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2 Chronicles 32:32-33 | 2_Kings_17:24-41 | 2 Kings 21:1-9

24. And the king of Assyria brought from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel: and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.
25. And it was at the beginning of their dwelling there, they feared not יְהוָ֥ה: therefore יְהוָ֥ה sent lions among them, which slew of them.
26. Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations which thou hast removed, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner of the Elohim of the land: therefore he hath sent lions among them, and, behold, they slay them, because they know not the manner of the Elohim of the land.
27. Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry thither one of the priests whom ye brought from thence; and let them go and dwell there, and let him teach them the manner of the Elohim of the land.
28. Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelt in Beth-el, and taught them how they should fear יְהוָ֥ה.
29. Howbeit every nation made gods of their own, and put in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities wherein they dwelt.
30. And the men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima,
31. And the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt their children in fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.
32. So they feared יְהוָ֥ה, and made unto themselves of the lowest of them priests of the high places, which sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places.
33. They feared יְהוָ֥ה, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations whom they carried away from thence.
34. Unto this day they do after the former manners: they fear not יְהוָ֥ה, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law and commandment which יְהוָ֥ה commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel;
35. With whom יְהוָ֥ה had made a covenant, and charged them, saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them:
36. But יְהוָ֥ה, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power and a stretched out arm, him shall ye fear, and him shall ye worship, and to him shall ye do sacrifice.
37. And the statutes, and the ordinances, and the law, and the commandment, which he wrote for you, ye shall observe to do for evermore; and ye shall not fear other gods.
38. And the covenant that I have made with you ye shall not forget; neither shall ye fear other gods.
39. But יְהוָ֥ה your Elohim ye shall fear; and he shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.
40. Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner.
41. So these nations feared יְהוָ֥ה, and served their graven images, both their children, and their children's children: as did their fathers, so do they unto this day.