Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry thither one of the priests whom ye brought from thence; and let them go and dwell there, and let him teach them the manner of the God of the land.

Bible References

One of the priests

Judges 17:13
Then Micah said, “Now I know that the Lord will prosper me, seeing I have a Levite as priest.”
1 Kings 12:31
And he made houses on high places, and made priests from among all the people who were not of the sons of Levi.
1 Kings 13:2
He cried against the altar by the word of the Lord, and said, “O altar, altar, thus says the Lord, ‘Behold, a son shall be born to the house of David, Josiah by name; and on you he shall sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense on you, and human bones shall be burned on you.’”
2 Chronicles 11:15
He set up priests of his own for the high places, for the satyrs and for the calves which he had made.

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