2 KINGS 17:28

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“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.

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2 Kings 17:28 Translation & Meaning

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Then one אֶחָ֣ד Properly, united, i.e., one; or (as an ordinal) first Then one
of the priests מֵהַכֹּֽהֲנִ֗ים Literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman) priests
whom אֲשֶׁ֤ר Who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc whom
they had carried away הִגְלוּ֙ To denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal carried away
from Samaria מִשֹּׁ֣מְר֔וֹן Shomeron, a place in Palestine Samaria
came וַיָּבֹ֞א To go or come (in a wide variety of applications) came
and dwelt וַיֵּ֖שֶׁב Properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry dwelt
in Beth-el, אֵ֑ל Beth-El, a place in Palestine Bethel
and taught מוֹרֶ֣ה 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 taught
them how אֵ֖יךְ How? or how!; also where how
they should fear יִֽירְא֥וּ To fear; morally to revere; causatively to frighten should fear
the Lord. יְהוָֽה׃ (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God Lord

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  • 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.

  • 30  And the men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima,




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