2 Kings 17:8

17:8 they observed the practices ¹  of the nations whom the Lord had driven out from before Israel, and followed the example of the kings of Israel. ² 

2 Kings 17:19

17:19 Judah also failed to keep the commandments of the Lord their God; they followed Israel’s example. ³ 

2 Kings 17:13

17:13 The Lord solemnly warned Israel and Judah through all his prophets and all the seers, “Turn back from your evil ways; obey my commandments and rules that are recorded in the law. I ordered your ancestors to keep this law and sent my servants the prophets to remind you of its demands.” ⁴ 

2 Kings 17:34

17:34 To this very day they observe their earlier practices. They do not worship ⁵  the Lord; they do not obey the rules, regulations, law, and commandments that the Lord gave ⁶  the descendants of Jacob, whom he renamed Israel.

2 Kings 23:3

23:3 The king stood by the pillar and renewed ⁷  the covenant before the Lord, agreeing to follow ⁸  the Lord and to obey his commandments, laws, and rules with all his heart and being, ⁹  by carrying out the terms ¹⁰  of this covenant recorded on this scroll. All the people agreed to keep the covenant. ¹¹ 

[17:8]  ¹ tn Heb “walked in the customs.”

[17:8]  ² tn Heb “and [the practices of] the kings of Israel which they did.”

[17:19]  ³ tn Heb “they walked in the practices of Israel which they did.”

[17:13]  ⁵ tn Heb “obey my commandments and rules according to all the law which I commanded your fathers and which I sent to you by the hand of my servants the prophets.”

[17:34]  ⁷ tn Heb “fear.”

[17:34]  ⁸ tn Heb “commanded.”

[23:3]  ⁹ tn Heb “cut,” that is, “made, agreed to.”

[23:3]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “walk after.”

[23:3]  ¹¹ tn Or “soul.”

[23:3]  ¹² tn Heb “words.”

[23:3]  ¹³ tn Heb “stood in the covenant.”