2 Reis 17:28

28 Veio, pois, um dos sacerdotes que eles tinham transportado de Samária, e habitou em Betel, e lhes ensinou como deviam temer ao Senhor.

2 Reis 17:28 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 17:28

Then one of the priests whom, they had carried away from
Samaria came and dwelt in Bethel
According to an Arabic writer {r}, his name was Uzziah; but Epiphanius ^F19 says his name was Esdras; but he wrongly makes him to be sent by Nebuchadnezzar, thirty years after the captivity of the Jews in Babylon: this priest was, doubtless, one of the priests of the calves; for there were none else in the kingdom of Israel carried captive, and as seems also by his choosing to dwell in Bethel, where probably he formerly dwelt, and officiated in the service of the calf there, and by teaching to make priests of the lowest order of the people, as Jeroboam's priests were, ( 2 Kings 17:32 )

and taught them how they should fear the Lord;
serve and worship him; he might not teach them the worship of the calves, that being a political business, and now no end to be answered by it; and besides, they were now carried out of the land. This priest taught, no doubt, according to the law of Moses, but was not the author of the Pentateuch; which ridiculous conceit of Le Clerc is sufficiently exposed by Witsius ^F20.

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FOOTNOTES:

F18 Abulpharag. Hist. Dynast. Dyn. 3. p. 65.
F19 Contr. Haeres. l. 1. Haer. 8.
F20 Miscellan. tom. 1. l. 1. c. 14. sect. 7. 28.

2 Reis 17:28 In-Context

26 Pelo que foi dito ao rei da Assíria: A gente que transportaste, e fizeste habitar nas cidades de Samária, não conhece a lei do deus da terra; por isso ele tem enviado entre ela leões que a matam, porquanto não conhece a lei do deus da terra.

27 Então o rei da Assíria mandou dizer: Levai ali um dos sacerdotes que transportastes de lá para que vá e habite ali, e lhes ensine a lei do deus da terra.

28 Veio, pois, um dos sacerdotes que eles tinham transportado de Samária, e habitou em Betel, e lhes ensinou como deviam temer ao Senhor.

29 Todavia as nações faziam cada uma o seu próprio deus, e os punham nas casas dos altos que os samaritanos tinham feito, cada nação nas cidades que habitava.

30 Os de Babilônia fizeram e Sucote-Benote; os de Cuta fizeram Nergal; os de Hamate fizeram Asima;