2 Kings 17:26-33

²⁶So they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, “The peoples that you have removed and placed in the cities of Samaria do not know the requirements of the God of the land. Because of this, He has sent lions among them, which are indeed killing them off.”

²⁷Then the king of Assyria commanded: “Send back one of the priests you carried off from Samaria, and have him go back to live there and teach the requirements of the God of the land.”

²⁸Thus one of the priests they had carried away came and lived in Bethel, and he began to teach them how they should worship the LORD.

²⁹Nevertheless, the people of each nation continued to make their own gods in the cities where they had settled, and they set them up in the shrines that the people of Samaria had made on the high places.

³⁰The men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, the men of Cuth made Nergal, the men of Hamath made Ashima,

³¹the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burned their children in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech the gods of the Sepharvaim.

³²So the new residents worshiped the LORD, but they also appointed for themselves priests of all sorts to serve in the shrines of the high places.

³³They worshiped the LORD, but they also served their own gods according to the customs of the nations from which they had been carried away.

— 2 Kings 17:26-33

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Cross References for 2 Kings 17:26-33

• 1 Kings 12:31
• 2 Kings 17:24
• Zephaniah 1:5
• Luke 16:13
• 2 Kings 17:41
• Matthew 6:24
• 1 Kings 18:21
• 2 Kings 17:29
• 2 Kings 17:17
• 1 Kings 12:29-32

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