2 Kings 17:24-34
And the king
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of Assyria
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[men] from Babylon
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and from Cuthah
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and from Ava
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and from Hamath
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and from Sepharvaim
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[them] in the cities
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of Samaria
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instead of the children
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of Israel
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Samaria
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in the cities
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thereof.<05892>
And [so] it was at the beginning
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not the LORD
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therefore the LORD
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lions
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[some] of them.<0738>
to the king
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of Assyria
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The nations
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<01471>
in the cities
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<05892>
of Samaria
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not the manner
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of the God
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<0430>
of the land
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lions
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not the manner
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of the God
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<0430>
of the land
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<0776>_.
Then the king
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<04428>
of Assyria
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<0804>
thither one
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<0259>
of the priests
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<03548>
them the manner
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<04941>
of the God
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<0430>
of the land
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<0776>_.
Howbeit every nation
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gods
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[them] in the houses
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<01004>
of the high places
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which the Samaritans
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<08118>
every nation
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<01471>
in their cities
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<05892>
And the men
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<0582>
of Babylon
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<0894>
Succothbenoth
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and the men
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<0582>
of Cuth
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<03575>
Nergal
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and the men
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<0582>
of Hamath
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<02574>
Ashima
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<0807>_,
And the Avites
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<05757>
Nibhaz
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<05026>
and Tartak
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<08662>_,
and the Sepharvites
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<05616>
their children
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<01121>
in fire
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<0784>
to Adrammelech
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<0152>
and Anammelech
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<06048>_,
the gods
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<0430>
of Sepharvaim
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<05617>_.
So they feared
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<03373>
the LORD
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<03068>_,
unto themselves of the lowest
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<07098>
of them priests
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<03548>
of the high places
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for them in the houses
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<01004>
of the high places
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They feared
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<03373>
the LORD
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<03068>_,
their own gods
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<0430>_,
after the manner
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<04941>
of the nations
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from thence. {whom...: or, who carried them away from thence}<01471>
Unto this day
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<03117>
after the former
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<07223>
manners
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they fear
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<03373>
not the LORD
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they after their statutes
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or after their ordinances
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or after the law
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<08451>
and commandment
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<04687>
which the LORD
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<03068>
the children
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<01121>
of Jacob
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<03290>_,
Israel
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