2 Kings 17:32-36
2 Kings 17:32
They also feared the Lord and appointed from their entire population priests of the high places, who acted for them in the houses of the high places.
2 Kings 17:33
They feared the Lord, yet they were serving their own gods in accordance with the custom of the nations from among whom they had been taken into exile.
2 Kings 17:34
To this day they act in accordance with the earlier customs: they do not fear the Lord, nor do they follow their statutes, their ordinances, the Law, or the commandments which the Lord commanded the sons of Jacob, whom He named Israel.
2 Kings 17:35
The Lord made a covenant with them and commanded them, saying, “You shall not fear other gods, nor bow down to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them.
2 Kings 17:36
But the Lord, who brought you up from the land of Egypt with great power and with an outstretched arm, Him you shall fear, and to Him you shall bow down, and to Him you shall sacrifice.