2 Kings 17:33

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

2 Kings 17:33

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Berean Standard Bible

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.

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KJV

King James Version

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

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WEB

World English Bible

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

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ASV

American Standard Version

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

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2 Kings 17

³¹ the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burned their children in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech the gods of Sepharvaim.

³² So the new residents worshiped the LORD, but they also appointed for themselves priests of all sorts to serve in the shrines of the high places.

³³ 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.

³⁴ To this day they are still practicing their former customs. None of them worship the LORD or observe the statutes, ordinances, laws, and commandments that the LORD gave the descendants of Jacob, whom He named Israel.

³⁵ For the LORD had made a covenant with the Israelites and commanded them, “Do not worship other gods or bow down to them; do not serve them or sacrifice to them.

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