Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 1961 [e] וַיְהִ֗י way-hî, And it was so 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 not Adv-NegPrt 3372 [e] יָרְא֖וּ yā-rə-’ū [that] they did fear V-Qal-Perf-3cp 853 [e] אֶת־ ’eṯ- - DirObjM 3068 [e] יְהוָ֑ה Yah-weh; Yahweh N-proper-ms 7971 [e] וַיְשַׁלַּ֨ח way-šal-laḥ therefore sent Conj-w | V-Piel-ConsecImperf-3ms 3068 [e] יְהוָ֤ה Yah-weh Yahweh N-proper-ms   בָּהֶם֙ bā-hem among them Prep | 3mp 853 [e] אֶת־ ’eṯ- - DirObjM 738 [e] הָ֣אֲרָי֔וֹת hā-’ă-rā-yō-wṯ, lions Art | N-mp 1961 [e] וַיִּֽהְי֥וּ way-yih-yū and which Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp 2026 [e] הֹרְגִ֖ים hō-rə-ḡîm killed [some] V-Qal-Prtcpl-mp   בָּהֶֽם׃ bā-hem. of them Prep | 3mp

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.

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.

they feared

2 Kings 17:28,32,34,41 Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came …

Joshua 22:25 For the LORD has made Jordan a border between us and you, you children …

Jeremiah 10:7 Who would not fear you, O King of nations? for to you does it appertain: …

Daniel 6:26 I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble …

Jonah 1:9 And he said to them, I am an Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the God …

the Lord sent

2 Kings 2:24 And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name …

1 Kings 13:24 And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him: and …

1 Kings 20:36 Then said he to him, Because you have not obeyed the voice of the …

Jeremiah 5:6 Why a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings …

Jeremiah 15:3 And I will appoint over them four kinds, said the LORD: the sword …

Ezekiel 14:15,21 If I cause noisome beasts to pass through the land, and they spoil …

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