2 Kings 17:27

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Then the king of Assyria gave this order: 'Send back one of the priests you took captive from Samaria. Let him live there and teach the people the customs of the God of the land.'

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Bring one of the priests you brought from there; let him go and dwell there, and let him teach the people the manner of the God of the land.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    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 law of the god of the land.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    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.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    The kinge of Assiria comaunded & saide: Bringe thither one of ye prestes yt were caried awaye fro thence & let him go thither, & dwell there, & teach the the ordinauce of the God of ye londe.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Then the King of Asshur commaunded, saying, Carie thither one of the Priestes whome ye brought thence, and let him goe and dwell there, and teache them the maner of the God of the countrey.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Then the king of Assyria commaunded, saying: Cary thyther one of the priestes whom ye brought thence, and let hym go and dwell there, and teache them the fashion how to serue the God of the countrey.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    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.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And the king of Asshur commandeth, saying, `Cause to go thither one of the priests whom ye removed thence, and they go and dwell there, and he doth teach them the custom of the God of the land.'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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 law of the god of the land.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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 law of the god of the land.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Then the king of Assyria gave orders, saying, Send there one of the priests whom you took away, and let him be living there and teaching the people the way of the god of the land.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    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."

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    So the king of Assyria ordered,“Take back one of the priests whom you deported from there. He must settle there and teach them the requirements of the God of the land.”

Referenced Verses

  • Judg 17:13 : 13 Then Micah said, 'Now I know that the LORD will be good to me, because I have a Levite as my priest.'
  • 1 Kgs 12:31 : 31 Jeroboam also built shrines on high places and appointed priests from all sorts of people, even though they were not Levites.
  • 1 Kgs 13:2 : 2 He cried out against the altar by the word of the LORD and said, 'Altar, altar! This is what the LORD says: Behold, a son will be born to the house of David; his name will be Josiah. He will sacrifice on you the priests of the high places who offer incense on you, and human bones will be burned on you.'
  • 2 Chr 11:15 : 15 Jeroboam appointed priests for the high places, for the goat idols, and for the calf idols he had made.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 2 Kgs 17:28-29
    2 verses
    88%

    28So one of the priests who had been taken captive from Samaria came back and lived in Bethel. He taught them how they should fear the Lord.

    29But each nation made its own gods and set them up in the shrines of the high places that the Samaritans had made—each nation in the towns where they lived.

  • 2 Kgs 17:23-26
    4 verses
    82%

    23Finally, the Lord removed Israel from His presence as He had declared through all His servants the prophets. So the Israelites were exiled from their own land to Assyria, and they remain there to this day.

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

    25When they first lived there, they did not fear the Lord. So the Lord sent lions among them, which killed some of the people.

    26It was said to the king of Assyria, 'The nations you have resettled in the towns of Samaria do not know the customs of the God of the land. He has sent lions among them, which are killing them because the people do not know His customs.'

  • 2 Chr 30:6-7
    2 verses
    74%

    6Couriers went with the letters from the king and his officials throughout Israel and Judah, proclaiming the king’s command: 'Return to the LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, so that He may return to the remnant of you who have escaped from the hand of the kings of Assyria.'

    7Do not be like your ancestors and your brothers, who were unfaithful to the LORD, the God of their ancestors, so that He made them an object of horror, as you can see.

  • Isa 37:17-18
    2 verses
    72%

    17Incline Your ear, LORD, and hear! Open Your eyes, LORD, and see! Listen to all the words of Sennacherib, who has sent them to mock the living God.

    18Truly, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations and their lands.

  • 2 Kgs 18:11
    72%

    11The king of Assyria carried Israel into exile to Assyria, and he settled them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.

  • 2 Kgs 19:17
    72%

    17Truly, Lord, the kings of Assyria have devastated the nations and their lands.

  • Isa 7:17
    72%

    17The Lord will bring upon you, your people, and your father's house a time unlike any since Ephraim separated from Judah—he will bring the king of Assyria.

  • 2 Kgs 17:5-8
    4 verses
    71%

    5Then the king of Assyria invaded the whole land, went up to Samaria, and besieged it for three years.

    6In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and deported the Israelites to Assyria. He settled them in Halah, along the Habor River, and in the cities of Media.

    7This happened because the Israelites sinned against the Lord their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh, king of Egypt. They worshiped other gods.

    8They followed the practices of the nations whom the Lord had driven out before the Israelites, as well as the practices of the kings of Israel that they themselves had introduced.

  • Isa 37:10-11
    2 verses
    71%

    10"This is what you are to say to King Hezekiah of Judah: Do not let your God, whom you trust, deceive you by promising that Jerusalem will not be handed over to the king of Assyria.

    11You have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the lands by utterly destroying them. Will you be delivered?

