2 Kings 17:26

17:26 The king of Assyria was told, ¹  “The nations whom you deported and settled in the cities of Samaria do not know the requirements of the God of the land, so he has sent lions among them. They are killing the people ²  because they do not know the requirements of the God of the land.”

2 Kings 17:34

17:34 To this very day they observe their earlier practices. They do not worship ³  the Lord; they do not obey the rules, regulations, law, and commandments that the Lord gave ⁴  the descendants of Jacob, whom he renamed Israel.

[17:26]  ¹ tn Heb “and they said to the king of Assyria, saying.” The plural subject of the verb is indefinite.

[17:26]  ² tn Heb “Look they are killing them.”

[17:34]  ³ tn Heb “fear.”

[17:34]  ⁴ tn Heb “commanded.”