2Ki 17:25, 27-28, 33 | ESV | STEP | And at the beginning of their dwelling there , they did not fear the Lord . Therefore the Lord sent lions among them, which killed some of them.

2 Kings 17:25

25 And at the beginning of their dwelling there, they did not fear the Lord. Therefore the Lord sent lions among them, which killed some of them.

2 Kings 17:27-28

27 Then the king of Assyria commanded, “Send there one of the priests whom you carried away from there, and let him ^{▼▼Syriac, Vulgate; Hebrew them} go and dwell there and teach them the law of the god of the land.” 28 So one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and lived in ^bBethel and taught them how they should fear the Lord.

2 Kings 17:33

33 So they feared the Lord but also served their own gods, after the manner of the nations from among whom they had been carried away.