25. But when they began to live there, they didn’t worship the Lord, so the Lord sent lions against them, and the lions began to kill them.
26. Assyria’s king was told about this: "The nations you sent into exile and resettled in the cities of Samaria don’t know the religious practices of the local god. He’s sent lions against them, and the lions are killing them because none of them know the religious practices of the local god."
27. So Assyria’s king commanded, "Return one of the priests that you exiled from there. He should go back and live there. He should teach them the religious practices of the local god."
28. So one of the priests who had been exiled from Samaria went back. He lived in Bethel and taught the people how to worship the Lord.