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Oneאֶחָדof the priestsמֵהַכֹּהֲנִיםwhomאֲשֶׁרthey had carried into exileהִגְלוּfrom Samariaמִשֹּׁמְרוֹןcameוַיָּבֹאand livedוַיֵּשֶׁבin Bethel,בְּבֵית אֵלand he wasוַיְהִיinstructingמוֹרֶהthemאֹתָםhowאֵיךְthey should fearיִירְאוּYHWH.אֶת יְהוָה
2 Kings 17:28
Study it in the app“One 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 17:28, word by word
- Oneאֶחָדechad
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “echad” appears- of the priestsכֹּהֲנִיםkohanim
priest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohanim” appears- they had carried into exileהִגְלוּhiglu
go into exile
To be taken away from one's own land, or deport others.
Where else “higlu” appears- from Samariaשֹּׁמְרוֹןshomron
Samaria
See it on the mapWhere else “shomron” appears- cameיָּבֹאyavo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavo” appears- and livedיֵּשֶׁבyeshev
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yeshev” appears- in Bethelבֵיתvet
Bethel
See it on the mapWhere else “vet” appears- and he wasיְהִיyehi
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yehi” appears- instructingמוֹרֶהmore
teach
To show someone the way he should go; to instruct him.
Where else “more” appears- they should fearיִירְאוּyiru
revere
To revere God, or honor one's parents.
Where else “yiru” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears
Places in this verse
1Samaria
Today: northern West Bank (Sebastia, Samaria hills)
A city and region in central Israel, between Judea and Galilee.
Omri founded the city as capital of the northern kingdom (1 Kgs 16:24); the Assyrians conquered it (2 Kgs 17:6). Jesus passed through the region, and Philip preached there (John 4:4; Acts 8:5).
2Bethel ?
Today: possibly Beitin, West Bank
A city in the hills about 11 miles (17 km) north of Jerusalem; the location is approximate.
There Jacob dreamed of a ladder reaching to heaven and named the place Bethel, "house of God" (Gen 28:19). Jeroboam set up a golden calf there (1 Kgs 12:29).
The context
27The 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.”
28 · This verse (above)
29But each nation was making its own gods, and they put them in the house of the high places that the Samaritans had made, each nation in their cities where they were living.