2 Koningen 17:41

41 Maar deze volken vreesden den HEERE, en dienden hun gesneden beelden; ook doen hun kinderen en hun kindskinderen, gelijk als hun vaders gedaan hebben, tot op dezen dag.

2 Koningen 17:41 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 17:41

So these nations feared the Lord, and served their graven
images
Just in like manner as the Israelites had done, who served the Lord and the calves, and worshipped God and Baal:

both their children, and their children's children;
that is, the children and children's children of the Samaritans:

as did their fathers, so do they unto this day;
to the writing of this book, which some ascribe to Jeremiah, to whose times, and even longer, they continued this mixed and mongrel worship, for the space of three hundred years, to the times of Alexander the great, of whom Sanballat, governor of Samaria, got leave to build a temple, on Gerizim, for his son-in-law Manasseh, of which he became priest; and the Samaritans were prevailed upon to relinquish their idolatry, and to worship only the God of Israel; and yet it seems but ignorantly, and not without superstition, to the times of Christ, ( John 4:22 ) .

2 Koningen 17:41 In-Context

39 Maar den HEERE, uw God, zult gij vrezen; en Hij zal u redden uit de hand van al uw vijanden.

40 Doch zij hoorden niet, maar zij deden naar hun eerste wijze.

41 Maar deze volken vreesden den HEERE, en dienden hun gesneden beelden; ook doen hun kinderen en hun kindskinderen, gelijk als hun vaders gedaan hebben, tot op dezen dag.