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2 Kings 17:39 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" But you shall fear the LORD your God, and he will deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.” "

2 Kings 17:39

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37 The statutes and the ordinances, and the law and the commandment which he wrote for you, you shall observe to do forever more. You shall not fear other gods.

38 You shall not forget the covenant that I have made with you. You shall not fear other gods.

39 But you shall fear the LORD your God, and he will deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.”

40 However they didn’t listen, but they did what they did before.

41 So these nations feared the LORD, and also served their engraved images. Their children did likewise, and so did their children’s children. They do as their fathers did to this day.

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Related Verses

Deuteronomy 6:13

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"You shall fear the LORD your God; and you shall serve him, and shall swear by his name."

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Deuteronomy 3:22

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"You shall not fear them; for the LORD your God himself fights for you.”"

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Jeremiah 39:17

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"But I will deliver you in that day,” says the LORD; “and you will not be given into the hand of the men of whom you are afraid."

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Leviticus 25:17

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"You shall not wrong one another, but you shall fear your God; for I am the LORD your God."

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Joshua 10:19

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"but don’t stay there. Pursue your enemies, and attack them from the rear. Don’t allow them to enter into their cities; for the LORD your God has delivered them into your hand.”"

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1 Samuel 12:24

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"Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your heart; for consider what great things he has done for you."

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From This Chapter

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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