2 Kings 17:34

So to this day they go on in their old ways, not worshipping the Lord or keeping his orders or his ways or the law and the rule which the Lord gave to the children of Jacob, to whom he gave the name Israel;

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In The King James Version

Unto this day they do after the former manners: they fear not the LORD, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law and commandment which the LORD commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel;

In Context

33They gave worship to the Lord, but they gave honour to their gods like the nations did from whom they had been taken as prisoners.

35And the Lord made an agreement with them and gave them orders, saying, You are to have no other gods; you are not to give worship to them or be their servants or make them offerings:

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Cross References

Genesis 32:29Then Jacob said, What is your name? And he said, What is my name to you? Then he gave him a blessing.

Genesis 35:10Jacob is your name, but it will be so no longer; from now your name will be Israel; so he was named Israel.

1 Kings 18:11And now you say, Go, say to your lord, Elijah is here.

2 Kings 17:25Now when first they were living there they did not give worship to the Lord. So the Lord sent lions among them, causing the death of some of them.

2 Kings 17:33They gave worship to the Lord, but they gave honour to their gods like the nations did from whom they had been taken as prisoners.

Psalms 55:20\55:19\God will give thought to me; he who from early times is strong will send pain and trouble on them. (Selah.) Because they are unchanged, they have no fear of God.

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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