2 Kings 17:39
But the Lord your God shall ye fear; and he will deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.
Leeser Tanakh
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 I have made with you shall ye not forget; and ye shall not fear other gods.
40Nevertheless they have not hearkened, but they act after their former manner.
Cross References
1 Samuel 12:24Only fear the Lord, and serve him in truth with all your heart; for see what great things he hath done with you.
Nehemiah 9:27Thereupon thou gavest them up into the hand of their adversaries, who oppressed them: and in the time of their distress they used to cry unto thee, and thou ever heardest them from heaven; and according to thy abundant mercies thou wast wont to give them helpers, who helped them out of the hand of their adversaries.
Jeremiah 10:7Who would not fear thee, O King of the nations? for to thee doth it appertain; because among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, [they say] there is none like unto thee.
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 →