2 KINGS 17:35 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“With whom the Lord had made a covenant, and charged them, saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them:”
The LORD had made a covenant with them and commanded them, 'You shall not worship other gods or bow down to them or serve them or sacrifice to them' — the restatement of the covenant prohibition against polytheism and idol worship emphasizes the clarity of divine command. The LORD's covenant explicitly forbade the very practices the Samaritan syncretism embraced. The multiple prohibitions—"not worship other gods... not bow down to them... not serve them... not sacrifice to them"—indicate the thoroughness of the command and the completeness of Samaritan violation.
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