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2 Kings 17:22-24
New International Reader's Version
2 Kings 17:22-24
New International Reader's Version
22 The Israelites were stubborn. They continued to commit all the sins Jeroboam had committed. They didn’t turn away from them. 23 So the Lord removed them from his land. That’s what he had warned them he would do. He had given that warning through all his servants the prophets. So the people of Israel were taken away from their country. They were forced to go to Assyria. And that’s where they still are.
Assyria Makes Other People Live in Samaria
24 The king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Kuthah, Avva, Hamath and Sepharvaim. He made all of them live in the towns of Samaria. They took the place of the people of Israel. They lived in all the towns of Samaria.
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