2Kings:17:24-33
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And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon ,
and from Cuthah ,
and from Ava ,
and from Hamath ,
and from Sepharvaim ,
and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel Yisra #
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and they possessed Samaria ,
and dwelt in the cities thereof .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelt in Bethel Beyth -#
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and taught them how they should fear the LORD .
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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 .
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And the men of Babylon made Succothbenoth Cukkowth ,
and the men of Cuth made Nergal ,
and the men of Hamath made Ashima ,
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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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So they feared the LORD ,
and made unto themselves of the lowest of them priests of the high places ,
which sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places .
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They feared the LORD ,
and served their own gods ,
after the manner of the nations whom they carried away from thence .
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