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2 Kings 17:8

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6 In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried away the Israelites to Assyria, where he settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.

7 All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They had worshiped other gods

and walked in the customs of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites, as well as in the practices introduced by the kings of Israel.

9 The Israelites secretly did things against the LORD their God that were not right. From watchtower to fortified city, they built high places in all their cities.

10 They set up for themselves sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.

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BSB
and walked in the customs of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites, as well as in the practices introduced by the kings of Israel.
KJV
And walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they had made.
WEB
and walked in the statutes of the nations whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they made.
ASV
and walked in the statutes of the nations, whom Jehovah cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they made.
DARBY
and they walked in the statutes of the nations that Jehovah had dispossessed from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they had made.
BLB
and they had walked in the statutes of the nations whom YHWH had cast out from before the sons of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they had made.
ÅB
og vandret etter de hedningefolks skikker som Herren hadde drevet bort for Israels barn, og etter de skikker som Israels konger hadde innført.
OTB
og fulgt skikkene til de nasjonene som Herren hadde drevet ut foran Israels sønner, og etter Israels kongers veier som de hadde innført.
B1930
og vandret efter de hedningefolks skikker som Herren hadde drevet bort for Israels barn, og efter de skikker som Israels konger hadde innført.

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Cross references

  • Leviticus 18:3

    You must not follow the practices of the land of Egypt, where you used to live, and you must not follow the practices of the land of Canaan, into which I am bringing you. You must not walk in their customs.

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  • Deuteronomy 18:9

    When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you, do not imitate the detestable ways of the nations there.

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  • 2 Kings 16:3

    Instead, he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and even sacrificed his son in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.

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  • Jeremiah 10:2

    This is what the LORD says: “Do not learn the ways of the nations or be terrified by the signs in the heavens, though the nations themselves are terrified by them.

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  • Hosea 5:11

    Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, for he is determined to follow worthless idols.

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  • 1 Kings 21:26

    He committed the most detestable acts by going after idols, just like the Amorites whom the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.)

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  • Psalms 106:35

    but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs.

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  • 2 Kings 17:19

    and even Judah did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God, but lived according to the customs Israel had introduced.

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