21 So they went up and spied out the land from the wilderness of Zin+ to Reʹhob,+ near Leʹbo-haʹmath.*+

24 The king of As·syrʹi·a then brought people from Babylon, Cuʹthah, Avʹva, Haʹmath, and Seph·ar·vaʹim+ and settled them in the cities of Sa·marʹi·a in place of the Israelites; they took possession of Sa·marʹi·a and lived in its cities.

9 A pronouncement: