2 Kings 17:8 meaning and explanation
and walked in the customs of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites, as well as in the practices introduced by the kings of Israel.
2 Kings 17:8, Berean Standard Bible
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The narrator is explaining why Assyria conquered Samaria and exiled Israel. Verse 8 names two sources of the people's unfaithfulness: the customs of the nations the LORD had driven out before Israel, and the practices introduced by Israel's own kings, above all Jeroboam's calf worship at Bethel and Dan.
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