2 Kings 17:28 describes the priest sent to teach the foreigners to fear the LORD — directly addressing the lack of fear that caused the lions in verse 25.

2 Kings 17:32 shows that the foreigners eventually feared the LORD but also served their own gods — a mixed response after the initial lack of fear.

2 Kings 17:34 states they still did not truly fear the LORD to this day — echoing the initial problem in verse 25.

2 Kings 17:41 concludes that they feared the LORD yet served idols — a syncretistic result stemming from the initial lack of fear in verse 25.

In 2 Kings 2:24, God sends bears to maul youths — a similar divine judgment by wild animals as the lions here.

In 1 Kings 13:24, a lion kills a disobedient prophet — echoing the same pattern of lion judgment for disobedience.

In 1 Kings 20:36, a lion kills a man for disobeying God — identical in kind to the lion attacks here.

In Jeremiah 5:6, God sends lions, wolves, and leopards to punish apostasy — mirroring the lion judgment here.

In Ezekiel 14:15, God sends wild beasts to ravage the land as judgment — parallel to the lions sent here.

Leviticus 26:6 promises removal of dangerous animals as a blessing for obedience — opposite of the lions sent here for disobedience.

Leviticus 26:22 is the identical curse: God sends wild animals to punish disobedience — the exact covenant threat enacted here.

Ezekiel 5:17 includes wild animals among Jerusalem's judgment — same motif from Ezekiel's prophecy, reinforcing the covenant curse.

In Jeremiah 15:3, beasts are among four destroyers God sends — a broader judgment pattern that includes animal attacks like these lions.