2 Kings 17:33

They feared LORD, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations from among whom they had been carried away.

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In The King James Version

They feared the LORD, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations whom they carried away from thence.

In Context

32So they feared LORD, and made for them priests of the high places from among themselves, who sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places.

34To this day they do after the former manner. They do not fear LORD, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law or after the commandment which LORD commanded the sons of Jacob, whom he named Is

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Cross References

2 Kings 17:41So these nations feared LORD, and served their graven images, their sons likewise, and their son's sons, as did their fathers, so do they to this day.

Zephaniah 1:5and those who worship the host of heaven upon the housetops, and those who worship, who swear to LORD and swear by Malcam,

Luke 16:13No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold to one and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 17:25-41

The Samaritans' Idolatry. ( b. c. 720.) 24 And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel: and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof. 25 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. 26 Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria, saying, The… Read the whole commentary →

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