2 Kings 17:8
And walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom the Lord cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they had made.
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
and walked in the statutes of the nations, whom Jehovah cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they made.
and walk in the statutes of the nations that Jehovah dispossessed from the presence of the sons of Israel, and of the kings of Israel that they made;
Living by the rules of the nations whom the Lord had sent out from before the children of Israel.
Cross References
After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after the doings of …
(For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled;)
Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, that ye commit not any one of these abominable customs, which were committed before …
Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; …
Thou shalt not do so unto the Lord thy God: for every abomination to the Lord, which he hateth, have …
When thou art come into the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do …
Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for …
And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins …
And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the Lord God of Israel to anger than all …
And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all things as did the Amorites, whom the Lord cast …