Rotherham(i)
24 And the king of Assyria brought [men] from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Avvah, and from Hamath, and [from] Sepharvaim, and caused them to dwell in the cities of Samaria, instead of the sons of Israel,––so they took possession of Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.
25 And so it was, that, when they first dwelt there, they revered not Yahweh,––therefore Yahweh sent among them, lions, which were slaying them.
26 Therefore spake they unto the king of Assyria, saying, The nations whom thou hast removed and settled in the cities of Samaria, know not the custom of the God of the land,––and he hath sent among them lions, and lo! they are slaying them, because they know not the custom of the God of the land.
27 So the king of Assyria commanded, saying––Carry thither, one of the priests, whom ye brought away captive from thence, that they may go, and dwell there,––and teach them the custom of the God of the land.
28 Then came one of the priests whom they had carried away captive from Samaria, and dwelt in Bethel,––and he began teaching them how they should do reverence unto Yahweh.
29 Howbeit the nations severally were making their own gods,––and did put them in the houses of the high places, which, the Samaritans, had made, each several nation, in their cities wherein, they, were dwelling.
30 So then, the men of Babylon, made Succoth–benoth, and, the men of Cuth, made Nergal, and, the men of Hamath, made Ashima:
31 and, the Avvites, made Nibhaz and Tartak, and, the Sepharvites, did consume their sons in the fire, to Adrammelech and Anammelech gods of Sepharvaim.
32 Thus became they reverers of Yahweh,––and yet made for themselves, from the whole compass of them, priests of high places, who became offerers for them in the house of the high places.
33 Yahweh, were they revering,––and yet, their own gods, were they serving, according to the custom of the nations from whence they had brought them away captive.