2 Kings 17:27

New English Translation

So the king of Assyria ordered, “Take back one of the priests whom you deported from there. He must settle there and teach them the requirements of the God of the land.”

Cross References

1 Kings 12:31

He built temples on the high places and appointed as priests people who were not Levites.

1 Kings 13:2

With the authority of the Lord he cried out against the altar, “O altar, altar! This is what the Lord says, ‘Look, a son named Josiah will be born to the Davidic dynasty. He will sacrifice on you the priests of the high places who offer sacrifices on you. Human bones will be burned on you.’”

2 Kings 17:26

The king of Assyria was told, “The nations whom you deported and settled in the cities of Samaria do not know the requirements of the God of the land, so he has sent lions among them. They are killing the people because they do not know the requirements of the God of the land.”

2 Kings 17:28

So one of the priests whom they had deported from Samaria went back and settled in Bethel. He taught them how to worship the Lord.

2 Chronicles 11:15

Jeroboam appointed his own priests to serve at the worship centers and to lead in the worship of the goat idols and calf idols he had made.

Ezra 7:25

“Now you, Ezra, in keeping with the wisdom of your God which you possess, appoint judges and court officials who can arbitrate cases on behalf of all the people who are in Trans-Euphrates who know the laws of your God. Those who do not know this law should be taught.

Judges 17:13

Micah said, “Now I know God will make me rich, because I have this Levite as my priest.”