2 Kings 17:12

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

For they served {H5647} idols {H1544}, whereof the LORD {H3068} had said {H559} unto them, Ye shall not do {H6213} this thing {H1697}.

moreover, they served idols, something ADONAI had expressly told them not to do.

They served idols, although the LORD had told them, “You shall not do this thing.”

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

Note: Commentary was generated by an advanced AI, utilizing a prompt that emphasized Biblical fidelity over bias. We've found these insights to be consistently reliable, yet we always encourage prayerful discernment through the Holy Spirit. The Scripture text and cross-references are from verified, non-AI sources.

  • Deuteronomy 5:7

    Thou shalt have none other gods before me.

  • Deuteronomy 5:9

    Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God [am] a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth [generation] of them that hate me,

  • Leviticus 26:1

    ¶ Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up [any] image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I [am] the LORD your God.

  • Deuteronomy 4:23

    Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, [or] the likeness of any [thing], which the LORD thy God hath forbidden thee.

  • Deuteronomy 4:25

    When thou shalt beget children, and children's children, and ye shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt [yourselves], and make a graven image, [or] the likeness of any [thing], and shall do evil in the sight of the LORD thy God, to provoke him to anger:

  • Exodus 34:14

    For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name [is] Jealous, [is] a jealous God:

  • Exodus 20:3

    Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

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