lions among them; they are killing them, because they do not know the requirements of the god of the land.”

2 Kings 17:28

Then one of the priests whom they had exiled from Samaria came and lived in Bethel. He taught them how they should fear the Lord.

2 Chronicles 11:15

And he set for himself priests for the high places and for the goat and calf idols that he made.

Ezra 7:25

“You, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your God who empowers you, appoint magistrates and judges to judge all the people of the province Beyond the River, all those who know the laws of your God and those who do not, whom you must teach.

Judges 17:13

Then Micah said, “Now I know that the Lord will do good for me, for I have a Levite to be my priest.”