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2 Kings 17:29 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" However every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities in which they lived. "

2 Kings 17:29

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27 Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, “Carry there one of the priests whom you brought from there; and let him go and dwell there, and let him teach them the law of the god of the land.”

28 So one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and lived in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear the LORD.

29 However every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities in which they lived.

30 The men of Babylon made Succoth Benoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima,

31 and the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak; and the Sepharvites burned their children in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.

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2 Kings 23:19

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"They abandoned the house of the LORD, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherah poles and the idols, so wrath came on Judah and Jerusalem for this their guiltiness."

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"In every city of Judah he made high places to burn incense to other gods, and provoked the LORD, the God of his fathers, to anger."

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2 Kings 17:1

"In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, Hoshea the son of Elah began to reign in Samaria over Israel for nine years."

2 Kings 17:2

"He did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, yet not as the kings of Israel who were before him."

2 Kings 17:3

"Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against him; and Hoshea became his servant, and brought him tribute."

2 Kings 17:4

"The king of Assyria discovered a conspiracy in Hoshea; for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and offered no tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year. Therefore the king of Assyria seized him, and bound him in prison."

2 Kings 17:5

"Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years."

2 Kings 17:6

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

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