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2 Kings 17:24-26
Lexham English Bible
2 Kings 17:24-26
Lexham English Bible
Israel Repopulated with Foreign Captives
24 The king of Assyria brought from Babylonia, from Cush, from Arva, from Hamath, and Sepharvaim, and he settled them in the cities of Samaria in place of the Israelites,[a] so they took possession of Samaria and lived in her cities. 25 It happened that when they began living there, they did not fear Yahweh, so Yahweh sent lions among them, and they were killing them.[b] 26 So they said to the king of Assyria, “The nations whom you deported and settled in the cities of Samaria do not know the customs of the God of the land, so he sent lions among them, and now they are killing them because they do not know the customs of the God of the land.”
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- 2 Kings 17:24 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- 2 Kings 17:25 Leviticus 26:22 warns that non-belief will result in attacks from wild animals.
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