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2 Kings 17:24-41
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Cities of Israel Filled with Strangers
24 1The king of Assyria brought men from Babylon and from Cuthah and from 2Avva and from 3Hamath and Sephar-vaim, and settled them in the cities of Samaria in place of the sons of Israel. So they possessed Samaria and lived in its cities.
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At the beginning of their living there, they 4did not fear the LORD; therefore the LORD sent lions among them which killed some of them.
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So they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, "The nations whom you have carried away into exile in the cities of Samaria do not know the custom of the god of the land; so he has sent lions among them, and behold, they kill them because they do not know the custom of the god of the land."
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Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, "Take there one of the priests whom you carried away into exile and let him go and live there; and let him teach them the custom of the god of the land."
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So one of the priests whom they had carried away into exile from Samaria came and lived at Bethel, and taught them how they should fear the LORD.
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But every nation still made gods of its own and put them 5in the houses of the high places which the people of Samaria had made, every nation in their cities in which they lived.
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6The men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, the men of Cuth made Nergal, the men of Hamath made Ashima,
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and the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak; and 7the Sepharvites burned their children in the fire to 8Adrammelech and Anammelech the gods of 9Sepharvaim.
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10They also feared the LORD and 11appointed from among themselves priests of the high places, who acted for them in the houses of the high places.
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They feared the LORD and served their own gods according to the custom of the nations from among whom they had been carried away into exile.
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To this day they do according to the earlier customs: they do not fear the LORD, nor do they follow their statutes or their ordinances or the law, or the commandments which the LORD commanded the sons of Jacob, 12whom He named * Israel;
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with whom the LORD made a covenant and commanded them, saying, "13You shall not fear other gods, nor 14bow down yourselves to them nor 15serve them nor sacrifice to them.
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"But the LORD, 16who brought you up from the land of Egypt with great power and with 17an outstretched arm, 18Him you shall fear, and to Him you shall bow yourselves down, and to Him you shall sacrifice.
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"The statutes and the ordinances and the law and the commandment which He wrote for you, 19you shall observe to do forever *; and you shall not fear other gods.
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"But the LORD your God you shall fear; and He will deliver you from the hand of all your enemies."
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2 Kings 17:24-41 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
Cross References 21
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Ezra 4:2, 10 -
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2 Kings 18:34 -
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1 Kings 8:65 -
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2 Kings 17:32-41 -
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1 Kings 12:31 ;1 Kings 13:32 -
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2 Kings 17:24 -
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2 Kings 17:17 -
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2 Kings 19:37 -
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2 Kings 17:24 -
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Zephaniah 1:5 -
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1 Kings 12:31 -
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Genesis 32:28 ;Genesis 35:10 -
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Judges 6:10 -
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Exodus 20:5 -
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Deuteronomy 5:9 -
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Exodus 14:15-30 -
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Exodus 6:6 ;Exodus 9:15 -
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Leviticus 19:32 ;Deuteronomy 6:13 -
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Deuteronomy 5:32 -
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Deuteronomy 4:23 ;Deuteronomy 6:12 -
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Zephaniah 1:5 ;Matthew 6:24
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