28So one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and lived in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear Yahweh.


In Context

25 So 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.

26 Therefore they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, |The nations which you have carried away, and placed in the cities of Samaria, don't know the law of the god of the land. Therefore he has sent lions among them, and behold, they kill them, because they don't know the law of the god of the land.|

27 Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, |Carry there one of the priests whom you brought from there; and let them go and dwell there, and let him 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 Bethel, and taught them how they should fear Yahweh.

29 However every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities in which they lived.

30 The men of Babylon made Succoth Benoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima,

2 Kings 17:28 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

17:28So one of the priests who had been exiled from Samaria came to live in Bethel and taught them how to worship the Lord .

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:28Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelt in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear the LORD.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

17:28So one of the priests who had been carried away captive from Samaria, came and dwelt in Bethel, and taught them how they should worship the Lord.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

17:28So one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelt in Beth-el, and taught them how they should fear Jehovah.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:28Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and abode in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear Jehovah.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

17:28So one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelt in Beth-el, and taught them how they should fear the LORD.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:28Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelt in Beth-el, and taught them how they should fear the LORD.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

17:28And one of the priests whom they removed from Samaria cometh in, and dwelleth in Beth-El, and he is teaching them how they do fear Jehovah,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:28Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelled in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear the LORD.