2 Kings 17:32-33

17:32 At the same time they worshiped ¹  the Lord. They appointed some of their own people to serve as priests in the shrines on the high places. ²  17:33 They were worshiping ³  the Lord and at the same time serving their own gods in accordance with the practices of the nations from which they had been deported.

2 Kings 17:41

17:41 These nations are worshiping the Lord and at the same time serving their idols; their sons and grandsons do just as their fathers have done, to this very day.

2 Kings 17:7

A Summary of Israel’s Sinful History

17:7 This happened because the Israelites sinned against the Lord their God, who brought them up from the land of Egypt and freed them from the power of ⁴  Pharaoh king of Egypt. They worshiped ⁵  other gods;

2 Kings 4:1

Elisha Helps a Widow and Her Sons

4:1 Now a wife of one of the prophets ⁶  appealed ⁷  to Elisha for help, saying, “Your servant, my husband is dead. You know that your servant was a loyal follower of the Lord. ⁸  Now the creditor is coming to take away my two boys to be his servants.”

2 Kings 10:4

10:4 They were absolutely terrified ⁹  and said, “Look, two kings could not stop him! ¹⁰  How can we?” ¹¹ 

2 Kings 17:25

17:25 When they first moved in, ¹²  they did not worship ¹³  the Lord. So the Lord sent lions among them and the lions were killing them.

[17:32]  ¹ tn Heb “feared.”

[17:32]  ² tn Heb “and they appointed for themselves from their whole people priests for the high places and they were serving for them in the house[s] of the high places.”

[17:33]  ³ tn Heb “fearing.”

[17:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “and from under the hand of.” The words “freed them” are added in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[17:7]  ⁶ tn Heb “feared.”

[4:1]  ⁷ tn Heb “a wife from among the wives of the sons of the prophets.”

[4:1]  ⁸ tn Or “cried out.”

[4:1]  ⁹ tn Heb “your servant feared the Lord.” “Fear” refers here to obedience and allegiance, the products of healthy respect for the Lord’s authority.

[10:4]  ⁹ tn Heb “they were very, very afraid.” The term מְאֹד (me’od) “very,” is repeated for emphasis.

[10:4]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “did not stand before him.”

[10:4]  ¹¹ tn Heb “How can we stand?”

[17:25]  ¹¹ tn Heb “in the beginning of their living there.”

[17:25]  ¹² tn Heb “fear.”