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came.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/2_kings/17.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />So they feared the LORD but also served their own gods, after the manner of the nations from among whom they had been carried away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/2_kings/17.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/2_kings/17.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />They feared the LORD, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations whom they carried away from thence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/2_kings/17.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />They feared the LORD, yet served their own gods—according to the rituals of the nations from among whom they were carried away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/2_kings/17.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />They feared the LORD, yet they were serving their own gods in accordance with the custom of the nations from among whom they had been taken into exile.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/2_kings/17.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />They feared the LORD and served their own gods according to the custom of the nations from among whom they had been carried away into exile.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/2_kings/17.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />They feared the LORD and served their own gods according to the custom of the nations from among whom they had been carried away into exile.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/2_kings/17.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />They were fearing Yahweh and serving their own gods according to the custom of the nations from among whom they had been taken away into exile.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/2_kings/17.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />They feared the LORD, yet served their own gods, following the custom of the nations from among whom they had been sent into exile.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/2_kings/17.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />They feared the LORD, but they also worshiped their own gods according to the practice of the nations from which they had been deported.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/2_kings/17.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />They feared the LORD, but they also worshiped their own gods according to the custom of the nations where they had been deported from. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/2_kings/17.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />They feared Jehovah, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations from among whom they had been carried away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/2_kings/17.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />They feared the LORD, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations from among whom they had been carried away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/2_kings/17.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />They worshiped the LORD but also served their own gods according to the customs of the nations from which they had come.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/2_kings/17.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />So they worshiped the LORD, but they also worshiped their own gods according to the customs of the countries from which they had come. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/2_kings/17.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />While they continued to fear the LORD, they served their own gods, following the custom of the nations whom they had carried away from there. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/2_kings/17.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />They were worshiping the LORD and at the same time serving their own gods in accordance with the practices of the nations from which they had been deported. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/2_kings/17.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />And they worshiped the LORD, yet served their own gods, after the ways of the nations from among whom they had been carried away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/2_kings/17.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />They feared the LORD, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations whom they carried away from thence.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/2_kings/17.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/2_kings/17.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />They feared Yahweh, and also served their own gods, after the ways of the nations from among whom they had been carried away. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/2_kings/17.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />They are fearing YHWH, and they are serving their gods, according to the custom of the nations from where they removed them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/2_kings/17.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Jehovah they are fearing, and their gods they are serving, according to the custom of the nations whence they removed them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/2_kings/17.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />They were fearing Jehovah, and were serving their gods according to the judgment of the nations who carried them into exile from thence,<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/2_kings/17.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And when they worshipped the Lord, they served also their own gods according to the custom of the nations out of which they were brought to Samaria: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/2_kings/17.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And though they worshipped the Lord, they also served their own gods, according to the custom of the nations from which they had been transferred into Samaria.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/2_kings/17.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />They were both venerating the LORD and serving their own gods. They followed the custom of the nations from among whom they had been deported.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/2_kings/17.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />So they worshiped the LORD but also served their own gods, after the manner of the nations from among whom they had been carried away.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/2_kings/17.