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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.

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KJV King James Version

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

BSB Berean Standard Bible

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.

WEB World English Bible

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

ASV American Standard Version

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

YLT Young’s Literal Translation

Jehovah they are fearing, and their gods they are serving, according to the custom of the nations whence they removed them.

Surrounding context — 2 Kings 17

30 And the men of Babylon made Succothbenoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima,

31 And the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt their children in fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.

32 So they feared the LORD, and made unto themselves of the lowest of them priests of the high places, which sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places.

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

34 Unto this day they do after the former manners: they fear not the LORD, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law and commandment which the LORD commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel;

35 With whom the LORD had made a covenant, and charged them, saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them:

36 But the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power and a stretched out arm, him shall ye fear, and him shall ye worship, and to him shall ye do sacrifice.

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