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* And the king of Assyria brought [people ] from Babylon , and from Cuthah , and from Avva , and from Hamath , and from Sepharvaim , and made them dwell in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel ; and they possessed Samaria , and dwelt in its cities . * And so it was , at the beginning of their dwelling there , that they feared not Jehovah ; and Jehovah sent lions among them , which killed [some ] of them . * And they spoke to the king of Assyria saying , The nations that thou hast removed and made to dwell in the cities of Samaria know not the manner of the god of the land ; therefore he has sent lions among them , and behold , they slay them , because they know not the manner of the god of the land . * 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 . * Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and abode in Bethel , and taught them how they should fear Jehovah . * And every nation made gods of their own , and put them in the houses of the high places that the Samaritans had made , every nation in their cities in which they dwelt . * And the people of Babylon made Succoth-benoth , and the people of Cuth made Nergal , and the people of Hamath made Ashima , * and the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak , and the Sepharvites burned their children in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech the gods of Sepharvaim . * So they feared Jehovah , and made to themselves from all classes of them priests of the high places , who offered [sacrifices ] for them in the houses of the high places . * They feared Jehovah , and served their own gods after the manner of the nations , whence they had been carried away . * To this day they do after their former customs : they fear not Jehovah , neither do they after their statutes or after their ordinances , nor after the law and commandment that Jehovah commanded the sons of Jacob , whom he named Israel . * And Jehovah had made a covenant with them , and charged them saying , Ye shall not fear other gods , nor bow down yourselves to them , nor serve them , nor sacrifice to them ; * but Jehovah alone , who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power and a stretched-out arm , him shall ye fear , and him shall ye worship , and to him shall ye do sacrifice . * And the statutes and the ordinances and the law , and the commandment which he wrote for you , ye shall observe to do for evermore ; and ye shall not fear other gods . * And ye shall not forget the covenant that I have made with you , neither shall ye fear other gods ; * but ye shall fear Jehovah your God , and he shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies . * And they did not hearken , but did after their former customs . * And these nations feared Jehovah , and served their graven images , both their children and their children 's children : as did their fathers , so do they , unto this day .

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