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2 Reyes 17:26
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Entonces hablaron al rey de Asiria, diciendo: Las naciones que has llevado al destierro a las ciudades de Samaria, no conocen la costumbre del dios de la tierra; por eso él ha enviado leones entre ellos, y he aquí, los leones los matan porque ellos no conocen la costumbre del dios de la tierra.
Kings 17:26"> 26 Entonces dijeron ellos al rey de Asiria: Las gentes que tú traspasaste y pusiste en las ciudades de Samaria, no saben la costumbre del Dios de aquella tierra, y él ha echado leones en ellos, y he aquí los matan, porque no saben la costumbre del Dios de la
Entonces dijeron ellos al rey de Asiria: Los gentiles que tú traspasaste y pusiste en las ciudades de Samaria, no saben el juicio del Dios de aquella tierra, y él ha echado leones en ellos, y he aquí los matan, porque no saben el juicio del Dios de la tierra.
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and placed: 2 Kings 17:24
know not: 2 Kings 17:27, 1 Samuel 8:9, 1 Samuel 10:25, Amos 8:14
Reciprocal: Leviticus 26:6 - rid John 4:20 - fathers
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria,.... In letters, or by messengers they sent unto him:
saying, the nations which thou hast removed; from different places before mentioned:
and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner of the God of the land; taking Jehovah the God of Israel to be a topical deity, limited peculiarly to the land of Israel, whereas he was the God of the whole earth; a like notion obtained among the Syrians, see 1 Kings 20:28 now they say they know not his "manner" or "judgment" n, the laws, statutes, ordinances, and judgments, according to which he was worshipped by the people of Israel:
therefore he hath sent lions among them, and, behold, they slay them; they perceived it was not a common case, nor could they impute it to any second cause, as want of food with the lions, c. but the hand of a superior Being was in it: and they could think of no other reason, but
because they know not the manner of the God of the land how he was to be worshipped; and because they did not worship him, and knew not how to do it, it was resented in this manner by him.
n ××©×¤× "judicium", Pagninus, Montanus, &c.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 26. The manner of the God of the land. — ××©×¤× mishpat, the judgment; the way in which the God of the land is to be worshipped.