2 Kings 17:25

17:25 When they first moved in, ¹  they did not worship ²  the Lord. So the Lord sent lions among them and the lions were killing them.

2 Kings 17:28

17:28 So one of the priests whom they had deported from Samaria went back and settled in Bethel. ³  He taught them how to worship ⁴  the Lord.

2 Kings 17:32-35

17:32 At the same time they worshiped ⁵  the Lord. They appointed some of their own people to serve as priests in the shrines on the high places. ⁶  17:33 They were worshiping ⁷  the Lord and at the same time serving their own gods in accordance with the practices of the nations from which they had been deported.

17:34 To this very day they observe their earlier practices. They do not worship ⁸  the Lord; they do not obey the rules, regulations, law, and commandments that the Lord gave ⁹  the descendants of Jacob, whom he renamed Israel. 17:35 The Lord made an agreement ¹⁰  with them ¹¹  and instructed them, “You must not worship other gods. Do not bow down to them, serve them, or offer sacrifices to them.

[17:25]  ¹ tn Heb “in the beginning of their living there.”

[17:25]  ² tn Heb “fear.”

[17:28]  ³ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[17:28]  ⁴ tn Heb “fear.”

[17:32]  ⁵ tn Heb “feared.”

[17:32]  ⁶ tn Heb “and they appointed for themselves from their whole people priests for the high places and they were serving for them in the house[s] of the high places.”

[17:33]  ⁷ tn Heb “fearing.”

[17:34]  ⁸ tn Heb “fear.”

[17:34]  ⁹ tn Heb “commanded.”

[17:35]  ¹⁰ tn Or “covenant.”

[17:35]  ¹¹ sn That is, the descendants of Jacob/Israel (see v. 35b).