2 Kings 17:39
But you shall fear the LORD your God, and he will deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.”
World English Bible Classic
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
38You shall not forget the covenant that I have made with you. You shall not fear other gods.
40However they didn’t listen, but they did what they did before.
Cross References
1 Samuel 12:24Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your heart; for consider what great things he has done for you.
Nehemiah 9:27Therefore you delivered them into the hand of their adversaries, who distressed them. In the time of their trouble, when they cried to you, you heard from heaven; and according to your manifold mercies you gave them saviors who saved them out of the hands of their adversaries.
Jeremiah 10:7Who shouldn’t fear you, King of the nations? For it belongs to you. Because among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their royal estate, there is no one like you.
Luke 1:50His mercy is for generations and generations on those who fear him.
Luke 1:74to grant to us that we, being delivered out of the hand of our enemies, should 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 →