Study it in the app“The king of Assyria commanded, saying, “Take there one of the priests whom you carried into exile from there, and let them go and live there, and let him instruct them in the custom of the god of the land.””
The kingמֶלֶךְof Assyriaאַשּׁוּרcommanded,וַיְצַוsaying,לֵאמֹר“Takeהֹלִיכוּthereשָׁמָּהoneאֶחָדof the priestsמֵהַכֹּהֲנִיםwhomאֲשֶׁרyou carried into exileהִגְלִיתֶםfrom there,מִשָּׁםand let them goוְיֵלְכוּand liveוְיֵשְׁבוּthere,שָׁםand let him instruct themוְיֹרֵםin the customאֶת מִשְׁפַּטof the godאֱלֹהֵיof the land.”הָאָרֶץ
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsAssyria, Asshur
See it on the mapWhere else “ashur” appearscommand
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “yetsav” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appearslead
To lead someone to another place, or to bring him along.
Where else “holichu” appearsone
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “echad” appearspriest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohanim” appearsgo into exile
To be taken away from one's own land, or deport others.
Where else “higlitem” appearsdwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yeshvu” appearsteach
To show someone the way he should go; to instruct him.
Where else “yore” appearscustom
The usual practice, the way to do something.
Where else “mishpat” appearsgods
The gods of other peoples.
Where else “elohe” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appearsAssyria
Today: northern Iraq (with parts of Syria, Turkey, Iran)
An empire of northern Mesopotamia along the Tigris River, in present-day Iraq.
Assyria took the northern kingdom of Israel captive (2 Kgs 17:6). God sent Jonah to preach in Nineveh, its capital (Jonah 3:3).
26They spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, “The nations that you carried into exile and settled in the cities of Samaria do not know the custom of the god of the land; so he has sent against them the lions, and there they are, putting them to death, because they do not know the custom of the god of the land.”
27 · This verse (above)
28One of the priests whom they had carried into exile from Samaria came and lived in Bethel, and he was instructing them how they should fear YHWH.
