2 Kings 17:25-27

Legacy Standard Bible

²⁵ Now it happened at the beginning of their settlement there, that they ^(A)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.”

²⁷ Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, “Take there one of the priests whom you took away into ^[a]exile and let ^[b]him go and live there; and let him instruct them the custom of the god of the land.”