2 Kings 17:12

Modern English Version

for they served idols, of which the Lord had said to them, “You shall not do this thing.”

Cross References

1 Kings 21:26

He performed the most abominable act in following idols like the Amorites, whom the Lord cast out before the Israelites.

2 Kings 17:11

There they burned incense on all the high places, as the nations did whom the Lord had carried away before them. And they did wicked things to provoke the Lord to anger,

2 Kings 17:40

But they did not listen; rather they were practicing their former customs.

Exodus 20:2

I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

Exodus 34:14

(for you shall not worship any other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God),

Ezekiel 20:28

When I had brought them into the land for which I lifted up My hand to give it to them, then they saw every high hill and all the leafy trees, and there they offered their sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation of their offering. There also they made their sweet aroma and there poured out their drink offerings.

Leviticus 26:1

You shall not make for yourselves idols; neither set up a carved image nor a standing stone, nor shall you set up any sculpted stone in your land to bow down to it, for I am the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 12:4

You shall not act this way toward the Lord your God.

Joshua 23:7

Do not assimilate with these peoples remaining among you. Do not invoke the names of their gods, nor swear by, serve, or worship them.