2 Raja-raja 17:33

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

Mereka berbakti kepada TUHAN, tetapi dalam pada itu mereka beribadah kepada allah mereka sesuai dengan adat bangsa-bangsa yang dari antaranya mereka diangkut tertawan.

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Mereka berbakti kepada TUHAN, tetapi dalam pada itu mereka beribadah kepada allah mereka sesuai dengan adat bangsa-bangsa yang dari antaranya mereka diangkut tertawan.

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Kepada Tuhanpun mereka itu berbuat bakti dan kepada berhalanyapun mereka itu berbuat bakti atas peri segala bangsa, dari antaranya juga mereka itu sudah dipindahkan.

Contextual Overview

²⁴ And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, from Cutha, fro Aua, from Hamath, and from Sepharuaim, and put them in the cities of Samaria in steede of the children of Israel: and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities therof. ²⁵ And it fortuned, that at the beginning of their dwelling there, they feared not the Lorde, and the Lorde sent lions among them, which slue them. ²⁶ Wherfore they spake to the king of Assyria, saying: The nations which thou hast translated & put in the cities of Samaria knowe not the lawe of the God of the lande: therefore he hath sent lions vpon them, and behold they slay them, because they knowe not the maner of worshipping the God of the lande. ²⁷ Then the king of Assyria commaunded, saying: Cary thyther one of the priestes whom ye brought thence, and let hym go and dwell there, and teache them the fashion how to serue the God of the countrey. ²⁸ And then one of the priestes whom they had caried from Samaria, came and dwelt in Bethel, and taught them howe they shoulde feare the Lorde. ²⁹ Howebeit euery nation made them gods of their owne, and put them in the houses of the hygh places whiche the Samaritans had made, euery nation in their cities wherin they dwelt. ³⁰ The men of Babylon made Socoth Benoth, & the men of Cuth made Nergal, & the men of Hamath made Asima, ³¹ The Auites made Nibbaz and Tharthak: And the Sepharuites burnt their children in fire for Adramelech and Anamelech, the gods of Sepharuaim. ³² And so they feared the Lorde, & made them priestes of the basist of them, which sacrifised for them in the houses of the hygh places. ³³ And so they feared the Lord, and serued their owne gods, after the maner of the people whom they caryed thence.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

They feared: 2 Kings 17:41, 1 Kings 18:21, Hosea 10:2, Zephaniah 1:5, Matthew 6:24, Luke 16:13

whom they carried: etc. or, who carried them away from thence, The new inhabitants of the land imitated the idolatrous Israelites, by associating their idols with Jehovah, as the objects of worship. The remainder, however, of the verses seem to relate to the Israelites after they were carried captive. They still persevered in idolatry and disobedience; and not being purified, were left to be consumed in the furnace. It is said that the Israelites "did not fear the Lord," yet the heathens, who followed their example, are said "to have feared the Lord." The Israelites did not so much as fear the wrath of Almighty God; but, on the other hand, the poor pagans feared the power of his wrath, and to avert it paid some ignorant worship, according to the wretched instructions given them. As this was an external acknowledgment of his power and Godhead, and a homage paid to him, he was pleased in consequence to withdraw his judgments from them. - Scott

Reciprocal: Exodus 20:23 - General Judges 6:10 - fear not 2 Kings 17:34 - fear not 2 Corinthians 6:16 - what James 1:8 - General

Gill's Notes on the Bible

They feared the Lord, and served their own gods,.... Worshipped both:

after the manner of the nations whom they carried away from thence; the Israelites, whom they had carried captive from Samaria; they worshipped the Lord in their idols, as they did, who pretended to worship God in the calves; so they worshipped the supreme God in and by their idols, and made use of them as mediators with him.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Understand the passage thus: “They (the colonists) served their own gods after the manner of the nations from which they (the government) removed them,” i. e., after the manner of their own countrymen at home.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 33. They feared the Lord, and served their own gods — They did not relinquish their own idolatry but incorporated the worship of the true God with that of their idols. They were afraid of Jehovah, who had sent lions among them; and therefore they offered him a sort of worship that he might not thus afflict them: but they served other gods, devoted themselves affectionately to them, because their worship was such as gratified their grossest passions, and most sinful propensities.