You shall not forget the covenant that I have made with you. You shall not fear other gods.
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You shall not forget the covenant that I have made with you. You shall not fear other gods.
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And the covenant that I have made with you ye shall not forget; neither shall ye fear other gods.
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and the covenant that I have made with you ye shall not forget; neither shall ye fear other gods;
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Passages linked to 2 Kings 17:38 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Deuteronomy 4:23 Be careful, lest you forget the covenant of Yahweh your God, which he made with you, and make yourselves a carved image in the form of anything which Yahweh your God has forbidden you.
- Deuteronomy 6:12 then beware lest you forget Yahweh, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
- Deuteronomy 8:14-18 then your heart might be lifted up, and you forget Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage; who led you through the great and terrible wilderness, with venomous snakes and scorpions, and thirsty ground where there was no water; who poured water for you out of the rock of flint; who fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your fathers didn’t know, that he might humble you, and that he might prove you, to do you good at your latter end; and lest you say in your heart, “My power and the might of my hand has gotten me this wealth.” But you shall remember Yahweh your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he swore to your fathers, as it is today.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain But the Lord your God ye shall fear,.... Or…
But the Lord your God ye shall fear,.... Or worship him, both internally and externally, according to his revealed will; for the fear of God includes both internal and external worship:
and he shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies; that is, provided they feared and served him as he required, and it became them to do.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (38) Neither shall ye fear other gods.—This formula is…
(38) Neither shall ye fear other gods.—This formula is repeated thrice (2Ki_17:35; 2Ki_17:37-38), as the main point of the covenant between Jehovah and Israel.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And the covenant that I have made with you…
And the covenant that I have made with you ye shall not forget. The "covenant" intended is not the covenant of circumcision, which God made with Abraham, (Gen_17:9-14) but the covenant of protection and obedience made at Sinai between God and the entire people, (Exo_19:5-8) and most solemnly ratified by sprinkling with blood and by a covenant feast, as related in Exo_24:3-11. This was the covenant which Israel had been warned so frequently not to "forget" (Deu_4:23 Deu_8:11 Deu_26:13; Pro_2:17) yet which they had "forgotten," or, at any rate, "forsaken," as already declared in ver. 15. Neither shall ye fear other gods. The writer has probably a practical object in his reiteration. He expects his words to reach the ears of the mixed race inhabiting Samaria in his day, and would fain warn them against their idolatrous practices, and point them to the pure worship of Jehovah. It is pleasing to remember that ultimately the mixed race was won to the true faith, and that the Samaritans of our Lord"s time were as true worshippers of Jehovah, and as zealous followers of the Law, as the Jews themselves. The interesting community at Nablous still maintains Samaritan forms, and reads the Samaritan Pentateuch.
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