Catholic Public Domain Version
"And when they had begun to live there, they did not fear the Lord. And the Lord sent lions among them, which were killing them. "
— 2 Kings 17:25, Catholic Public Domain Version
“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.”
“And so it was, at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they feared not Jehovah: therefore Jehovah sent lions among them, which killed some of them. ”
“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.”
“When they first moved in, they did not worship the LORD. So the LORD sent lions among them and the lions were killing them.”
“And when they began to dwell there, they feared not the Lord: and the Lord sent lions among them, which killed them.”
“Now when first they were living there they did not give worship to the Lord. So the Lord sent lions among them, causing the death of some of them.”
“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.”
And the sons of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam, which he had done. And they did not withdraw from these,
even when the Lord carried away Israel from his face, just as he had said by the hand of all his servants, the prophets. And Israel was carried away from their land into Assyria, even to this day.
Then the king of the Assyrians brought some from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Avva, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim. And he located them in the cities of Samaria, in place of the sons of Israel. And they possessed Samaria, and they lived in its cities.
And when they had begun to live there, they did not fear the Lord. And the Lord sent lions among them, which were killing them.
And this was reported to the king of the Assyrians, and it was said: “The peoples that you transferred and caused to live in the cities of Samaria, they are ignorant of the ordinances of the God of the land. And so the Lord has sent lions among them. And behold, they have killed them, because they were ignorant of the rituals of the God of the land.”
Then the king of the Assyrians commanded, saying: “Lead to that place one of the priests, whom you brought as a captive from there. And let him go and live with them. And let him teach them the ordinances of the God of the land.”
And so, when one of the priests, who had been led away captive from Samaria, had arrived, he lived in Bethel. And he taught them how they should worship the Lord.