2 Kings 17:35

35 With whom he made a covenant, and charged them, saying: You shall not fear strange gods, nor shall you adore them, nor worship them, nor sacrifice to them.

2 Kings 17:35 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 17:35

With whom the Lord had made a covenant
As he did at Sinai, ( 2 Kings 17:15 )

and charged them, saying, ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow
yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them;
all which is contained in the first and second commandments of the law.

2 Kings 17:35 In-Context

33 And when they worshipped the Lord, they served also their own gods, according to the custom of the nations out of which they were brought to Samaria:
34 Unto this day they follow the old manner: they fear not the Lord, neither do they keep his ceremonies, and judgments, and law, and the commandment, which the Lord commanded the children of Jacob, whom he surnamed Israel:
35 With whom he made a covenant, and charged them, saying: You shall not fear strange gods, nor shall you adore them, nor worship them, nor sacrifice to them.
36 But the Lord, your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, with great power, and a stretched out arm, him shall you fear, and him shall you adore, and to him shall you sacrifice.
37 And the ceremonies, and judgments, and law, and the commandment, which he wrote for you, you shall observe to do them always: and you shall not fear strange gods.
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