2 Kings 17:40
Howbeit they obeyed not, but did after their olde custome.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner.
In Context
39But feare the Lord your God, and he will deliuer you out of the handes of all your enemies.
Cross References
2 Kings 17:8And walked according to the facions of the Heathen, whom the Lord had cast out before the children of Israel, and after the maners of the Kings of Israel, which they vsed,
2 Kings 17:34Vnto this day they doe after the olde maner: they neyther feare God, neyther doe after their ordinances, nor after their customes, nor after the Lawe, nor after the commandement, which the Lord commanded the children of Iaakob, whom he named Israel,
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 →