2 Kings 17:25

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.

2 Kings 17:28

17:28 So one of the priests whom they had deported from Samaria went back and settled in Bethel. ³  He taught them how to worship ⁴  the Lord.

2 Kings 17:32-35

17:32 At the same time they worshiped ⁵  the Lord. They appointed some of their own people to serve as priests in the shrines on the high places. ⁶  17:33 They were worshiping ⁷  the Lord and at the same time serving their own gods in accordance with the practices of the nations from which they had been deported.

17:34 To this very day they observe their earlier practices. They do not worship ⁸  the Lord; they do not obey the rules, regulations, law, and commandments that the Lord gave ⁹  the descendants of Jacob, whom he renamed Israel. 17:35 The Lord made an agreement ¹⁰  with them ¹¹  and instructed them, “You must not worship other gods. Do not bow down to them, serve them, or offer sacrifices to them.

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¹ tn Heb “in the beginning of their living there.”

² tn Heb “fear.”

³ map For location see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3.

⁴ tn Heb “fear.”

⁵ tn Heb “feared.”

⁶ tn Heb “and they appointed for themselves from their whole people priests for the high places and they were serving for them in the house[s] of the high places.”

⁷ tn Heb “fearing.”

⁸ tn Heb “fear.”

⁹ tn Heb “commanded.”

¹⁰ tn Or “covenant.”

¹¹ sn That is, the descendants of Jacob/Israel (see v. 35b).