2 Kings 17:33 KJV — MannaFest

They feared the Lord, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations whom they carried away from thence.

KJV

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ASV

They feared Jehovah, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations from among whom they had been carried away.

WEB

They worshiped the LORD, but they also served their own gods according to the customs of the nations from which they had been carried away.

YLT

Jehovah they are fearing, and their gods they are serving, according to the custom of the nations whence they removed them.

DBT

They feared Jehovah, and served their owngods after the manner of the nations, whence they had been carried away.

About this book

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2 Kings — Two kingdoms on parallel but diverging arcs. Elisha's ministry; Samaria falls to Assyria in 722 BC; Jerusalem falls to Babylon in 586 BC. Prophets interpose; kings refuse; the exile comes — and closes on a whisper of covenant hope.

Author: Compiler anonymous; Jewish tradition attributes to Jeremiah (same as 1 Kings)
Date: Events c. 852–560 BC; closing coda places composition in the mid-exile, c. 560 BC

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Matthew 6:24
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
2 Corinthians 6:16
And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Zephaniah 1:5
And them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship and that swear by the Lord, and that swear by Malcham;
James 1:8
A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.
Luke 16:13
No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

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Israel Subdued by Assyria. 1 In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years. 2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the L ORD , but not as the kings of Israel that were before him.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

): They feared the Lord, but they served their own gods. They all agreed to worship the God of the land according to the manner, to serve the Jewish festivals and rites of sacrificing, but every nation made gods of their own besides, not only for their private use in their own families, but to be put in the houses of their high places,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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2KI 17:33MAT 6:24 1JN 2:15-16
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
2KI 17:331KI 18:21 MAT 6:24
Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
2KI 17:33MAT 6:24 JAS 4:4
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
2KI 17:33MAT 6:24 JOS 24:15
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
2KI 17:33MAT 6:24 LUK 16:13
2KI 17:33MAT 6:24 1TI 6:9-10
2KI 17:331KI 18:21 1CO 10:21-22
2KI 17:331KI 18:21 2CO 6:14-16

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