33They worshiped the Lord , but they also served their own gods in accordance with the customs of the nations from which they had been brought.


In Context

30 The men from Babylon made Succoth Benoth, the men from Cuthah made Nergal, and the men from Hamath made Ashima;

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

32 They worshiped the Lord , but they also appointed all sorts of their own people to officiate for them as priests in the shrines at the high places.

33 They worshiped the Lord , but they also served their own gods in accordance with the customs of the nations from which they had been brought.

34 To this day they persist in their former practices. They neither worship the Lord nor adhere to the decrees and ordinances, the laws and commands that the Lord gave the descendants of Jacob, whom he named Israel.

35 When the Lord made a covenant with the Israelites, he commanded them: "Do not worship any other gods or bow down to them, serve them or sacrifice to them.

2nd Kings 17:33 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:33They feared the LORD, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations whom they carried away from thence.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

17:33And when they worshipped the Lord, they served also their own gods according to the custom of the nations out of which they were brought to Samaria:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

17:33They feared Jehovah, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations from among whom they had been carried away.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:33They feared Jehovah, and served their own gods after the manner of the nations, whence they had been carried away.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

17:33They feared the LORD, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations from among whom they had been carried away.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:33They feared the LORD, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations whom they carried away from thence.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:33They feared Yahweh, and served their own gods, after the ways of the nations from among whom they had been carried away.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

17:33Jehovah they are fearing, and their gods they are serving, according to the custom of the nations whence they removed them.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:33They feared the LORD, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations whom they carried away from there.