25When they first lived there, they did not worship the Lord ; so he sent lions among them and they killed some of the people.


In Context

22 The Israelites persisted in all the sins of Jeroboam and did not turn away from them

23 until the Lord removed them from his presence, as he had warned through all his servants the prophets. So the people of Israel were taken from their homeland into exile in Assyria, and they are still there.

24 The king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath and Sepharvaim and settled them in the towns of Samaria to replace the Israelites. They took over Samaria and lived in its towns.

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.

26 It was reported to the king of Assyria: "The people you deported and resettled in the towns of Samaria do not know what the god of that country requires. He has sent lions among them, which are killing them off, because the people do not know what he requires."

27 Then the king of Assyria gave this order: "Have one of the priests you took captive from Samaria go back to live there and teach the people what the god of the land requires."

2nd Kings 17:25 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:25And [so] it was at the beginning of their dwelling there, [that] they feared not the LORD: therefore the LORD sent lions among them, which slew [some] of them.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

17:25And when they began to dwell there, they feared not the Lord: and the Lord sent lions among them, which killed them.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

17:25And so it was, at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they feared not Jehovah: therefore Jehovah sent lions among them, which killed some of them.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:25And so it was, at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they feared not Jehovah; and Jehovah sent lions among them, which killed some of them.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

17:25And so it was, at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they feared not the LORD: therefore the LORD sent lions among them, which killed some of them.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:25And so it was at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they feared not the LORD: therefore the LORD sent lions among them, which slew some of them.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:25So it was, at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they didn't fear Yahweh: therefore Yahweh sent lions among them, which killed some of them.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

17:25and it cometh to pass, at the commencement of their dwelling there, they have not feared Jehovah, and Jehovah doth send among them the lions, and they are destroying among them.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:25And so it was at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they feared not the LORD: therefore the LORD sent lions among them, which slew some of them.