2 Kings 17:27 “Then the king of Assyria commanded: “Send back one of the priests you…”

2 Kings 17:27

Then the king of Assyria commanded: “Send back one of the priests you carried off from Samaria, and have him go back to live there and teach the requirements of the God of the land.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry thither one of the priests whom ye brought from thence; and let them go and dwell there, and let him teach them the manner of the God of the land.

World English Bible

Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, “Carry there one of the priests whom you brought from there; and let him go and dwell there, and let him teach them the law of the god of the land.”

American Standard Version

Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry thither one of the priests whom ye brought from thence; and let them go and dwell there, and let him teach them the law of the god of the land.

Geneva Bible 1599

Then the King of Asshur commanded, saying, Carie thither one of the Priestes whome ye brought thence, and let him goe and dwell there, and teache them the maner of the God of the countrey.

Darby Translation

And the king of Assyria commanded saying, Carry thither one of the priests whom ye have brought away from thence; and let them go and abide there, and let him teach them the manner of the god of the land.

Young's Literal Translation

And the king of Asshur commandeth, saying, 'Cause to go thither one of the priests whom ye removed thence, and they go and dwell there, and he doth teach them the custom of the God of the land.'

Bible in Basic English

Then the king of Assyria gave orders, saying, Send there one of the priests whom you took away, and let him be living there and teaching the people the way of the god of the land.

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Cross references

“one of the priests”

Judges 17:13 1 Kings 12:31 1 Kings 13:2 2 Chronicles 11:15

Judges 17:13 · BSB

Then Micah said, “Now I know that the LORD will be good to me, because a Levite has become my priest.”

1 Kings 12:31 · BSB

Jeroboam also built shrines on the high places and appointed from every class of people priests who were not Levites.

1 Kings 13:2 · BSB

And he cried out against the altar by the word of the LORD, “O altar, O altar, this is what the LORD says: ‘A son named Josiah will be born to the house of David, and upon you he will sacrifice the priests of the high pl…

2 Chronicles 11:15 · BSB

And Jeroboam appointed his own priests for the high places and for the goat demons and calf idols he had made.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

26So they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, “The peoples that you have removed and placed in the cities of Samaria do not know the requirements of the God of the land. Because of this, He has sent lions among them, which are indeed killing them off.”

28Thus one of the priests they had carried away came and lived in Bethel, and he began to teach them how they should worship the LORD.

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