2 Kings 17:12 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹² They served idols, although the Lord had told them, ‘You must not do this.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² for they served idols, whereof the LORD had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² And they served idols, of which the Lord had said to them, You shall not do this thing.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² and they served idols, whereof Jehovah had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing.

Common English Bible

¹² They worshipped images about which the LORD had said, Don’t do such things!

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² And they worshipped impurities, concerning which the Lord instructed them that they should not do this word.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² And they worshipped abominations, concerning which the Lord had commanded them that they should not do this thing.

2 Kings 17:12 Tagairtí Cros

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.

2 Kings 17:11

They burned incense there on all the high places just like the nations that the Lord had driven out before them had done. They did evil things, angering the Lord.

2 Kings 17:40

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

Exodus 20:2

I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the place of slavery.

Exodus 34:14

Because the Lord is jealous  for his reputation, you are never to bow down to another god.  He is a jealous God.

Ezekiel 20:28

When I brought them into the land that I swore to give them and they saw any high hill or leafy tree,  they offered their sacrifices and presented their offensive offerings there. They also sent up their pleasing aromas and poured out their drink offerings there.

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.

Deuteronomy 12:4

Don’t worship the Lord your God this way.

Joshua 23:7

and so that you do not associate with these nations remaining among you. Do not call on the names of their gods or make an oath to them;  do not serve them or bow in worship to them.