2 Kings 17:26

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Therefore they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations which you have carried away, and placed in the cities of Samaria, don't know the law of the god of the land: therefore he has sent lions among them, and, behold, they kill them, because they don't know the law of the god of the land.

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The Assyrian and Babylonian ExileThe kingdoms of Judah and Israel with the routes of the Assyrian and Babylonian captivities.

The Assyrian EmpireThe extent of the Assyrian Empire that conquered the northern kingdom of Israel.

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Places in this passage

2 Kings 17:26 mentions Assyria, Avva, Babylon, Bethel, Cuth, Egypt, Gozan, Habor, Halah, Hamath and Samaria.

Photo of Assyria — Assyria · Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg)

Photo of Babylon — Babylon · Radomir Vrbovsky