2 Kings 17:12

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Even though the LORD had commanded the Israelites not to worship idols, they did it anyway.

Cross References

2 Kings 17:11

They offered sacrifices at the shrines, just as the foreign nations had done before the LORD forced them out of Israel. They did sinful things that made the LORD very angry.

2 Kings 17:40

But the people living in Israel ignored that command and kept on following their old customs.

Exodus 20:2

I am the LORD your God, the one who brought you out of Egypt where you were slaves.

Exodus 34:14

I demand your complete loyalty—you must not worship any other god!

Ezekiel 20:28

by offering sacrifices, incense, and wine to gods on every hill and under every large tree. I was very angry, because they did these things in the land I had given them!

Leviticus 26:1

I am the LORD your God! So don't make or worship any sort of idols or images.

Deuteronomy 12:4

Don't worship the LORD your God in the way those nations worship their gods.

Joshua 23:7

Don't have anything to do with the nations that live around you. Don't worship their gods or pray to their idols or make promises in the names of their gods.