“Unto 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…

“With whom the LORD had made a covenant, and charged them saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them”…

“And the covenant that I have made with you ye shall not forget; neither shall ye fear other gods.” Context:The book of 2 Kings is a historical account of the…

“And 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.” Historical…

“And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were not right against the Lord their God, and they built them high places in all their cities, from the…

“And they left all the commandments of the Lord their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven,…

“And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the LORD,…

“And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, but not as the kings of Israel that were before him.” Context:The verse is part of the…

“Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and gave him presents.” Division of Israel:After the death of King Solomon, the united kingdom of Israel…

“And the LORD rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight.” Historical…