2 Kings 17:39
But you shall fear the Lord, your God. And he will rescue you from the hand of all your enemies.”
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
But the LORD your God ye shall fear; and he shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.
In Context
40Yet truly, they did not listen to this. Instead, they acted in accord with their earlier custom.
Cross References
1 Samuel 12:24Therefore, fear the Lord, and serve him in truth and from your whole heart. For you have seen the great works that he has done among you.
Nehemiah 9:27And so you gave them into the hand of their enemies, and they afflicted them. And in the time of their tribulation, they cried out to you, and from heaven you heard them. And in accord with your great compassion, you gave to them saviors, who might save them from the hand of their enemies.
Jeremiah 10:7Who will not fear you, O King of the nations? For honor is yours. Among all the wise of the nations, and within all their kingdoms, there is nothing similar to you.
Luke 1:50And his mercy is from generation to generations for those who fear him.
Luke 1:74so that, having been freed from the hand of our enemies, we may serve him without fear,
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 →