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An Israelite priest is selected from an exile community before Assyrian officials and prepares for the return road.
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2 Kings 17:27

A priest sent back

The Fall of Samaria · 2 Kings 17

Story guide: The Assyrian king orders an exiled priest to teach the settlers.

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27Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, “Take there one of the priests whom you exiled from there, and let him go and live there, and let him teach them the custom of the god of the land.”

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