2 Kings 17:33 meaning and explanation

They worshiped the LORD, but they also served their own gods according to the customs of the nations from which they had been carried away.

2 Kings 17:33, Berean Standard Bible

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The narrator describes the foreign settlers whom Assyria brought into Samaria after Israel's exile. They had been taught the worship of the LORD by a returning Israelite priest, yet they kept serving the gods of their homelands alongside him.

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