2 Kings 17:25-27

New American Standard Bible 1995

²⁵ At the beginning of their living there, they ^(A)did not fear the Lord; therefore the Lord sent lions among them which killed some of them. ²⁶ So they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, “The nations whom you have carried away into exile 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 kill them 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 carried away into ^[a]exile and let ^[b]him go and live there; and let him teach them the custom of the god of the land.”