2 Kings 17:37

Translations

Modern

And you must always be careful to observe the statutes, ordinances, laws, and commandments He wrote for you. Do not worship other gods.

Traditional

And the statutes, and the ordinances, and the law, and the commandment, which he wrote for you, ye shall observe to do for evermore; and ye shall not fear other gods.

Literal

And the statutes and the ordinances and the law and the commandment that He wrote for you, you shall be careful to observe, all the days. And you shall not fear other gods.

Latin

Cæremonias quoque, et judicia, et legem, et mandatum, quod scripsit vobis, custodite ut faciatis cunctis diebus: et non timeatis deos alienos.

Original

Hebrew

English

And you must always be careful to observe the statutes, ordinances, laws, and commandments He wrote for you. Do not worship other gods.

Notes

2 Kings 17:35–39

According to Israel’s covenant with the Lord (Exodus 20:5; Deuteronomy 6:4–15), Israel was to worship only the Lord. Only God could truly save and protect them from all enemies.

2 Kings 17:24–41

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

Assyria Samaritans

Related verses

Deuteronomy 5:31–6:2
But you stand here with Me, that I may speak to you all the commandments and statutes and ordinances you are to teach them to follow in the land that I am giving them to possess.”
Leviticus 19:37
You must keep all My statutes and all My ordinances and follow them. I am the LORD.”
Nehemiah 9:13–14
You came down on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven. You gave them just ordinances, true laws, and good statutes and commandments.
Deuteronomy 4:44–45
This is the law that Moses set before the Israelites.
Deuteronomy 12:32
See that you do everything I command you; do not add to it or subtract from it.
Psalm 105:44–45
He gave them the lands of the nations, that they might inherit the fruit of others’ labor,
Deuteronomy 31:9
So Moses wrote down this law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and to all the elders of Israel.
Deuteronomy 31:11
…when all Israel comes before the LORD your God at the place He will choose, you are to read this law in the hearing of all Israel.
1 Chronicles 29:19
And give my son Solomon a whole heart to keep and carry out all Your commandments, decrees, and statutes, and to build Your palace for which I have made provision.”
Psalm 19:8–11
The precepts of the LORD are right, bringing joy to the heart; the commandments of the LORD are radiant, giving light to the eyes.

Glossary

Book of Micah Jeroboam Kings, Books of First and Second Manasseh, Tribe of Samaritans

Topics

Judgments: Delivered: Into the Hands of the Assyrians Obedience: Enjoined Samaria: Country of: Foreign Colonies Distributed Among the Cities of, by the King of Assyria

2 Kings 17:37

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