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2 Kings 17:36-41
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but you shall worship the Lord, who brought you out of the land of Egypt with great power and with an outstretched arm; you shall bow yourselves to him, and to him you shall sacrifice.
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The statutes and the ordinances and the law and the commandment that he wrote for you, you shall always be careful to observe. You shall not worship other gods;
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you shall not forget the covenant that I have made with you. You shall not worship other gods,
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but you shall worship the Lord your God; he will deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies."
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They would not listen, however, but they continued to practice their former custom.
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So these nations worshiped the Lord, but also served their carved images; to this day their children and their children's children continue to do as their ancestors did.
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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.
Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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