2 Kings 17:36-41

36 but 1you shall fear the LORD, 2who brought you out of the land of Egypt with great power and 3with an outstretched arm. You shall bow yourselves to him, and to him you shall sacrifice.
37 And the statutes and the rules and the law and the commandment that he wrote for you, 4you shall always be careful to do. 5You shall not fear other gods,
38 and 6you shall not forget the covenant that I have made with you. 7You shall not fear other gods,
39 but 8you shall fear the LORD your God, and he will deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies."
40 However, they would not listen, but they did according to their former manner.
41 9So these nations feared the LORD and also served their carved images. Their children did likewise, and their children's children--as their fathers did, so they do to this day.

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2 Kings 17:36-41 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 2 KINGS 17

This chapter relates the captivity of the ten tribes of Israel, and how it came about, 2Ki 17:1-6, the cause of it, their idolatry, which they persisted in, notwithstanding the remonstrances made against it, 2Ki 17:7-23, in whose stead were placed people from different parts, who exercised a mixed religion, partly Heathenish, and partly Israelitish, 2Ki 17:24.

Cross References 9

  • 1. Deuteronomy 6:13
  • 2. ver. 7
  • 3. Exodus 6:6; Deuteronomy 4:34
  • 4. Deuteronomy 5:32
  • 5. [See ver. 35 above]
  • 6. Deuteronomy 4:23
  • 7. [See ver. 35 above]
  • 8. [See ver. 36 above]
  • 9. [Zephaniah 1:5]
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