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />They worshipped the LORD and served their own gods after the manner of the nations. So the children of Israel were carried away out of their land<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/2_kings/17.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />They were worshiping LORD JEHOVAH and they were working for their gods, according to the custom of the Gentiles, and they led the children of Israel captive from their land until today<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/2_kings/17.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />They feared the LORD, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations from among whom they had been carried away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/2_kings/17.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And they feared the Lord, and served their gods according to the manner of the nations, whence <i>their lords</i> brought them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/2_kings/17-33.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FiLs3w_mMFQ?start=6062" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/2_kings/17.htm">Israel's Cities Resettled by Foreigners</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">32</span>So the new residents worshiped the LORD, but they also appointed for themselves priests of all sorts to serve in the shrines of the high places. <span class="reftext">33</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: hā·yū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3373.htm" title="3373: yə·rê·’îm (Adj-mp) -- Fearing, reverent. From yare'; fearing; morally, reverent.">They worshiped</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD,</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5647.htm" title="5647: ‘ō·ḇə·ḏîm (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mp) -- To work, serve. A primitive root; to work; by implication, to serve, till, enslave, etc.">but they also served</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hê·hem (N-mpc:: 3mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">their own gods</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: hā·yū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4941.htm" title="4941: kə·miš·paṭ (Prep-k:: N-msc) -- Judgment. ">according to the customs</a> <a href="/hebrew/1471.htm" title="1471: hag·gō·w·yim (Art:: N-mp) -- Rarely goy; apparently from the same root as gevah; a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts.">of the nations</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer- (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">from which</a> <a href="/hebrew/1540.htm" title="1540: hiḡ·lū (V-Hifil-Perf-3cp) -- To uncover, remove. A primitive root; to denude; by implication, to exile; figuratively, to reveal.">they had been carried away.</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·ṯām (DirObjM:: 3mp) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8033.htm" title="8033: miš·šām (Prep-m:: Adv) -- There, thither. A primitive particle; there then; often thither, or thence."></a> </span><span class="reftext">34</span>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.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/20-3.htm">Exodus 20:3-5</a></span><br />You shall have no other gods before Me. / 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. / You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/6-13.htm">Deuteronomy 6:13-14</a></span><br />Fear the LORD your God, serve Him only, and take your oaths in His name. / Do not follow other gods, the gods of the peoples around you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/24-14.htm">Joshua 24:14-15</a></span><br />Now, therefore, fear the LORD and serve Him in sincerity and truth; cast aside the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates and in Egypt, and serve the LORD. / But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/18-21.htm">1 Kings 18:21</a></span><br />Then Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him. But if Baal is God, follow him.” But the people did not answer a word.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-41.htm">2 Kings 17:41</a></span><br />So these nations worshiped the LORD but also served their idols, and to this day their children and grandchildren continue to do as their fathers did.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/29-13.htm">Isaiah 29:13</a></span><br />Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/12-2.htm">Jeremiah 12:2</a></span><br />You planted them, and they have taken root. They have grown and produced fruit. You are ever on their lips, but far from their hearts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/20-39.htm">Ezekiel 20:39</a></span><br />And as for you, O house of Israel, this is what the Lord GOD says: Go and serve your idols, every one of you. But afterward, you will surely listen to Me, and you will no longer defile My holy name with your gifts and idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zephaniah/1-5.htm">Zephaniah 1:5</a></span><br />those who bow on the rooftops to worship the host of heaven, those who bow down and swear by the LORD but also swear by Milcom,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/6-24.htm">Matthew 6:24</a></span><br />No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/15-8.htm">Matthew 15:8-9</a></span><br />‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. / They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/16-13.htm">Luke 16:13</a></span><br />No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/4-22.htm">John 4:22</a></span><br />You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/17-22.htm">Acts 17:22-23</a></span><br />Then Paul stood up in the meeting of the Areopagus and said, “Men of Athens, I see that in every way you are very religious. / For as I walked around and examined your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore what you worship as something unknown, I now proclaim to you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/1-21.htm">Romans 1:21-23</a></span><br />For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts. / Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools, / and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">They feared the LORD, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations whom they carried away from there.</p><p class="hdg">They feared</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/17-41.htm">2 Kings 17:41</a></b></br> So these nations feared the LORD, and served their graven images, both their children, and their children's children: as did their fathers, so do they unto this day.