2 Kings 17:27

New King James Version

Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, “Send there one of the priests whom you brought from there; let him go and dwell there, and let him teach them the rituals of the God of the land.”

Cross References

2 Chronicles 11:15

Then he appointed for himself priests for the high places, for the demons, and the calf idols which he had made.

1 Kings 13:2

Then he cried out against the altar by the word of the Lord, and said, “O altar, altar! Thus says the Lord: ‘Behold, a child, Josiah by name, shall be born to the house of David; and on you he shall sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense on you, and men’s bones shall be burned on you.’ ”

1 Kings 12:31

He made shrines on the high places, and made priests from every class of people, who were not of the sons of Levi.

Judges 17:13

Then Micah said, “Now I know that the Lord will be good to me, since I have a Levite as priest!”

2 Kings 17:26

So they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, “The nations whom you have removed and placed in the cities of Samaria do not know the rituals of the God of the land; therefore He has sent lions among them, and indeed, they are killing them because they do not know the rituals of the God of the land.”

2 Kings 17:28

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

Ezra 7:25

And you, Ezra, according to your God-given wisdom, set magistrates and judges who may judge all the people who are in the region beyond the River, all such as know the laws of your God; and teach those who do not know them.