2 Kings 17:27Wycliffe's Bible with Modern SpellingSoothly the king of Assyrians commanded, and said, Lead ye thither one of the priests, which ye brought as prisoners from thence, that he go, and dwell with them, and teach them the lawful things of God of the land. See the chapter |
And he cried out against the altar, by the word of the Lord, and said, Altar! altar! the Lord saith these things, Lo! a son, Josiah by name, shall be born to the house of David; and he shall offer upon thee the priests of high things, the which burn now incense in thee, and he shall burn the bones of men upon thee.
And it was told to the king of Assyrians, and was said, The folks which thou hast translated or brought over, and madest to dwell in the cities of Samaria, know not the lawful things of [the] God of the land; and the Lord hath sent lions into them, and lo! those [or they] slay them; for they know not the custom of [the] God of the land.