◄ 2 Kings 17:33 ►
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Good News Translation
So they worshiped the LORD, but they also worshiped their own gods according to the customs of the countries from which they had come.

New Revised Standard Version
So they worshiped the LORD but also served their own gods, after the manner of the nations from among whom they had been carried away.

New American Bible
They were both venerating the LORD and serving their own gods. They followed the custom of the nations from among whom they had been deported.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when they worshipped the Lord, they served also their own gods, according to the custom of the nations out of which they were brought to Samaria:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And when they worshipped the Lord, they served also their own gods, according to the custom of the nations out of which they were brought to Samaria:

They feared

2 Kings 17:41 So these nations feared the Lord, but nevertheless served also their idols: their children also, and grandchildren, as their fathers did, so do they unto this day.

1 Kings 18:21 And Elias coming to all the people, said: How long do you halt between two sides? If the Lord be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people did not answer him a word.

Hosea 10:2 Their heart is divided: now they shall perish: he shall break down their idols, he shall destroy their altars.

Zephaniah 1:5 And them that worship the host of heaven upon the tops of houses, and them that adore, and swear by the Lord, and swear by Melchom.

Matthew 6:24 No man can serve two masters. For either he will hate the one, and love the other: or he will sustain the one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.

Luke 16:13 No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one and love the other: or he will hold to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.

whom they carried, etc.

Context
Israel's Cities Resettled by Foreigners
…32And nevertheless they worshipped the Lord. And they made to themselves, of the lowest of the people, priests of the high places, and they placed them in the temples of the high places. 33And when they worshipped the Lord, they served also their own gods, according to the custom of the nations out of which they were brought to Samaria:34Unto this day they follow the old manner: they fear not the Lord, neither do they keep his ceremonies, and judgments, and law, and the commandment, which the Lord commanded the children of Jacob, whom he surnamed Israel:…
Cross References
2 Kings 17:32
And nevertheless they worshipped the Lord. And they made to themselves, of the lowest of the people, priests of the high places, and they placed them in the temples of the high places.

2 Kings 17:34
Unto this day they follow the old manner: they fear not the Lord, neither do they keep his ceremonies, and judgments, and law, and the commandment, which the Lord commanded the children of Jacob, whom he surnamed Israel:

2 Kings 17:32
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