Melachim Bais 17:40

40 Howbeit they did not pay heed, but they did after their mishpat harishon (former custom).

Melachim Bais 17:40 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 17:40

Howbeit, they did not hearken, but did after their former
manner.
] They did not repent of their idolatries, but persisted in them, and even when they were in captivity in Assyria, or such of them as were left in the land.

Melachim Bais 17:40 In-Context

38 And the Brit that I have made with you ye shall not forget; neither shall ye fear elohim acherim.

39 But Hashem Eloheichem ye shall fear; and He shall deliver you out of the yad of all your oyevim.

40 Howbeit they did not pay heed, but they did after their mishpat harishon (former custom).

41 So these Goyim feared Hashem, and also served their peselim, both their banim, and their bnei banim; as did their avot, so do they unto this day.