2 Kings 17:34

Unto this day they followed the old manner: they fear not the Lord, neither do they keep his ceremonies, and judgments, and law, and the commandment, which the Lord commanded the children of Jacob, whom he surnamed Israel:

Douay-Rheims 1899

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

33And when they worshipped the Lord, they served also their own gods according to the custom of the nations out of which they were brought to Samaria:

35With whom he made a covenant, and charged them, saying: You shall not fear strange gods, nor shall you adore them, nor worship them, nor sacrifice to them.

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Cross References

Genesis 32:29Jacob asked him, Tell me by what name art thou called? He answered: Why dost thou ask my name? And he blessed him in the same place.

Genesis 35:10Saying: Thou shalt not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name. And he called him Israel.

1 Kings 18:11And now thou sayest to me: Go, and tell thy master: Elias is here.

2 Kings 17:25And when they began to dwell there, they feared not the Lord: and the Lord sent lions among them, which killed them.

2 Kings 17:33And when they worshipped the Lord, they served also their own gods according to the custom of the nations out of which they were brought to Samaria:

Psalms 55:20He shall redeem my soul in peace from them that draw near to me: for among many they were with me.

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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