2 Kings 17:26

they spake to the king of Assyria Whose thoughts on such a matter would be in accord with their own, and who would therefore take steps that the colonists should be instructed in the worship of the local deity, as he and they would consider Jehovah to be.

thou hast removed R.V. carried away. For the word in the original is the same which is translated -carried away" above in verse 11, and a different verb from that which is rendered -removed" in verse 18.

the manner of the God of the land i.e. The way in which he would desire to be worshipped. This must vary with the various attributes and characteristics which were assigned to the god of the place.