2 Kings 17:8

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

They lived according to the customs of the nations that the Lord had dispossessed before the Israelites  and according to what the kings of Israel did.

Cross References

2 Kings 16:3

but walked in the ways of the kings of Israel.  He even sacrificed his son in the fire,  imitating the detestable practices of the nations the Lord had dispossessed before the Israelites.

Deuteronomy 18:9

‘When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, do not imitate the detestable customs of those nations.

Leviticus 18:3

Do not follow the practices of the land of Egypt,  where you used to live, or follow the practices of the land of Canaan,  where I am bringing you. You must not follow their customs.

Micah 6:16

The statutes of Omri and all the practices of Ahab’s house have been observed; you have followed their policies. Therefore, I will make you a desolate place and the city’s  residents an object of contempt;  , you will bear the scorn of my people.’  ,

Hosea 5:11

Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgement, for he is determined to follow what is worthless.

Jeremiah 10:2

This is what the Lord says: Do not learn the way of the nations or be terrified by signs in the heavens, although the nations are terrified by them,

2 Kings 21:2

He did what was evil in the Lord’s sight,  imitating the detestable practices of the nations that the Lord had dispossessed before the Israelites.

2 Kings 17:19

Even Judah did not keep the commands of the Lord their God  but lived according to the customs Israel had practised.

2 Kings 16:10

King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet King Tiglath-pileser  of Assyria. When he saw the altar that was in Damascus, King Ahaz sent a model of the altar and complete plans for its construction to the priest Uriah.

1 Kings 21:26

He committed the most detestable acts by following idols  as the Amorites  had, whom the Lord had dispossessed before the Israelites.

1 Kings 12:28

So the king sought advice. Then he made two golden calves, and he said to the people, ‘Going to Jerusalem is too difficult for you. Israel, here are your gods  who brought you up from the land of Egypt.’

Ezekiel 5:6

She has rebelled against my ordinances with more wickedness than the nations, and against my statutes more than the countries that surround her. For her people have rejected my ordinances and have not walked in my statutes.

Exodus 23:24

Do not bow in worship to their gods, and do not serve them. Do not imitate their practices. Instead, demolish them  and smash their sacred pillars to pieces.

Leviticus 26:1

‘Do not make worthless idols for yourselves,  set up a carved image or sacred pillar for yourselves, or place a sculpted stone in your land to bow down to it, for I am the Lord your God.

2 Kings 17:40

However, these nations would not listen but continued observing their former practices.