2 Kings 17:8

and walked in the + 17:8 Or, customs. statutes of the nations which the Lord cast out before the face of the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel as many as did such things,

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

And walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they had made.

In Context

7For it came to pass that the children of Israel had transgressed against the Lord their God, who had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharao king of Egypt, and they feared other gods,

9and in those of the children of Israel as many as + 17:9 Gr. cloaked matters. secretly practised customs, not as they should have done, against the Lord their God:

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Cross References

Exodus 23:24You shall not worship their gods, nor serve them: you shall not do according to their works, but shall utterly destroy them, and break to pieces their pillars.

Leviticus 18:27(for all these abominations the men of the land did who were before you, and the land was defiled,)

Deuteronomy 12:30take heed to yourself that you seek not to follow them after they are destroyed before you, saying, How do these nations act towards their gods? I will do likewise.

1 Kings 12:28And the king took counsel, and went, and made two golden heifers, and said to the people, Let it suffice you + 12:28 Gr. to go. to have gone hitherto to Jerusalem: behold your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.

1 Kings 21:26And it came to pass at the return of the year, that the son of Ader reviewed Syria, and went up to Apheca to war against Israel.

2 Kings 16:10And king Achaz went to Damascus to meet Thalgath-phellasar king of the Assyrians at Damascus; and he saw + 16:10 Or, the altar. an altar at Damascus. And king Achaz sent to Urias the priest the pattern of the altar, and its proportions, and all its workmanship.

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 17:8-24

The Wickedness of Israel. ( b. c. 730.) 7 For so it was, that the children of Israel had sinned against the Lord their God, which had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods, 8 And walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom the Lord cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they had made. 9 And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were not right against the Lord their God, and they built… Read the whole commentary →

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