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2 Kings 17:25

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25When they first lived there, they didn’t worship the Lord. So he sent lions among them. And the lions killed some of the people.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

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.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

When they first lived there, they did not worship the Lord; so he sent lions among them and they killed some of the people.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

When they first lived there, they did not fear the Lord. So the Lord sent lions among them, which killed some of them.

NLTNew Living Translation

But since these foreign settlers did not worship the Lord when they first arrived, the Lord sent lions among them, which killed some of them.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

It happened that when they began living there, they did not fear Yahweh, so Yahweh sent lions among them, and they were killing them.

KJV 1900King James Version

And so it was at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they feared not the Lord: therefore the Lord sent lions among them, which slew some of them.