2 Kings 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.

biblegateway 2Ki 17:25

When they first lived there, they did not worship the LORD; so he sent lions among them and they killed some of the people.

biblegateway 2Ki 17:25

At the beginning of their living there, they did not fear the LORD; therefore the LORD sent lions among them which killed some of them.

biblegateway 2Ki 17:25

But since these foreign settlers did not worship the LORD when they first arrived, the LORD sent lions among them to kill some of them.

biblegateway 2Ki 17:25

When the Assyrians first moved in, GOD was just another god to them; they neither honored nor worshiped him. Then GOD sent lions among them and people were mauled and killed.

SABDAweb 2Ki 17:25

Now when first they were living there they did not give worship to the Lord. So the Lord sent lions among them, causing the death of some of them.

bibleoremus 2Ki 17:25

When they first settled there, they did not worship the LORD; therefore the LORD sent lions among them, which killed some of them.

biblegateway 2Ki 17:25

And it was so, at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they did not fear the LORD; therefore the LORD sent lions among them, which killed some of them.

biblegateway 2Ki 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.

¹ tn Heb “in the beginning of their living there.”

² tn Heb “fear.”