And the statutes, and the ordinances, and the law, and the commandment, which he wrote for you, ye shall observe to do for evermore; and ye shall not fear other gods.(2 Kings 17:37)

And the covenant that I have made with you ye shall not forget; neither shall ye fear other gods.(2 Kings 17:38)

But the LORD your God ye shall fear; and he shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.(2 Kings 17:39)

Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner.

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.(2 Kings 17:41)

Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign.(2 Kings 18:1)

Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Abi, the daughter of Zachariah.(2 Kings 18:2)

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2 Kings 17:40 - Cross Reference

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. (2 Kings 17:8)

And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell. (Deuteronomy 4:28)

For they served idols, whereof the LORD had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing. (2 Kings 17:12)

Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil. (Jeremiah 13:23)

Unto this day they do after the former manners: they fear not the LORD, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law and commandment which the LORD commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel; (2 Kings 17:34)