2 Kings 17:12

New Century Version

They served idols when the Lord had said, “You must not do this.”

Cross References

1 Kings 21:26

Ahab sinned terribly by worshiping idols, just as the Amorite people did. And the Lord had taken away their land and given it to the people of Israel.

2 Kings 17:11

The Israelites burned incense everywhere gods were worshiped, just as the nations who lived there before them had done, whom the Lord had forced out of the land. The Israelites did wicked things that made the Lord angry.

2 Kings 17:40

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

Exodus 20:2

“I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt where you were slaves.

Exodus 34:14

Don’t worship any other god, because I, the Lord, the Jealous One, am a jealous God.

Ezekiel 20:28

When I had brought them into the land I promised to give them, they saw every high hill and every leafy tree. There they offered their sacrifices to gods. They brought offerings that made me angry and burned their incense and poured out their drink offerings.

Leviticus 26:1

“ ‘Don’t make idols for yourselves or set up statues or memorials. Don’t put stone statues in your land to bow down to, because I am the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 12:4

Don’t worship the Lord your God that way,

Joshua 23:7

Don’t become friends with the people living among us who are not Israelites. Don’t say the names of their gods or make anyone swear by them. Don’t serve or worship them.