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2nd Kings Chapter 17 verse 12 Holy Bible

ASV 2ndKings 17:12

and they served idols, whereof Jehovah had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing.
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BBE 2ndKings 17:12

And they made themselves servants of disgusting things, though the Lord had said, You are not to do this.
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DARBY 2ndKings 17:12

and they served idols, as to which Jehovah had said to them, Ye shall not do this thing.
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KJV 2ndKings 17:12

For they served idols, whereof the LORD had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing.
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WBT 2ndKings 17:12

For they served idols, of which the LORD had said to them, Ye shall not do this thing.
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WEB 2ndKings 17:12

and they served idols, of which Yahweh had said to them, You shall not do this thing.
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YLT 2ndKings 17:12

and serve the idols, of which Jehovah said to them, `Ye do not do this thing;'
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 12. - For they served idols; rather, and they served idols. The sense flows on from ver. 7, each verso being joined to the preceding one by the van connective. Gillulim, the term translated "idols," is a word rarely used, except by Ezekiel, with whom it is common. "It contains," as Bahr says, "a subordinate contemptuous and abusive signification;" the primary meaning of galal being "dung," "ordure." Whereof the Lord had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing (see Exodus 20:4, 5, 23; Deuteronomy 4:16-18, etc.).

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(12) For they served idols.--Rather, and they served the dunglings; a term of contempt used in 1Kings 15:19; Deuteronomy 29:16, where see Note.