2 Kings 17:8

8 and 1walked in the customs of the nations whom the LORD had driven out before * the sons of Israel, and in the customs 2of the kings of Israel which they had introduced.

2 Kings 17:8 In-Context

6 In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried Israel away into exile to Assyria, and settled them in Halah and Habor, on the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
7 Now this came about because the sons of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them up from the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and they had feared other gods
8 and walked in the customs of the nations whom the LORD had driven out before the sons of Israel, and in the customs of the kings of Israel which they had introduced.
9 The sons of Israel did things secretly which were not right against the LORD their God. Moreover, they built for themselves high places in all their towns, from watchtower to fortified city.
10 They set for themselves sacred pillars and Asherim on every high hill and under every green tree,

Cross References 2

  • 1. Leviticus 18:3; Deuteronomy 18:9
  • 2. 2 Kings 16:3; 2 Kings 17:19

Footnotes 2

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