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2 Kings 17:35

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35 with whom the LORD made a covenant and commanded them, saying, "1You shall not fear other gods, nor 2bow down yourselves to them nor 3serve them nor sacrifice to them.
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2 Kings 17:35 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 17:35

With whom the Lord had made a covenant
As he did at Sinai, ( 2 Kings 17:15 )

and charged them, saying, ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow
yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them;
all which is contained in the first and second commandments of the law.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

2 Kings 17:35 In-Context

33 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.
34 To this day they do according to the earlier customs: they do not fear the LORD , nor do they follow their statutes or their ordinances or the law, or the commandments which the LORD commanded the sons of Jacob, whom He named Israel;
35 with whom the LORD made a covenant and commanded them, saying, "You shall not fear other gods, nor bow down yourselves to them nor serve them nor sacrifice to them.
36 "But the LORD , who brought you up from the land of Egypt with great power and with an outstretched arm, Him you shall fear, and to Him you shall bow yourselves down, and to Him you shall sacrifice.
37 "The statutes and the ordinances and the law and the commandment which He wrote for you, you shall observe to do forever ; and you shall not fear other gods.

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