KJV King James Version
Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelt in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear the LORD.
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2 Kings 17:28
Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelt in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear the LORD.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Thus 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.
WEB World English Bible
So one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and lived in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear Yahweh.
ASV American Standard Version
So one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelt in Beth-el, and taught them how they should fear Jehovah.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And one of the priests whom they removed from Samaria cometh in, and dwelleth in Beth-El, and he is teaching them how they do fear Jehovah,
Surrounding context — 2 Kings 17
25 And [so] it was at the beginning of their dwelling there, [that] they feared not the LORD: therefore the LORD sent lions among them, which slew [some] of them.
26 Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations which thou hast removed, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner of the God of the land: therefore he hath sent lions among them, and, behold, they slay them, because they know not the manner of the God of the land.
27 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.
28 Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelt in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear the LORD.
29 Howbeit every nation made gods of their own, and put [them] in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities wherein they dwelt.
30 And the men of Babylon made Succothbenoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima,
31 And the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt their children in fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.
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וַיָּבֹ֞אH935 · boto come (in): comeאֶחָ֣דH259 · e.chadoneמֵהַכֹּהֲנִ֗יםH3548 · ko.henpriestאֲשֶׁ֤רH834 · a.sherwhichהִגְלוּ֙H1540 · ga.lahHeglamמִשֹּׁ֣מְר֔וֹןH8111 · sho.me.ronSamariaוַיֵּ֖שֶׁבH3427 · ya.shavto dwellבְּבֵֽית־H1008 · bet-elBethelאֵ֑לH1008 · bet-elBethelוַֽיְהִי֙H1961 · ha.yahto beמוֹרֶ֣הH3384 · ya.rato shootאֹתָ֔םH853 · et[Obj.]אֵ֖יךְH349 · ekhhow?יִֽירְא֥וּH3372 · ya.reto fearאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]יְהוָֽה׃H3068 · ye.ho.vahLORD
Cross-references
1 Kings 12:29-32And he set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan.Matthew 15:14Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.Isaiah 29:13Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near [me] with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:
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