2 Kings 17:27

New American Bible - revised edition

The king of Assyria gave the order, “Send back some of the priests you deported, to go there and settle, to teach them the proper worship of the god of the land.”

Cross References

1 Kings 12:31

He also built temples on the high places and made priests from among the common people who were not Levites. Divine Disapproval.

1 Kings 13:2

He cried out against the altar by the word of the Lord: “Altar, altar, thus says the Lord: A child shall be born to the house of David, Josiah by name, who shall slaughter upon you the priests of the high places who burn incense upon you, and they shall burn human bones upon you.”

2 Kings 17:26

A report reached the king of Assyria: “The nations you deported and settled in the cities of Samaria do not know the proper worship of the god of the land, so he has sent lions among them that are killing them, since they do not know the law of the god of the land.”

2 Kings 17:28

So one of the priests who had been deported from Samaria returned and settled in Bethel, and began to teach them how to venerate the Lord.

2 Chronicles 11:15

In their place, he himself appointed priests for the high places as well as for the satyrs and calves he had made.

Ezra 7:25

“As for you, Ezra, in accordance with the wisdom of your God which is in your possession, appoint magistrates and judges to administer justice to all the people in West-of-Euphrates, to all, that is, who know the laws of your God. Instruct those who do not know these laws.

Judges 17:13

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