The king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, from Cuthah, from Avva, and from Hamath and Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel; and they possessed Samaria and lived in its cities.
So it was, at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they didn’t fear the LORD.
Therefore the LORD sent lions among them, which killed some of them.