2 Kings 17:28
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.
2 Kings 17:28 in other translations
| BSB | Thus one of the priests they had carried away came and lived in Bethel, and he began to teach them how they should worship the LORD. |
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| WEB | So one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and lived in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear the LORD. |
| ASV | So 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. |
| YLT | And 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, |
| DARBY | Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and abode in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear Jehovah. |
| BBE | So one of the priests whom they had taken away as a prisoner from Samaria came back, and, living in Beth-el, became their teacher in the worship of the Lord. |
| Webster | 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. |
What does 2 Kings 17:28 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 17:24-28
24-28. the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, etc.--This was not Shalmaneser, but Esar-haddon (Eze 4:2). The places vacated by the captive Israelites he ordered to be occupied by several colonies of his own subjects from Babylon and other provinces. from Cuthah--the Chaldee form of Cush or Susiana, now Khusistan. Ava--supposed to be Ahivaz, situated on the river Karuns, which empties into the head of the…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Kings 17:24-41
The terror of the Almighty will sometimes produce a forced or feigned submission in unconverted men; like those brought from different countries to inhabit Israel. But such will form unworthy thoughts of God, will expect to please him by outward forms, and will vainly try to reconcile his service with the love of the world and the indulgence of their lusts. May that fear of the Lord, which is the beginning of…
2 Kings 17:28 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 2 Kings 17:28
- 1 Kings 12:29-32
And he set the one in Beth–el, and the other put he in Dan. And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan. And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi. And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Beth–el, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Beth–el the priests of the high places which he had made.
- Matthew 15:14
Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
- Isaiah 29:13
Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:
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1Ki 12:29-32
taught them.
Isa 29:13; Mt 15:14
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Context
- 2 Kings 17:27
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.
- 2 Kings 17:28
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.
- 2 Kings 17:29
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.
2 Kings 17:28 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y vino uno de los sacerdotes que habían trasportado de Samaria, y habitó en Beth-el, y enseñóles cómo habían de temer á Jehová. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et un des sacrificateurs qu’on avait transportés de Samarie, vint et habita à Béthel, et il leur enseignait comment ils devaient craindre l’ Éternel. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und es kam einer der Priester, die man aus Samaria weggeführt hatte, und wohnte zu Bethel; und er lehrte sie, wie sie Jehova fürchten sollten. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Igitur cum venisset unus de sacerdotibus his qui captivi ducti fuerant de Samaria, habitavit in Bethel, et docebat eos quomodo colerent Dominum. |