2 Kings 17:8

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They began doing the same things that other people did. And the Lord had forced those people to leave their land when the Israelites came. The Israelites also chose to be ruled by kings, {not by God}.

Cross References

1 Kings 12:28

So the king asked his advisers what he should do. {They gave him their advice.} So Jeroboam made two golden calves. King Jeroboam said to the people, “You should not go to Jerusalem to worship. Israel, these are the gods that brought you out of Egypt.” [155]

1 Kings 21:26

Ahab did a very bad sin and worshiped those blocks of wood (idols). This was the same thing that the Amorite people did. And the Lord took the land from them and gave it to the people of Israel.

2 Kings 16:10

King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath Pileser king of Assyria. Ahaz saw the altar [191] at Damascus. King Ahaz sent a model and pattern of this altar to Uriah the priest.

2 Kings 16:3

Ahaz lived like the kings of Israel. He even sacrificed his son in fire. [187] He copied the terrible sins of the nations that the Lord forced to leave the country at the time the Israelites came.

2 Kings 17:19

But even the people of Judah did not obey the commands of the Lord their God. The people of Judah lived just like the people of Israel.

2 Kings 17:40

But the Israelites did not listen. They kept on doing the same things they did before.

2 Kings 21:2

Manasseh did the things that the Lord said were wrong. Manasseh did the terrible things the other nations did. (And the Lord forced those nations to leave their country when the Israelites came.)

Psalm 106:35

They mixed with the other people,\par and did what those people were doing.\par

Exodus 23:24

“Don’t worship the gods of those people. Don’t ever bow down to those gods. You must never live the way those people live. You must destroy their idols. [151] And you must break the stones that help them remember their gods. [152]

Jeremiah 10:2

This is what the Lord says:

Ezekiel 5:6

The people \{of Jerusalem\} rebelled against my commands. They were worse than any of the other nations! They broke more of my laws than any of the people in the countries around them. They refused to listen to my commands! They did not obey my laws!”

Hosea 5:11

Ephraim {\cf2\super [61]} will be punished.\par He will be crushed and pressed like grapes.\par Why? Because he decided to follow filth.\par

Leviticus 18:3

In the past, you lived in Egypt. You must not do the things that were done in that country! I am leading you to Canaan. You must not do the things that are done in that country! Don’t follow their customs.

Leviticus 26:1

“Don’t make idols for yourselves. Don’t set up statues or memorials [440] in your land to bow down to. Why? Because I am the Lord your God!

Micah 6:16

Why? Because you obey the laws of Omri. {\cf2\super [78]} \par You do all the \{bad\} things\par that Ahab’s family does.\par You follow their teachings.\par So I will let you be destroyed.\par People will whistle in amazement\par when they see your destroyed city.\par Then you will bear the shame\par that the other nations bring to you. {\cf2\super [79]} \par

Deuteronomy 18:9

“When you come into the land that the Lord your God is giving you, don’t learn to do the terrible things the people of the other nations there do.