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2 Kings 17:8

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6 In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.

7 For so it was, that the children of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, which had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods,

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.

9 And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were not right against the LORD their God, and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.

10 And they set them up images and groves in 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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  • Leviticus 18:3

    After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do: neither shall ye walk in their ordinances.

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  • Deuteronomy 18:9

    When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.

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  • 2 Kings 16:3

    But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel.

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  • Jeremiah 10:2

    Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.

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  • Hosea 5:11

    Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.

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  • 1 Kings 21:26

    And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all things as did the Amorites, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.

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  • Psalms 106:35

    But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.

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  • 2 Kings 17:19

    Also Judah kept not the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.

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