mkjv - 2Kings:17:24-41

mkjv@2Kings:17:24 @ And the king of Assyria brought [men] from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed [them] in the cities of Samaria instead of the sons of Israel. And they possessed Samaria and lived in its cities.

mkjv@2Kings:17:25 @ And it happened at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they did not fear Jehovah. And Jehovah sent lions among them, who killed them.

mkjv@2Kings:17:26 @ And they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations which you have removed and placed in the cities of Samaria do not know the manner of the God of the land. And He has sent lions among them, and, behold, they kill them because they do not know the way of the God of the land.

mkjv@2Kings:17:27 @ And the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Cause one of the priests whom you removed from there to go there. And they shall go and live there, and he shall teach them the way of the God of the land.

mkjv@2Kings:17:28 @ And one of the priests whom they had removed from Samaria came and lived in Bethel. And he taught them how they should fear the LORD.

mkjv@2Kings:17:29 @ And every nation made gods of their own, and put [them] in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities in which they lived.

mkjv@2Kings:17:30 @ And the men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima,

mkjv@2Kings:17:31 @ and the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burned their sons with fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech the gods of Sepharvaim.

mkjv@2Kings:17:32 @ So they feared the LORD, and made to themselves, of the lowest of them, priests of the high places, who sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places.

mkjv@2Kings:17:33 @ They feared the LORD and served their own gods, according to the custom of the nations whom they removed from there.

mkjv@2Kings:17:34 @ Until this day they do according to their former ways. They do not fear the LORD, neither do they do according to their statutes, or according to their ordinances, or according to the law and commandment which the LORD commanded the sons of Jacob, whom He named Israel.

mkjv@2Kings:17:35 @ And the LORD had made a covenant and charged them, saying, You shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them,

mkjv@2Kings:17:36 @ but the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power and a stretched-out arm, you shall fear Him, and you shall worship Him, and you shall do sacrifice to Him.

mkjv@2Kings:17:37 @ And the statutes, and the ordinances, and the law, and the commandment, which He wrote for you, you shall be careful to do forever. And you shall not fear other gods.

mkjv@2Kings:17:38 @ And the covenant that I have made with you, you shall not forget, and you shall not fear other gods.

mkjv@2Kings:17:39 @ And you shall fear the LORD your God. And He shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.

mkjv@2Kings:17:40 @ But they did not listen, but they followed after their former way.

mkjv@2Kings:17:41 @ And it happened, these nations feared the LORD, and they served their graven images, both their sons and their sons' sons, as their fathers did, they do until this day.