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2 Kings 17:262Kgs.17.26

Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations which thou hast removed, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner of the God of the land: therefore he hath sent lions among them, and, behold, they slay them, because they know not the manner of the God of the land.

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Translations

Louis Segond 1910

On dit au roi d'Assyrie: Les nations que tu as transportées et établies dans les villes de Samarie ne connaissent pas la manière de servir le dieu du pays, et il a envoyé contre elles des lions qui les font mourir, parce qu'elles ne connaissent pas la manière de servir le dieu du pays.

KJV

Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations which thou hast removed, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner of the God of the land: therefore he hath sent lions among them, and, behold, they slay them, because they know not the manner of the God of the land.

Patristic reading

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    Patrologia Latina Vol. 143 (Migne)

    ientes; nam filii eorum et nepotes, sicut fecerunt patres sui, ita faciunt usque in praesentem diem (IV Reg. XVII, 23-41) .» Quae utique res gesta haereticos, quorum typus est, insinuat Deum timere, nec timere; colere, nec colere. Denique quamvis legem Moysi se habere et observar…

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