Translations
Modern
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.
Traditional
They feared the Lord, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations whom they carried away from thence.
Literal
They were fearing YHWH, and they were serving their own gods according to the custom of the nations that they were carried away from there.
Latin
Et cum Dominum colerent, diis quoque suis serviebant juxta consuetudinem gentium, de quibus translati fuerant Samariam.
Original
Hebrew
English
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.
Notes
They worshiped the LORD, but they also served their own gods: The Hebrew faith, already mixed with Jeroboam I's religion, now included many foreign customs. Genuine worship of the Lord nearly vanished. Only a few faithful Israelites responded to Hezekiah’s later invitation to come to Judah for the Passover celebration (2 Chronicles 30:10–19).
The writer adds information about later events in Israel, like foreigners moving into the land and the mixed population's blended religious practices.
Theme notes and profiles
Glossary
Book of Micah Jeroboam Kings, Books of First and Second Manasseh, Tribe of Nations Samaritans Syria, Syrians
Topics
Judgments: Delivered: Into the Hands of the Assyrians Samaria: Country of: Foreign Colonies Distributed Among the Cities of, by the King of Assyria