2 Kings 17:25-26
17:25 When they first moved in, 1 they did not worship 2 the Lord. So the Lord sent lions among them and the lions were killing them.
17:26 The king of Assyria was told, 3 “The nations whom you deported and settled in the cities of Samaria do not know the requirements of the God of the land, so he has sent lions among them. They are killing the people 4 because they do not know the requirements of the God of the land.”
1 tn Heb “in the beginning of their living there.”
2 tn Heb “fear.”
3 tn Heb “and they said to the king of Assyria, saying.” The plural subject of the verb is indefinite.
4 tn Heb “Look they are killing them.”