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/18-21.htm">1 Kings 18:21</a></b></br> And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD <i>be</i> God, follow him: but if Baal, <i>then</i> follow him. And the people answered him not a word.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hosea/10-2.htm">Hosea 10:2</a></b></br> Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images.</p><p class="hdg">whom they carried, etc.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_kings/16-11.htm">Accordance</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-28.htm">Carried</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-27.htm">Custom</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-19.htm">Customs</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-28.htm">Exile</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-32.htm">Feared</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-32.htm">Fearing</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-31.htm">Gods</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-11.htm">Honour</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-27.htm">Manner</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-26.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-28.htm">Removed</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-16.htm">Served</a> <a href="/1_kings/4-21.htm">Serving</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-27.htm">Thence</a> <a href="/2_kings/6-27.htm">Whence</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-28.htm">Worship</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-32.htm">Worshiped</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_kings/24-2.htm">Accordance</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-11.htm">Carried</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-40.htm">Custom</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-34.htm">Customs</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-11.htm">Exile</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-41.htm">Feared</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-41.htm">Fearing</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-35.htm">Gods</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-34.htm">Honour</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-34.htm">Manner</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-41.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-4.htm">Removed</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-41.htm">Served</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-41.htm">Serving</a> <a href="/2_kings/23-12.htm">Thence</a> <a href="/2_kings/20-14.htm">Whence</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-35.htm">Worship</a> <a href="/2_kings/21-3.htm">Worshiped</a><div class="vheading2">2 Kings 17</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/17-1.htm">Hoshea the Last King of Israel</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/17-3.htm">Being subdued by Shalmaneser, he conspires against him with So, king of Egypt</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/17-5.htm">Samaria for sinning is led into captivity</a></span><br><span class="reftext">24. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/17-24.htm">The strange nations transplanted into Samaria make a mixture of religions.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_kings/17.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_kings/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/2_kings/17.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>They worshiped the LORD</b><br>This phrase highlights the syncretistic practices of the people. Despite acknowledging the LORD, their worship was not exclusive or pure. This reflects the broader context of Israel's history, where the worship of Yahweh was often mixed with pagan practices, contrary to the first commandment (<a href="/exodus/20-3.htm">Exodus 20:3</a>). The divided heart of the Israelites is a recurring theme, as seen in Elijah's challenge on Mount Carmel (<a href="/1_kings/18-21.htm">1 Kings 18:21</a>).<p><b>but they also served their own gods</b><br>The Israelites' service to other gods indicates a failure to fully commit to the covenant with Yahweh. This practice was influenced by the surrounding nations and was a direct violation of the covenantal laws given in <a href="/deuteronomy/6-14.htm">Deuteronomy 6:14-15</a>. The worship of other gods often included idolatry and practices detestable to the LORD, leading to spiritual and moral decline.<p><b>according to the customs of the nations</b><br>The adoption of foreign customs was a significant issue for Israel, as it led them away from the distinct identity and practices commanded by God. This phrase underscores the influence of Canaanite and other pagan cultures on Israel, which often included rituals and sacrifices that were abominable to the LORD (<a href="/leviticus/18-3.htm">Leviticus 18:3</a>). The Israelites' failure to remain separate from these customs was a recurring problem throughout their history.<p><b>from which they had been carried away</b><br>This refers to the Assyrian exile, where the Northern Kingdom of Israel was conquered and its people were deported. The Assyrians had a policy of relocating conquered peoples to prevent rebellion, which led to the mixing of populations and religious practices. This historical context explains the syncretism observed in the verse, as the Israelites were influenced by the religious practices of the regions to which they were exiled. The exile was a fulfillment of prophetic warnings given by prophets like Hosea and Amos, who called Israel to repentance.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a></b><br>The Northern Kingdom of Israel, which had been taken into exile by the Assyrians due to their disobedience to God.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_assyrians.htm">The Assyrians</a></b><br>The empire that conquered the Northern Kingdom and resettled people from various nations into the land of Israel.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_nations.htm">The Nations</a></b><br>Various peoples brought by the Assyrians to inhabit the land of Israel, each with their own gods and customs.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The one true God whom the Israelites were commanded to worship exclusively.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_exile.htm">The Exile</a></b><br>The event where the Israelites were taken from their land due to their persistent idolatry and disobedience.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/e/exclusive_worship_of_god.htm">Exclusive Worship of God</a></b><br>God demands exclusive worship. The Israelites' attempt to serve both God and other deities was a direct violation of the first commandment. Believers today must examine their lives for any divided loyalties.