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2 Kings 17:33

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They feared the LORD, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations whom they carried away from thence.

They feared {H3373} the LORD {H3068}, and served {H5647} their own gods {H430}, after the manner {H4941} of the nations {H1471} whom they carried away {H1540} from thence.

They both feared ADONAI and served their own gods in the manner customary among the nations from which they had been taken away.

They worshiped the LORD, but they also served their own gods according to the customs of the nations from which they had been carried away.

They feared Jehovah, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations from among whom they had been carried away.

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Cross-References

  • Luke 16:13 (6 votes)

    No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

  • 2 Kings 17:41 (6 votes)

    So these nations feared the LORD, and served their graven images, both their children, and their children's children: as did their fathers, so do they unto this day.

  • Matthew 6:24 (5 votes)

    No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

  • 1 Kings 18:21 (4 votes)

    ¶ And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD [be] God, follow him: but if Baal, [then] follow him. And the people answered him not a word.

  • Zephaniah 1:5 (3 votes)

    And them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship [and] that swear by the LORD, and that swear by Malcham;

  • Hosea 10:2 (1 votes)

    Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images.