2 KINGS 17:27

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“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 God of the land.”

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2 Kings 17:27 Translation & Meaning

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Then the king מֶֽלֶךְ A king Then king
of Assyria אַשּׁ֜וּר Ashshur, the second son of Shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them (i.e., Assyria), its region and its empire Assyria
commanded, וַיְצַ֨ו (intensively) to constitute, enjoin commanded
saying, לֵאמֹ֗ר To say (used with great latitude) saying
Carry הֹלִ֤יכוּ To walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively) Carry
thither שָׁ֙מָּה֙ There (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence thither
one אֶחָ֤ד Properly, united, i.e., one; or (as an ordinal) first one
of the priests מֵהַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙ Literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman) priests
whom אֲשֶׁ֣ר Who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc whom
ye brought הִגְלִיתֶ֣ם To denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal brought
from thence; מִשָּׁ֔ם There (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence thence
and let them go וְיֵֽלְכ֖וּ To walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively) let go
and dwell וְיֵ֣שְׁבוּ Properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry dwell
there, שָׁ֑ם There (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence there
and let him teach וְיֹרֵ֕ם Properly, to flow as water (i.e., to rain); transitively, to lay or throw (especially an arrow, i.e., to shoot); figuratively, to point out (as if by aiming the finger), to teach let teach
them אֶת Properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) them
the manner מִשְׁפַּ֖ט Properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style manner
of the God אֱלֹהֵ֥י Gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative God
of the land. הָאָֽרֶץ׃ The earth (at large, or partitively a land) land

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  • 25  And 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.

  • 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 God of the land: therefore he hath sent lions among them, and, behold, they slay them, because they know not the manner of the God 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 God 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 the Lord.

  • 29  Howbeit 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 wherein they dwelt.




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