2 Kings 17:40
Yet truly, they did not listen to this. Instead, they acted in accord with their earlier custom.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner.
In Context
39But you shall fear the Lord, your God. And he will rescue you from the hand of all your enemies.”
Cross References
2 Kings 17:8And they walked according to the rituals of the nations that the Lord had consumed in the sight of the sons of Israel, and of the kings of Israel. For they had acted similarly.
2 Kings 17:34Even to the present day, they follow the ancient customs; they do not fear the Lord, and they do not keep his ceremonies, and judgments, and law, and commandment, which the Lord had instructed to the sons of Jacob, whom he named Israel.
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 →