2 Kings 17:25

Context
17:25 When they first moved in,¹ they did not worship² the Lord. So the Lord sent lions among them and the lions were killing them.

2 Kings 17:29

Context

17:29 But each of these nations made³ its own gods and put them in the shrines on the high places that the people of Samaria⁴ had made. Each nation did this in the cities where they lived.

2 Kings 21:15

Context
21:15 because they have done evil in my sight⁵ and have angered me from the time their ancestors left Egypt right up to this very day!’”

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

[17:25] ²tn Heb “fear.”

[17:29] ³sn The verb “make” refers to the production of idols. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 210-11.

[17:29] ⁴tn Heb “Samaritans.” This refers to the Israelites who had been deported from the land.

[21:15] ⁵tn Heb “in my eyes.”