2 Kings 17:28
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 2 Kings 17:28 — by Collins Asein
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2 Kings 17:28 is a verse from the book of 2 Kings in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelt in Bethel, and taught them how they shoul..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
2 Kings 17:28 — KJV
“Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelt in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear the LORD.”
— 2 Kings 17:28 (KJV)
2 Kings 17:28 in Context — About the Book of 2 Kings
2 Kings races through the divided kingdom's final centuries — Elisha's double-portion miracles, kings good and evil, and finally exile to Assyria and Babylon. Yet miracles keep breaking in: floating axe heads, healed lepers, resurrection. God stays powerfully present even in national decline.
Cross-References for 2 Kings 17:28
“They feared the LORD, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations whom they carried away from thence. whom...: or, who carried them away from thence”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 17:28: then, whom, carried
“Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks' mouths, we brought again unto thee out of the land of Canaan: how then should we steal out of thy lord's house silver or gold?”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 17:28: then, one, how
“Now these are the children of the province that went up out of the captivity, of those which had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon, and came again unto Jerusalem and Judah, every one unto his city;”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 17:28: one, whom, carried
“These are the children of the province, that went up out of the captivity, of those that had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and came again to Jerusalem and to Judah, every one unto his city;”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 17:28: one, whom, carried
“Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 17:28: then, one, carried
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