2 Kings 17:38

and the covenant that I have made with you ye shall not forget; neither shall ye fear other gods;

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

And the covenant that I have made with you ye shall not forget; neither shall ye fear other gods.

In Context

37and the statutes and the ordinances, and the law and the commandment, which He wrote for you, ye shall observe to do for evermore; and ye shall not fear other gods;

39but the LORD your God shall ye fear; and He will deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.'

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 6:12then beware lest thou forget the LORD, who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

Judges 6:10And I said unto you: I am the LORD your God; ye shall not fear the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell; but ye have not hearkened unto My voice.'

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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