2nd Kings Chapter 17 verse 38 Holy Bible
and the covenant that I have made with you ye shall not forget; neither shall ye fear other gods:
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And you are to keep in memory the agreement which I have made with you; and you are to have no other gods.
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And ye shall not forget the covenant that I have made with you, 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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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 you shall not forget; neither shall you fear other gods:
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and the covenant that I have made with you ye do not forget, and ye do not fear other gods;
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 38. - 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 (Genesis 17:9-14), but the covenant of protection and obedience made at Sinai between God and the entire people (Exodus 19:5-8), and most solemnly ratified by sprinkling with blood and by a covenant feast, as related in Exodus 24:3-11. This was the covenant which Israel had been warned so frequently not to "forget" (Deuteronomy 4:23; Deuteronomy 8:11; Deuteronomy 26:13; Proverbs 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.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(38) Neither shall ye fear other gods.--This formula is repeated thrice (2Kings 17:35; 2Kings 17:37-38), as the main point of the covenant between Jehovah and Israel.
