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2 Kings 17:33

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They feared the Lord, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations whom they carried away from thence.
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  1. 2 Kings 17:41Rank 1 from verse 33
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    41So these nations feared the Lord, and served their graven images, both their children, and their children’s children: as did their fathers, so do they unto this day.

  2. Luke 16:13Rank 2 from verse 33
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    13¶ No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

  3. Matthew 6:24Rank 3 from verse 33
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    24¶ No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

  4. 1 Kings 18:21Rank 4 from verse 33
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    21And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the Lord be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.

  5. Zephaniah 1:5Rank 5 from verse 33
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    5And them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship and that swear by the Lord, and that swear by Malcham;

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2 Kings 17:33

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served

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of serve, meaning to work for, obey, attend, minister to, worship, or fulfil a purpose.

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after

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1. Later than or following in time or order. 2. Behind. 3. In pursuit of.

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nations

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Sense 1: Distinct peoples or political communities. Sense 2: The Gentile peoples as distinguished from Israel.

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whom

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The objective form of who, referring to the person or persons acted upon or related to.

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carried

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Past-tense or past-participial form of carry (to bear, convey, support, or take from one place to another).

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thence

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From that place, position, point, or source; away from there.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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32So they feared the Lord, and made unto themselves of the lowest of them priests of the high places, which sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places.

33They feared the Lord, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations whom they carried away from thence.

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34Unto this day they do after the former manners: they fear not the Lord, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law and commandment which the Lord commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel;

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