2 Kings 17:39
but ye shall fear Jehovah your God, and he shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.
Darby Translation
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
38And ye shall not forget the covenant that I have made with you, neither shall ye fear other gods;
40And they did not hearken, but did after their former customs.
Cross References
1 Samuel 12:24Only, fear Jehovah, and serve him in truth, with all your heart; for see how great things he has done for you.
Nehemiah 9:27And thou gavest them into the hand of their oppressors, and they oppressed them; and in the time of their distress, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest them from the heavens, and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours, who saved them out of the hand of their oppressors.
Jeremiah 10:7Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? For to thee doth it appertain; for among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee.
Luke 1:50and his mercy [is] to generations and generations to them that fear him.
Luke 1:74to give us, that, saved out of the hand of our enemies, we should 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 →