When they first settled there, they did not worship the LORD, and so he sent lions, which killed some of them.

So the emperor commanded: "Send back one of the priests we brought as prisoners; have him go back and live there, in order to teach the people the law of the god of that land."

So an Israelite priest who had been deported from Samaria went and lived in Bethel, where he taught the people how to worship the LORD.

So they worshiped the LORD, but they also worshiped their own gods according to the customs of the countries from which they had come.

The man said, "Your name will no longer be Jacob. You have struggled with God and with men, and you have won; so your name will be Israel."

He put up an altar there and named it for El, the God of Israel.

God said to him, "Your name is Jacob, but from now on it will be Israel." So God named him Israel.

and said to Jeroboam, "Take ten pieces for yourself, because the LORD, the God of Israel, says to you, 'I am going to take the kingdom away from Solomon, and I will give you ten tribes.

And now you want me to go and tell him that you are here?

Listen to this, people of Israel, you that are descended from Judah: You swear by the name of the LORD and claim to worship the God of Israel--- but you don't mean a word you say.