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2 Kings 17:26-28
The Message
2 Kings 17:26-28
The Message
26 This message was then sent back to the king of Assyria: “The people you brought in to occupy the towns of Samaria don’t know what’s expected of them from the god of the land, and now he’s sent lions and they’re killing people right and left because nobody knows what the god of the land expects of them.”
27 The king of Assyria ordered, “Send back some priests who were taken into exile from there. They can go back and live there and instruct the people in what the god of the land expects of them.”
28 One of the priests who had been exiled from Samaria came back and moved into Bethel. He taught them how to honor and worship God.
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