2 Kings 17:39
But ye shall fear the Lord your God, and he shall deliver you from all your enemies.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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
38Neither shall ye forget the covenant which he made with you: and ye shall not fear other gods.
40Neither shall ye comply with their practice, which they follow.
Cross References
1 Samuel 12:24Only fear the Lord, and serve him in truth and with all your heart, for ye see what great things he has wrought with you.
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 →