2 Kings 17:24-26

Legacy Standard Bible

Exiled Men in the Cities of Samaria

^24 (A)And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon and from Cuthah and from ^[a](B)Avva and from ^(C)Hamath and Sepharvaim, and settled them in the cities of Samaria in place of the sons of Israel. So they possessed Samaria and lived in its cities. ²⁵ Now it happened at the beginning of their settlement there, that they ^(D)did not fear Yahweh; therefore Yahweh sent lions among them which were killing them. ²⁶ So they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, “The nations whom you have taken away into exile and settled in the cities of Samaria do not know the custom of the god of the land; so he has sent lions among them, and behold, they are putting them to death because they do not know the custom of the god of the land.”