2 Kings 17:33

Geneva Bible (1560)

They feared the Lord, but serued their gods after the maner of the nations whome they caryed thence.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 18:21 : 21 And Eliiah came vnto all the people, and said, How long halt ye betweene two opinions? If the Lord be God, followe him: but if Baal be he, then goe after him; the people answered him not a worde.
  • 2 Kgs 17:41 : 41 So these nations feared the Lord, and serued their images also: so did their children, and their childrens children: as did their fathers, so do they vnto this day.
  • Matt 6:24 : 24 No man can serue two masters: for eyther he shall hate the one, and loue the other, or els he shall leane to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serue God and riches.
  • Luke 16:13 : 13 No seruaunt can serue two masters: for either he shal hate the one, and loue the other: or els he shal leane to the one, and despise the other. Yee can not serue God and riches.
  • Hos 10:2 : 2 Their heart is deuided: nowe shall they be founde faultie: he shall breake downe their altars: he shall destroy their images.
  • Zeph 1:5 : 5 And them that worship the hoste of heauen vpon the house tops, and them that worship and sweare by the Lord, and sweare by Malcham,

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  • 2 Kgs 17:31-32
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    31And the Auims made Nibhaz, and Tartak: and the Sepharuims burnt their children in the fire to Adrammelech, and Anammelech the gods of Sepharuaim.

    32Thus they feared the Lorde, and appoynted out Priestes out of them selues for the hie places, who prepared for them sacrifices in the houses of the hie places.

  • 2 Kgs 17:34-41
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    34Vnto this day they doe after the olde maner: they neyther feare God, neyther doe after their ordinances, nor after their customes, nor after the Lawe, nor after the commaundement, which the Lord commanded the children of Iaakob, whom he named Israel,

    35And with whom the Lord had made a couenant, and charged them, saying, Feare none other gods, nor bowe your selues to them, nor serue them, nor sacrifice to them:

    36But feare the Lorde which brought you out of the land of Egypt with great power, and a stretched out arme: him feare ye, and worshippe him, and sacrifice to him.

    37Also keepe ye diligently the statutes and the ordinances, and the Lawe, and the commandement, which he wrote for you, that ye do them continually, and feare not other gods.

    38And forget not the couenant that I haue made with you, neither feare ye other gods,

    39But feare the Lord your God, and he will deliuer you out of the handes of all your enemies.

    40Howbeit they obeyed not, but did after their olde custome.

    41So these nations feared the Lord, and serued their images also: so did their children, and their childrens children: as did their fathers, so do they vnto this day.

  • 2 Kgs 17:7-8
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    7For when the children of Israel sinned against the Lorde their God, which had brought them out of the land of Egypt, fro vnder ye hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, & feared other gods,

    8And walked according to the facions of the Heathen, whom the Lord had cast out before the children of Israel, and after the maners of the Kings of Israel, which they vsed,

  • 2 Kgs 17:11-12
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    11And there burnt incense in all the hie places, as did the heathen, whom the Lord had taken away before them, and wrought wicked things to anger the Lord,

    12And serued idoles: whereof the Lorde had sayd vnto them, Ye shal do no such thing,

  • Deut 29:26
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    26And went and serued other gods and worshipped them: euen gods which they knewe not, and which had giuen them nothing,

  • 2 Kgs 17:15-17
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    15And they refused his statutes and his couenant, that he made with their fathers, & his testimonies (wherewith he witnessed vnto them) and they followed vanitie, and became vaine, and followed the heathen that were round about them: concerning whome the Lord had charged them, that they should not do like them.

    16Finally they left all the commaundements of the Lorde their God, and made them molten images, euen two calues, and made a groue, and worshipped all the hoste of heauen, and serued Baal.

    17And they made their sonnes and their daughters passe thorowe the fire, and vsed witchcraft and inchantments, yea, solde them selues to doe euill in the sight of the Lord, to anger him.

  • 2 Kgs 17:27-29
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    27Then the King of Asshur commaunded, saying, Carie thither one of the Priestes whome ye brought thence, and let him goe and dwell there, and teache them the maner of the God of the countrey.

    28So one of the Priestes, which they had caryed from Samaria, came and dwelt in Beth-el, and taught them how they shoulde feare the Lorde.

    29Howbeit euery nation made their gods, & put them in the houses of the hie places, which the Samaritanes had made, euery nation in their cities, wherein they dwelt.

