2 Kings 17:12
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And they worshipped abominations, concerning which the Lord had commanded them that they should not do this thing.

whereof

Exodus 20:3-5 Thou shalt not have strange gods before me. . . .

Exodus 34:14 Adore not any strange god. The Lord his name is jealous, he is a jealous God.

Leviticus 26:1 I am the Lord your God. You shall not make to yourselves any idol or graven thing: neither shall you erect pillars, nor set up a remarkable stone in your land, to adore it. For I am the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 4:19 Lest perhaps lifting up thy eyes to heaven, thou see the sun and the moon, and all the stars of heaven, and being deceived by error thou adore and serve them, which the Lord thy God created for the service of all the nations, that are under heaven.

Deuteronomy 5:7-9 Thou shalt not have strange gods in my sight. . . .

Ye shall not

Deuteronomy 4:15-19,23-25 Keep therefore your souls carefully. You saw not any similitude in the day that the Lord God spoke to you in Horeb from the midst of the fire: . . .

Deuteronomy 12:4 You shall not do so to the Lord your God:

Context
Israel Exiled Because of Idolatry
11And they burnt incense there upon altars, after the manner of the nations which the Lord had removed from their face: and they did wicked things, provoking the Lord. 12And they worshipped abominations, concerning which the Lord had commanded them that they should not do this thing.13And the Lord testified to them in Israel, and in Juda, by the hand of all the prophets and seers, saying: Return from your wicked ways, and keep my precepts, and ceremonies, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers: and as I have sent to you in the hand of my servants the prophets.…
Cross References
Exodus 20:4
Thou shalt not make to thyself a graven thing, nor the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, nor of those things that are in the waters under the earth.

1 Kings 21:26
And he became abominable, insomuch that he followed the idols which the Amorrhites had made, whom the Lord destroyed before the face of the children of Israel.

2 Kings 17:11
And they burnt incense there upon altars, after the manner of the nations which the Lord had removed from their face: and they did wicked things, provoking the Lord.

Lexicon
They served
וַיַּֽעַבְד֖וּ (way·ya·‘aḇ·ḏū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5647: To work, to serve, till, enslave

idols,
הַגִּלֻּלִ֑ים (hag·gil·lu·lîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1544: A log, an idol

although the LORD
יְהוָה֙ (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

had told them,
אָמַ֤ר (’ā·mar)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

“You shall not
לֹ֥א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

do
תַעֲשׂ֖וּ (ṯa·‘ă·śū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make

this.”
הַזֶּֽה׃ (haz·zeh)
Article | Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2088: This, that


Additional Translations
They served idols, although the LORD had told them, “You shall not do this thing.”For they served idols, whereof the LORD had said to them, You shall not do this thing.

and they served idols, whereof Jehovah had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing.

And they served the idols, of which the Lord said to them, Ye shall not do this thing against the Lord.

and they served idols, as to which Jehovah had said to them, Ye shall not do this thing.

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

For they served idols, of which the LORD had said to them, Ye shall not do this thing.

and they served idols, of which Yahweh had said to them, "You shall not do this thing."

and serve the idols, of which Jehovah said to them, 'Ye do not do this thing;'
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