2 Kings 17:35
33 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.
34 To this day they are still practicing their former customs. None of them worship the LORD or observe the statutes, ordinances, laws, and commandments that the LORD gave the descendants of Jacob, whom He named Israel.
For the LORD had made a covenant with the Israelites and commanded them, “Do not worship other gods or bow down to them; do not serve them or sacrifice to them.
36 Instead, worship the LORD, who brought you out of the land of Egypt with great power and an outstretched arm. You are to bow down to Him and offer sacrifices to Him.
37 And you must always be careful to observe the statutes, ordinances, laws, and commandments He wrote for you. Do not worship other gods.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- For the LORD had made a covenant with the Israelites and commanded them, “Do not worship other gods or bow down to them; do not serve them or sacrifice to them.
- KJV
- 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:
- WEB
- with whom the LORD had made a covenant and commanded them, saying, “You shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them;
- ASV
- with whom Jehovah 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:
- DARBY
- And Jehovah had made a covenant with them, and charged them saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow down yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them;
- BLB
- And YHWH had cut a covenant with them and commanded them, saying, “You⁺ shall not fear other gods, and not bow low to them, and not serve them, and not sacrifice to them.
- ÅB
- og Herren gjorde en pakt med dem og befalte dem: Dere skal ikke frykte andre guder og ikke tilbe dem og ikke dyrke dem og ikke ofre til dem,
- OTB
- med hvem Herren inngikk en pakt og befalte dem, og sa, "Du skal ikke frykte andre guder, heller ikke bøye deg for dem, tjene dem eller ofre til dem.
- B1930
- og Herren gjorde en pakt med dem og bød dem: I skal ikke frykte andre guder og ikke tilbede dem og ikke dyrke dem og ikke ofre til dem,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Judges 6:10
And I said to you: ‘I am the LORD your God. You must not fear the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell.’ But you did not obey Me.”
Read in contextJoshua 23:7
So you are not to associate with these nations that remain among you. You must not call on the names of their gods or swear by them, and you must not serve them or bow down to them.
Read in contextJoshua 23:16
If you transgress the covenant of the LORD your God, which He commanded you, and go and serve other gods and bow down to them, then the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and you will quickly perish from this good land He has given you.”
Read in contextExodus 34:12–17
Be careful not to make a treaty with the inhabitants of the land you are entering, lest they become a snare in your midst.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 4:23–27
Be careful that you do not forget the covenant of the LORD your God that He made with you; do not make an idol for yourselves in the form of anything He has forbidden you.
Read in contextExodus 20:4–5
You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath.
Read in contextExodus 24:6–8
Moses took half of the blood and put it in bowls, and the other half he sprinkled on the altar.
Read in context2 Kings 17:15
They rejected His statutes and the covenant He had made with their fathers, as well as the decrees He had given them. They pursued worthless idols and themselves became worthless, going after the surrounding nations that the LORD had commanded them not to imitate.
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