Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations which thou hast carried away, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the law of the god of the land: therefore he hath sent lions among them, and, behold, they slay them, because they know not the law of the god of the land.
And it was teld to þe kyng of Assiriens, and was seid, Þe folkis whiche thou translatidist, and madist to dwelle in þe citees of Samarie, kunnen not þe lawful thingis of God of þe lond; and þe Lord sente liouns in to hem, and lo! liouns sleen hem; for þei kunnen not þe custom of God of þe lond.