  • 2 Kgs 22:18
    71%

    18As for the king of Judah who sent you to inquire of the LORD, you shall say to him: ‘Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: Regarding the words you have heard,

  • 2 Kgs 17:32-34
    3 verses
    71%

    32They feared the Lord, but they also appointed for themselves all sorts of priests for the high places, who made sacrifices for them in the shrines of the high places.

    33They feared the Lord, but they also served their own gods according to the practices of the nations from which they had been deported.

    34To this day they continue to practice their former customs. They neither fear the Lord nor follow the statutes, ordinances, laws, and commandments that the Lord gave the descendants of Jacob, whom He named Israel.

  • 2 Chr 17:8-9
    2 verses
    70%

    8With them were the Levites—Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah, and Tob-Adonijah—along with the priests Elishama and Jehoram.

    9They taught in Judah, taking with them the Book of the Law of the LORD. They went around to all the cities of Judah and instructed the people.

  • Isa 36:18
    70%

    18Do not let Hezekiah mislead you by saying, ‘The LORD will deliver us.’ Have the gods of any nations ever delivered their lands from the hand of the king of Assyria?

  • 2 Kgs 19:11
    70%

    11You have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the lands, destroying them completely. Will you then be delivered?

  • 1 Chr 5:26
    70%

    26So the God of Israel stirred the spirit of Pul, king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria, who took the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh into exile. He carried them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river of Gozan, where they remain to this day.

  • 2 Kgs 18:32-33
    2 verses
    70%

    32until I come and take you to a land like your own—a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive trees and honey, so that you may live and not die. Do not listen to Hezekiah, for he is misleading you when he says, ‘The LORD will deliver us.’

    33Has the god of any nation ever delivered his land from the hand of the king of Assyria?

  • 2 Chr 34:26
    70%

    26But to the king of Judah who sent you to inquire of the LORD, this is what you shall say to him: 'This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says concerning the words you heard:

  • 2 Chr 13:9
    69%

    9Have you not driven out the priests of the LORD, the descendants of Aaron, and the Levites, and appointed your own priests like the peoples of other lands? Whoever comes with a young bull and seven rams can become a priest of what are not gods.

  • 2 Chr 31:4
    69%

    4He also commanded the people living in Jerusalem to give the portion due to the priests and Levites so that they could devote themselves fully to the Law of the Lord.

  • Deut 17:10
    69%

    10You must act according to the decision they give you at the place the LORD will choose. Be careful to do everything they instruct you.

  • 2 Kgs 22:12
    68%

    12Then the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Achbor son of Micaiah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah, the king’s servant, saying,

  • Isa 37:37
    68%

    37So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp, departed, returned home, and stayed in Nineveh.

  • Exod 18:20
    68%

    20Teach them the statutes and the laws, and show them the way they must walk and the work they must do.

  • 2 Chr 33:11
    68%

    11So the LORD brought against them the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria. They captured Manasseh with hooks, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.

  • 2 Chr 34:20
    68%

    20Then the king commanded Hilkiah, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Abdon son of Micah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah, the king's servant, saying:

  • 2 Kgs 16:9
    68%

    9The king of Assyria complied with him, marched up to Damascus, seized it, exiled its people to Kir, and killed Rezin.

  • Ezek 17:12
    68%

    12Say to the rebellious house, ‘Do you not understand what these things mean? Tell them: The king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, took its king and officials, and brought them back with him to Babylon.

  • Isa 37:21
    68%

    21Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah, saying, "This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Because you have prayed to Me about Sennacherib king of Assyria,

  • 2 Kgs 16:18
    68%

    18Then he removed the Sabbath canopy they had built in the temple and the royal entrance to the outer court, to accommodate the king of Assyria.

  • Isa 37:5-6
    2 verses
    68%

    5So the servants of King Hezekiah went to Isaiah.

    6Isaiah said to them, "This is what you are to say to your master: This is what the LORD says: Do not be afraid because of the words you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.

  • 1 Chr 15:14
    68%

    14So the priests and the Levites consecrated themselves in order to bring up the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel.

  • Josh 3:3
    68%

    3and they commanded the people, saying, 'When you see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God being carried by the Levitical priests, you are to set out from your place and follow it.

  • 2 Kgs 18:28
    67%

    28Then the Rab-shakeh stood and called out loudly in Hebrew, saying, "Hear the words of the great king, the king of Assyria!

  • Hos 11:5
    67%

    5They will not return to the land of Egypt, but Assyria will rule over them because they refused to return to Me.

  • 2 Kgs 23:17
    67%

    17He asked, 'What is this monument that I see?’ The men of the city replied, 'It is the tomb of the man of God who came from Judah and proclaimed these things that you have done to the altar at Bethel.'