2 Kings 17:26-28

Good News Translation

²⁶ The emperor of Assyria was told that the people he had settled in the cities of Samaria did not know the law of the god of that land, and so the god had sent lions, which were killing them. ²⁷ So the emperor commanded: “Send back one of the priests we brought as prisoners; have him^[a] go back and live there, in order to teach the people the law of the god of that land.” ²⁸ So an Israelite priest who had been deported from Samaria went and lived in Bethel, where he taught the people how to worship the Lord.