2 Kings 17:33 “They worshiped the LORD, but they also served their own gods according…”

2 Kings 17:33

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

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.

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

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

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

Jehovah they are fearing, and their gods they are serving, according to the custom of the nations whence they removed them.

Bible in Basic English

They gave worship to the Lord, but they gave honour to their gods like the nations did from whom they had been taken as prisoners.

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Cross references

“They feared”

2 Kings 17:41 Luke 16:13 Matthew 6:24 1 Kings 18:21 Zephaniah 1:5 Hosea 10:2

2 Kings 17:41 · BSB

So these nations worshiped the LORD but also served their idols, and to this day their children and grandchildren continue to do as their fathers did.

Luke 16:13 · BSB

No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”

Matthew 6:24 · BSB

No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.

1 Kings 18:21 · BSB

Then Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him. But if Baal is God, follow him.” But the people did not answer a word.

Zephaniah 1:5 · BSB

those who bow on the rooftops to worship the host of heaven, those who bow down and swear by the LORD but also swear by Milcom,

Hosea 10:2 · BSB

Their hearts are devious; now they must bear their guilt. The LORD will break down their altars and demolish their sacred pillars.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

32So 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.

34To 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.

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