Verse 26
Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria ,.... In letters, or by messengers they sent unto him:
saying, the nations which thou hast removed ; from different places before mentioned:
and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner of the God of the land ; taking Jehovah the God of Israel to be a topical deity, limited peculiarly to the land of Israel, whereas he was the God of the whole earth; a like notion obtained among the Syrians, see 1 Kings 20:28 now they say they know not his "manner" or "judgment" F14 משפט "judicium", Pagninus, Montanus, &c.; , the laws, statutes, ordinances, and judgments, according to which he was worshipped by the people of Israel:
therefore he hath sent lions among them, and, behold, they slay them ; they perceived it was not a common case, nor could they impute it to any second cause, as want of food with the lions, &c.; but the hand of a superior Being was in it: and they could think of no other reason, but
because they know not the manner of the God of the land ; how he was to be worshipped; and because they did not worship him, and knew not how to do it, it was resented in this manner by him.
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