March 20, 2025, 2 Kings 17:24-28
March 20, 2025, 2 Kings 17:24-28
24 And the
king of Assyria brought people from Babylon,
Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim, and placed them in the
cities of Samaria instead of the people of Israel. And they took possession of
Samaria and lived in its cities. 25 And at the
beginning of their dwelling there, they did not fear the Lord. Therefore the Lord sent lions among them, which
killed some of them. 26 So the king of Assyria was
told, “The nations that you have carried away and placed in the cities of
Samaria do not know the law of the god of the land. Therefore he has sent lions
among them, and behold, they are killing them, because they do not know the law
of the god of the land.” 27 Then the king of Assyria
commanded, “Send there one of the priests whom you carried away from there, and
let him go and dwell there and teach them the law of the god of the
land.” 28 So one of the priests whom they had
carried away from Samaria came and lived in Bethel and taught them how
they should fear the Lord.
This is very interesting.
The king of Assyria placed foreign refugees into the cities of Israel. God sent
lions to destroy the refugees. The refugees did not know how to worship God and
so the king sent for one of the priests to come and teach the foreigners how to
worship God. It is believed that this priest sent was not of the tribe of Levi.
He taught them how they should “fear” the Lord. I am not sure what that looked
like but for me the fear of the Lord is critical to my walk with the Lord. How
do you show your fear of the Lord?
Debbie Walker
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