2 Kings 17:39
But fear the Lord your God, and he shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 the covenant that he made with you, you shall not forget: neither shall ye worship strange gods,
40But they did not hearken, but did according to their old custom.
Cross References
1 Samuel 12:24Therefore fear the Lord, and serve him in truth and with your whole heart, for you have seen the great works which he hath done among you.
Nehemiah 9:27And thou gavest them into the hands of their enemies, and they afflicted them. And in the time of their tribulation they cried to thee, and thou heardest from heaven, and according to the multitude of thy tender mercies thou gavest them saviours, to save them from the hands of their enemies.
Jeremiah 10:7Who shall fear thee, O king of nations? for thine is the glory: 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 from generation unto generations, to them that fear him.
Luke 1:74That being delivered 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 →