2 Kings 17:25

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.

And so it was at the beginning {H8462} of their dwelling {H3427} there, that they feared {H3372} not the LORD {H3068}: therefore the LORD {H3068} sent {H7971} lions {H738} among them, which slew {H2026} some of them.

When they first came to live there, they did not fear ADONAI. Therefore ADONAI sent lions among them, which killed some of them.

Now when the settlers first lived there, they did not worship the LORD, so He sent lions among them, which killed some of them.

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

Note: Commentary was generated by an advanced AI, utilizing a prompt that emphasized Biblical fidelity over bias. We've found these insights to be consistently reliable, yet we always encourage prayerful discernment through the Holy Spirit. The Scripture text and cross-references are from verified, non-AI sources.

  • 2 Kings 17:41

    So these nations feared the LORD, and served their graven images, both their children, and their children's children: as did their fathers, so do they unto this day.

  • 2 Kings 17:34

    Unto this day they do after the former manners: they fear not the LORD, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law and commandment which the LORD commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel;

  • 2 Kings 17:32

    So they feared the LORD, and made unto themselves of the lowest of them priests of the high places, which sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places.

  • 1 Kings 20:36

    Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of the LORD, behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion shall slay thee. And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and slew him.

  • Jonah 1:9

    And he said unto them, I [am] an Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the God of heaven, which hath made the sea and the dry [land].

  • Joshua 22:25

    For the LORD hath made Jordan a border between us and you, ye children of Reuben and children of Gad; ye have no part in the LORD: so shall your children make our children cease from fearing the LORD.

  • Jeremiah 10:7

    Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise [men] of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, [there is] none like unto thee.
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