2 Kings 17:23-41 till that Yahweh has turned Israel aside from His presence, as He spoke by the hand of all His servants the prophets, and Israel is removed from off its land to Asshur, unto this day.

CLV⁽ⁱ⁾ ²³ till that Yahweh has turned Israel aside from His presence, as He spoke by the hand of all His servants the prophets, and Israel is removed from off its land to Asshur, unto this day. ²⁴ And the king of Asshur brings in from Babylon and from Cutha, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and Sepharvaim, and causes [them] to dwell in the cities of Samaria instead of the sons of Israel, and they possess Samaria, and dwell in its cities;" ²⁵ and it comes to pass, at the commencement of their dwelling there, they have not feared Yahweh, and Yahweh does send among them the lions, and they are destroying among them. ²⁶ And they speak to the king of Asshur, saying, `The nations that you have removed, and do place in the cities of Samaria, have not known the custom of the Elohim of the land, and He sends among them the lions, and lo, they are destroying them, as they do not know the custom of the Elohim of the land.. ²⁷ And the king of Asshur commands, saying, `Cause to go thither one of the priests whom you removed thence, and they go and dwell there, and he does teach them the custom of the Elohim of the land.. ²⁸ And one of the priests whom they removed from Samaria comes in, and dwells in Beth-El, and he is teaching them how they do fear Yahweh, ²⁹ and they are making each nation its elohims, and place [them] in the houses of the high places that the Samaritans have made, each nation in their cities where they are dwelling. ³⁰ And the men of Babylon have made Succoth-Benoth, and the men of Cuth have made Nergal, and the men of Hamath have made Ashima, ³¹ and the Avites have made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites are burning their sons with fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, elohims of Sepharvim. ³² And they are fearing Yahweh, and make to themselves from their extremities priests of high places, and they are acting for them in the house of the high places. ³³ Yahweh they are fearing, and their elohims they are serving, according to the custom of the nations whence they removed them. ³⁴ Unto this day they are doing according to the former customs--they are not fearing Yahweh, and are not doing according to their statutes, and according to their ordinances, and according to the law, and according to the command, that Yahweh commanded the sons of Jacob whose name He made Israel, ³⁵ and Yahweh makes with them a covenant, and charges them, saying, `You do not fear other elohims, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them, ³⁶ but Yahweh who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a stretched-out arm, Him you do fear, and to Him you bow yourselves, and to Him you do sacrifice;" ³⁷ and the statutes, and the judgments, and the law, and the command, that He wrote for you, you observe to do all the days, and you do not fear other elohims;" ³⁸ and the covenant that I have made with you you do not forget, and you do not fear other elohims;" ³⁹ but Yahweh your Elohim you do fear, and He does deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies;. ⁴⁰ and they have not hearkened, but according to their former custom they are doing, ⁴¹ and these nations are fearing Yahweh, and their graven images they have served, both their sons and their sons' sons; as their fathers did, they are doing unto this day.