2 Kings 17:41

Translations

Modern

So these nations worshiped the LORD but also served their idols, and to this day their children and grandchildren continue to do as their fathers did.

Traditional

So these nations feared the Lord, and served their graven images, both their children, and their children’s children: as did their fathers, so do they unto this day.

Literal

And it came to pass that these nations feared YHWH, and their carved images they were serving—also their sons and the sons of their sons. As their fathers did, they are doing even to this day.

Latin

Fuerunt igitur gentes istæ timentes quidem Dominum, sed nihilominus et idolis suis servientes: nam et filii eorum, et nepotes, sicut fecerunt patres sui, ita faciunt usque in præsentem diem.

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Hebrew

English

So these nations worshiped the LORD but also served their idols, and to this day their children and grandchildren continue to do as their fathers did.

Notes

2 Kings 17:40–41

worshiped the LORD but also served their idols: The Samaritan religion mixed the worship of Israel’s God with other religions. This kind of mixture is called syncretism (an eclectic combination of religions). Because of this, Samaritans were later viewed with suspicion and treated with contempt (see Nehemiah 4:1–2; 10:28–31; John 4:7–9).

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

Matthew 6:24
No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
Zephaniah 1:5
…those who bow on the rooftops to worship the host of heaven, those who bow down and swear by the LORD but also swear by Milcom,
1 Kings 18:21
Then Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him. But if Baal is God, follow him.” But the people did not answer a word.
2 Kings 17:32–33
So the new residents worshiped the LORD, but they also appointed for themselves priests of all sorts to serve in the shrines of the high places.
Joshua 24:14–20
Now, therefore, fear the LORD and serve Him in sincerity and truth; cast aside the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates and in Egypt, and serve the LORD.
Revelation 3:15–16
I know your deeds; you are neither cold nor hot. How I wish you were one or the other!
Ezra 4:1–3
When the enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the exiles were building a temple for the LORD, the God of Israel,

Glossary

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

Topics

Children: Wicked: Samaritans' Descendants Judgments: Delivered: Into the Hands of the Assyrians Modern Samaria: Inhabitants of Their Religion Mixed with Idolatry Samaria: Country of: Foreign Colonies Distributed Among the Cities of, by the King of Assyria

2 Kings 17:41

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