2 Kings 17:7
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2 Kings 17:7
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Now {this} came about because the sons of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them up from the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and they had (Lit {revered,} and so throughout the ch) feared other gods
2 Kings 17:8
2 Kings 17:9
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The sons of Israel did things secretly which were not right against the LORD their God. Moreover, they built for themselves high places in all their towns, from watchtower to fortified city.
2 Kings 17:10
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They set for themselves {sacred} pillars and (I.e. wooden symbols of a female deity) Asherim on every high hill and under every green tree,
2 Kings 17:11
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and there they burned incense on all the high places as the nations {did} which the LORD had carried away to exile before them; and they did evil things provoking the LORD.
2 Kings 17:12
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They served idols, concerning which the LORD had said to them, "You shall not do this thing."
2 Kings 17:13
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Yet the LORD warned Israel and Judah through all His prophets {and} every seer, saying, "Turn from your evil ways and keep My commandments, My statutes according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you through My servants the prophets."
2 Kings 17:14
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However, they did not listen, but stiffened their neck like their fathers, who did not believe in the LORD their God.
2 Kings 17:15
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They rejected His statutes and His covenant which He made with their fathers and His warnings with which He warned them. And they followed vanity and became vain, and {went} after the nations which surrounded them, concerning which the LORD had commanded them not to do like them.
2 Kings 17:16
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They forsook all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves molten images, {even} two calves, and made an Asherah and worshiped all the host of heaven and served Baal.
2 Kings 17:17
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Then they made their sons and their daughters pass through the fire, and practiced divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him.
2 Kings 17:18
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So the LORD was very angry with Israel and removed them from His sight; none was left except the tribe of Judah.
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