Verse 40

2 Kings 17:40

English Revised Version

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40 Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וְ/לֹ֖א שָׁמֵ֑עוּ כִּ֛י אִֽם כְּ/מִשְׁפָּטָ֥/ם הָֽ/רִאשׁ֖וֹן הֵ֥ם עֹשִֽׂים

English Translation

And they did not listen, for they do according to their former judgments.

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Chapter 17 Context

1 In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Isra... Focus ↗

2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, yet not as the kings of Israel that were be... Focus ↗

3 Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and brought him pres... Focus ↗

4 And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea; for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt,... Focus ↗

5 Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it th... Focus ↗

6 In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away unto Assyria,... Focus ↗

7 And it was so, because the children of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God (Elohim), which... Focus ↗

8 and walked in the statutes of the nations, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel... Focus ↗

9 And the children of Israel did secretly things that were not right against the LORD their God (Elohi... Focus ↗

10 and they set them up pillars and Asherim upon every high hill, and under every green tree: Focus ↗

11 and there they burnt incense in all the high places, as did the nations whom the LORD carried away b... Focus ↗

12 and they served idols, whereof the LORD had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing. Focus ↗

13 Yet the LORD testified unto Israel, and unto Judah, by the hand of every prophet, and of every seer,... Focus ↗

14 Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their neck, like to the neck of their fathers, who... Focus ↗

15 And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonie... Focus ↗

16 And they forsook all the commandments of the LORD their God (Elohim), and made them molten images, e... Focus ↗

17 And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enc... Focus ↗

18 Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was none lef... Focus ↗

19 Also Judah kept not the commandments of the LORD their God (Elohim), but walked in the statutes of I... Focus ↗

20 And the LORD rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand o... Focus ↗

21 For he rent Israel from the house of David; and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king: and Jerobo... Focus ↗

22 And the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they departed not from t... Focus ↗

23 until the LORD removed Israel out of his sight, as he spake by the hand of all his servants the prop... Focus ↗

24 And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Avva, and from Hamath an... Focus ↗

25 And so it was, at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they feared not the LORD: therefore th... Focus ↗

26 Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations which thou hast carried away, and p... Focus ↗

27 Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry thither one of the priests whom ye brought from th... Focus ↗

28 So one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelt in Beth-el, and taught... Focus ↗

29 Howbeit every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places which the... Focus ↗

30 And the men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath m... Focus ↗

31 and the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt their children in the fire to Adra... Focus ↗

32 So they feared the LORD, and made unto them from among themselves priests of the high places, which... Focus ↗

33 They feared the LORD, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations from among whom the... Focus ↗

34 Unto this day they do after the former manners: they fear not the LORD, neither do they after their... Focus ↗

35 with whom the LORD had made a covenant, and charged them, saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nor... Focus ↗

36 but the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a stretched out... Focus ↗

37 and the statutes and the ordinances, and the law and the commandment, which he wrote for you, ye sha... Focus ↗

38 and the covenant that I have made with you ye shall not forget; neither shall ye fear other gods: Focus ↗

39 but the LORD your God (Elohim) shall ye fear; and he shall deliver you out of the hand of all your e... Focus ↗

40 Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner.

41 So these nations feared the LORD, and served their graven images; their children likewise, and their... Focus ↗

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Book: 2 Kings
Chapter: Chapter 17 (41 verses)
Version: English Revised Version

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