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2 Kings 17:40

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Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner.
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  1. 2 Kings 17:12Rank 1 from verse 40
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    12For they served idols, whereof the Lord had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing.

  2. 2 Kings 17:34Rank 2 from verse 40
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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;

  3. 2 Kings 17:8Rank 3 from verse 40
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    8And walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom the Lord cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they had made.

  4. Deuteronomy 4:28Rank 4 from verse 40
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    28And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men’s hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.

  5. Jeremiah 13:23Rank 5 from verse 40
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    23Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.

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2 Kings 17:40

COMBINED MEANING

howbeit

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Nevertheless; yet; however; introducing a contrast, exception, or qualification.

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hearken

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1. To listen attentively or give heed. 2. To give regard, consent, or act in response.

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but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

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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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39But the Lord your God ye shall fear; and he shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.

40Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner.

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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.

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