2 Kings 17:19-32

19AlsoH1571 JudahH3063 keptH8104 not the commandmentsH4687 of Jehovah their GodH430, but walked in the statutesH2708 of IsraelH3478 which they madeH6213. 20And Jehovah rejectedH3988 all the seedH2233 of IsraelH3478, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the handH3027 of spoilers, until he had castH7993 them out of his sight. 21For he rent IsraelH3478 from the houseH1004 of DavidH1732; and they made JeroboamH3379 the sonH1121 of NebatH5028 kingH4427: and JeroboamH3379 drove IsraelH3478 from following Jehovah, and made them sinH2398 a greatH1419 sinH2398. 22And the children of IsraelH3478 walked in all the sinsH2403 of JeroboamH3379 which he did; they departedH5493 not from them; 23until Jehovah removedH5493 IsraelH3478 out of his sight, as he spake by all his servantsH5650 the prophetsH5030. So IsraelH3478 was carried awayH5493 out of their own landH127 to AssyriaH804 unto this dayH3117.

24And the kingH4428 of AssyriaH804 broughtH935 men from BabylonH894, and from CuthahH3575, and from Avva, and from HamathH2574 and SepharvaimH5617, and placed them in the citiesH5892 of SamariaH8111 instead of the children of IsraelH3478; and they possessedH3423 SamariaH8111, and dweltH3427 in the citiesH5892 thereof. 25And so it wasH1961, at the beginning of their dwellingH3427 there, that they fearedH3372 not Jehovah: therefore Jehovah sentH7971 lionsH738 among them, which killedH2026 some of them. 26Wherefore they spake to the kingH4428 of AssyriaH804, sayingH559, The nationsH1471 which thou hast carried awayH7971, and placed in the citiesH5892 of SamariaH8111, knowH3045 not the law of the godH430 of the landH776: therefore he hath sentH7971 lionsH738 among them, and, behold, they slay them, because they knowH3045 not the law of the godH430 of the landH776.

27Then the kingH4428 of AssyriaH804 commandedH6680, sayingH559, Carry thither oneH259 of the priestsH3548 whom ye brought from thence; and let them goH1540 and dwellH3427 there, and let him teachH3384 them the law of the godH430 of the landH776. 28So oneH259 of the priestsH3548 whom they had carried away from SamariaH8111 cameH935 and dweltH3427 in Beth-el, and taughtH3384 them howH349 they should fearH3372 Jehovah. 29Howbeit every nationH1471 madeH6213 godsH430 of their own, and put them in the housesH1004 of the highH1116 placesH1116 which the Samaritans had madeH6213, every nationH1471 in their citiesH5892 wherein they dweltH3427. 30And the menH376 of BabylonH894 madeH6213 Succoth-benoth, and the menH376 of Cuth madeH6213 Nergal, and the menH376 of HamathH2574 madeH6213 Ashima, 31and the Avvites madeH6213 Nibhaz and Tartak; and the Sepharvites burnt their children in the fireH784 to AdrammelechH152 and Anammelech, the gods of SepharvaimH5617. 32So they fearedH3372 Jehovah, and madeH6213 unto them from among themselves priestsH3548 of the highH1116 placesH1116, who sacrificed for them in the housesH1004 of the highH1116 placesH1116.