  • Judg 2:11-13
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    11Then the children of Israel did wickedly in the sight of the Lord, and serued Baalim,

    12And forsooke ye Lord God of their fathers, which brought them out of the lande of Egypt, & followed other gods, euen the gods of the people that were round about them, & bowed vnto them, and prouoked the Lord to anger.

    13So they forsooke the Lorde, and serued Baal, and Ashtaroth.

  • Deut 32:17
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    17They offred vnto deuils, not to God, but to gods whome they knew not: new gods that came newly vp, whome their fathers feared not.

  • Josh 24:14
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    14Nowe therefore feare the Lorde, & serue him in vprightnesse and in trueth, and put away the gods, which your fathers serued beyonde the flood and in Egypt, and serue the Lord.

  • Ps 106:35-36
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    35But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their workes,

    36And serued their idoles, which were their ruine.

  • 2 Chr 34:33
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    33So Iosiah tooke away al the abominations out of all the countreis that perteined to the children of Israel, & compelled all that were found in Israel, to serue the Lorde their God: so all his dayes they turned not backe from the Lord God of their fathers.

  • Judg 10:16
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    16Then they put away the strange gods from among them and serued the Lorde: and his soule was grieued for the miserie of Israel.

  • Judg 2:17
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    17But yet they would not obey their Iudges: for they went a whoring after other gods, & worshipped them, & turned quickly out of the way, wherein their fathers walked, obeying the commandements of the Lord: they did not so.

  • Judg 3:6-7
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    6And they tooke their daughters to bee their wiues, and gaue their daughters to their sonnes, and serued their gods.

    7So the children of Israel did wickedly in the sight of the Lord, & forgate the Lorde their God, and serued Baalim, and Asheroth.

  • Jer 22:9
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    9Then shall they answere, Because they haue forsaken the couenant of the Lorde their God, & worshipped other gods, and serued them.

  • Deut 12:30
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    30Beware, lest thou be taken in a snare after them, after that they be destroied before thee, and lest thou aske after their gods, saying, Howe did these nations serue their gods, that I may doe so likewise?

  • 2 Chr 7:22
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    22And they shall answere, Because they forsooke the Lorde God of their fathers, which brought them out of the lande of Egypt, and haue taken holde on other gods, and haue worshipped them, and serued them, therefore hath he brought all this euill vpon them.

  • 2 Chr 24:18
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    18And they left the house of the Lord God of their fathers, and serued groues and idoles: & wrath came vpon Iudah and Ierusalem, because of this their trespasse.

  • Josh 23:7
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    7Neither companie with these nations: that is, with them which are left with you, neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to sweare by them, neither serue them nor bowe vnto them:

  • Exod 23:33
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    33Neither shall they dwell in thy lande, least they make thee sinne against me: for if thou serue their gods, surely it shall be thy destruction.

  • Deut 29:17
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    17And ye haue seene their abominations and their idoles (wood, and stone, siluer and golde) which were among them,

  • 2 Kgs 17:25
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    25And at the beginning of their dwelling there, they feared not the Lord: therefore the Lord sent lions among them, which slewe them.

  • 1 Kgs 9:9
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    9And they shall answere, Because they forsooke the Lorde their God, which brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and haue taken holde vpon other gods, & haue worshipped them, and serued them, therfore hath the Lord brought vpon them all this euill.

  • 2 Chr 7:19
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    19But if ye turne away, and forsake my statutes and my commandements which I haue set before you, and shall goe and serue other gods, and worshippe them,

  • 1 Sam 8:8
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    8As they haue euer done since I brought them out of Egypt euen vnto this day, (and haue forsaken me, and serued other gods) euen so doe they vnto thee.

  • Zeph 2:11
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    11The Lord will be terrible vnto them: for he wil consume all the gods of the earth, and euery man shall worship him from his place, euen all the yles of the heathen.

  • Judg 2:19
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    19Yet when the Iudge was dead, they returned, and did worse then their fathers, in following other gods to serue them and worshippe them: they ceased not from their owne inuentions, nor from their rebellious way.

  • Deut 17:3
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    3And hath gone and serued other gods, and worshipped them: as the sunne, or the moone, or any of the hoste of heauen, which I haue not commaunded,

  • 2 Kgs 17:19
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    19Yet Iudah kept not the commandements of the Lord their God, but walked according to the facion of Israel, which they vsed.

  • 1 Chr 5:25
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    25But they transgressed against the God of their fathers, and went a whoring after the gods of the people of the lande, whome God had destroyed before them.

  • Deut 4:28
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    28And there ye shall serue gods, euen ye worke of mans hand, wood, and stone, which neither see, nor heare, nor eate, nor smell.