Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 1961 [e] וַיְהִ֗י way-hî And it was Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms 8462 [e] בִּתְחִלַּת֙ biṯ-ḥil-laṯ at the beginning Prep-b | N-fsc 3427 [e] שִׁבְתָּ֣ם šiḇ-tām of their dwelling V-Qal-Inf | 3mp 8033 [e] שָׁ֔ם šām there Adv 3808 [e] לֹ֥א lō [that] not Adv-NegPrt 3372 [e] יָרְא֖וּ yā-rə-’ū they did fear V-Qal-Perf-3cp 853 [e] אֶת־ ’eṯ- - DirObjM 3068 [e] יְהוָ֑ה Yah-weh YHWH N-proper-ms 7971 [e] וַיְשַׁלַּ֨ח way-šal-laḥ and sent Conj-w | V-Piel-ConsecImperf-3ms 3068 [e] יְהוָ֤ה Yah-weh YHWH N-proper-ms [e] בָּהֶם֙ bā-hem among them Prep-b | 3mp 853 [e] אֶת־ ’eṯ- - DirObjM 738 [e] הָ֣אֲרָי֔וֹת hā-’ă-rā-yō-wṯ the lions Art | N-mp 1961 [e] וַיִּֽהְי֥וּ way-yih-yū and they were Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp 2026 [e] הֹרְגִ֖ים hō-rə-ḡîm killing V-Qal-Prtcpl-mp [e] בָּהֶֽם׃ bā-hem among them Prep-b | 3mp

Berean Study Bible
Now when the settlers first lived there, they did not worship the LORD, so He sent lions among them, which killed some of them.

Young's Literal Translation
and it cometh to pass, at the commencement of their dwelling there, they have not feared Jehovah, and Jehovah doth send among them the lions, and they are destroying among them.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When they first lived there, they did not fear Yahweh. So the LORD sent lions among them, which killed some of them.

New American Standard Bible
At the beginning of their living there, they did not fear the LORD; therefore the LORD sent lions among them which killed some of them.

King James Bible
And [so] it was at the beginning of their dwelling there, [that] they feared not the LORD: therefore the LORD sent lions among them, which slew [some] of them. 2 Kings 17:25 • 2 Kings 17:25 NIV • 2 Kings 17:25 NLT • 2 Kings 17:25 ESV • 2 Kings 17:25 NASB • 2 Kings 17:25 KJV • 2 Kings 17:25 Biblia Paralela • 2 Kings 17:25 Chinese Bible • 2 Kings 17:25 French Bible • 2 Kings 17:25 German Bible

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