2 Kings 17:34 meaning and explanation

To this day they are still practicing their former customs. None of them worship the LORD or observe the statutes, ordinances, laws, and commandments that the LORD gave the descendants of Jacob, whom He named Israel.

2 Kings 17:34, Berean Standard Bible

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The narrator pauses to assess the settlers Assyria brought into Samaria after Israel's exile. A priest had been sent back to teach them about the LORD, and verses 32 and 33 say they worshiped him while still serving their own gods.

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