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/cultural_influence_and_compromise.htm">Cultural Influence and Compromise</a></b><br>The Israelites were influenced by the customs of the nations around them. Christians must be vigilant against cultural influences that lead to compromise in their faith.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_disobedience.htm">The Consequences of Disobedience</a></b><br>The exile was a direct result of Israel's disobedience. This serves as a warning that turning away from God can lead to severe consequences.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_syncretism.htm">The Danger of Syncretism</a></b><br>Mixing true worship with other religious practices dilutes and distorts faith. Believers are called to maintain purity in their worship and doctrine.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_kings_17.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Kings 17</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_chrislam.htm">What is Chrislam?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_is_considered_a_samaritan.htm">Who is considered a Samaritan?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible's_stance_on_alternative_medicine.htm">What is the Bible's view on alternative medicine?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_one_offering_ensure_victory.htm">Why would a single burnt offering (1 Samuel 7:9) miraculously grant the Israelites victory if similar rituals elsewhere did not? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_kings/17.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(33) <span class= "bld">They feared . . . gods.</span>--Literally, <span class= "ital">Jehovah were they fearing, and their own gods were they serving.</span> The verse recapitulates 28-32.<p><span class= "bld">Whom they carried away from thence.</span>--Rather, <span class= "ital">whence they had been carried away. </span>Literally, <span class= "ital">whence men carried them away.</span> The meaning is: according to the customs of the cities from which Sargon had deported them.<p><span class= "bld"><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_kings/17.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 33.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">They feared the Lord, and served their own gods.</span> This syncretism, this mixed religion, is so surprising to the writer, and so abhorrent to his religious sentiments, that he cannot but dwell upon it, not shrinking from repeating himself (see vers. 32, 33, 41), in order to arrest the reader's attention, and point out to him the folly and absurdity of such conduct. The practice was still going on in his own day (vers. 34, 41), and may have had attractions for the descendants of the small Israelite population which had been left in the land. <span class="cmt_word">After the manner of the nations whom they carried away from thence</span>; rather, <span class="accented">after the manner of the nations from whom they</span> (<span class="accented">i.e.</span> the authorities) <span class="accented">carried them away</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> after the manner of their countrymen at home. The translation of the Revised Version gives the sense, while changing the construction - "after the manner of the nations from among whom they had been carried away." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/2_kings/17-33.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">They worshiped</span><br /><span class="heb">יְרֵאִ֑ים</span> <span class="translit">(yə·rê·’îm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3372.htm">Strong's 3372: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fear, to revere, caus, to frighten</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD,</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">but they also served</span><br /><span class="heb">עֹֽבְדִ֔ים</span> <span class="translit">(‘ō·ḇə·ḏîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5647.htm">Strong's 5647: </a> </span><span class="str2">To work, to serve, till, enslave</span><br /><br /><span class="word">their own gods</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱלֹֽהֵיהֶם֙</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·lō·hê·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><br /><span class="word">according to the customs</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּמִשְׁפַּט֙</span> <span class="translit">(kə·miš·paṭ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4941.htm">Strong's 4941: </a> </span><span class="str2">A verdict, a sentence, formal decree, divine law, penalty, justice, privilege, style</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the nations</span><br /><span class="heb">הַגּוֹיִ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(hag·gō·w·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1471.htm">Strong's 1471: </a> </span><span class="str2">A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from which</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁר־</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">they had been carried away.</span><br /><span class="heb">הִגְל֥וּ</span> <span class="translit">(hiḡ·lū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1540.htm">Strong's 1540: </a> </span><span class="str2">To denude, to exile, to reveal</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_kings/17-33.htm">2 Kings 17:33 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/2_kings/17-33.htm">2 Kings 17:33 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/2_kings/17-33.htm">2 Kings 17:33 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/2_kings/17-33.htm">2 Kings 17:33 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/2_kings/17-33.htm">2 Kings 17:33 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/2_kings/17-33.htm">2 Kings 17:33 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_kings/17-33.htm">2 Kings 17:33 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_kings/17-33.htm">2 Kings 17:33 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/2_kings/17-33.htm">2 Kings 17:33 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/2_kings/17-33.htm">2 Kings 17:33 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/2_kings/17-33.htm">OT History: 2 Kings 17:33 They feared Yahweh and served their own (2Ki iiKi ii ki 2 kg 2kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_kings/17-32.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Kings 17:32"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Kings 17:32" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_kings/17-34.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Kings 17:34"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Kings 17:34" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>