2 Kings 17:41
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.
Context
This verse from 2 Kings Chapter 17 connects to 10 cross-references. The Assyrian king Shalmaneser besieges Samaria for three years; his successor Sargon II deports Israel to Assyria. The theological analysis is explicit: Israel fell because they sinned against God from the exodus onward, following other gods, erecting high places, and …
Other Translations
So these nations feared Jehovah, and served their graven images; their children likewise, and their children’s children, as did their fathers, so do they unto this day.
and these nations are fearing Jehovah, and their graven images they have served, both their sons and their sons' sons; as their fathers did, they are doing unto this day.
So these nations, worshipping the Lord, still were servants to the images they had made; their children and their children's children did the same; as their fathers did, so do they, to this day.
Cross References
And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the Lord be …
They feared the Lord, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations whom they carried away from …
So they feared the Lord, and made unto themselves of the lowest of them priests of the high places, which …
But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the chief of the fathers of Israel, said unto them, Ye have …
Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity builded the temple unto the …
So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
If ye forsake the Lord, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, …
Now therefore fear the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your …
And them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship and that swear by the …