2 Kings 17:40

The Scriptures 1998

And they did not obey, but did according to their former ruling.

Cross References

Jeremiah 13:23

Does a Kushite change his skin and a leopard its spots? You who are taught to do evil are also unable to do good!

2 Kings 17:34

To this day they are doing according to the former rulings: they are not fearing יהוה, nor do they follow their laws or their right-rulings, or the Torah and command which יהוה  had commanded the children of Yaʽ

2 Kings 17:12

and served the idols, of which יהוה  had said to them, “Do not do this.”

2 Kings 17:8

and walked in the laws of the gentiles whom יהוה  had dispossessed from before the children of Yisra’ĕ

Deuteronomy 4:28

“And there you shall serve mighty ones, the work of men’s hands, wood and stone, which neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell.

2 Kings 17:39

“But fear יהוה  your Elohim, so that He delivers you from the hand of all your enemies.”

2 Kings 17:41

So these nations were fearing יהוה, and served their carved images, both their children and their children’s children. As their fathers did, they are doing to this day.