Quotes about Lord
Now when the settlers first lived there, they did not worship the LORD, so He sent lions among them, which killed some of them.
— 2 Kings 17:25
Thus one of the priests they had carried away came and lived in Bethel, and he began to teach them how they should worship the LORD.
— 2 Kings 17:28
So the new residents worshiped the LORD, but they also appointed for themselves priests of all sorts to serve in the shrines of the high places.
— 2 Kings 17:32
They worshiped the LORD, but they also served their own gods according to the customs of the nations from which they had been carried away.
— 2 Kings 17:33
To this day they are still practicing their former customs. None of them worship the LORD or observe the statutes, ordinances, laws, and commandments that the LORD gave the descendants of Jacob, whom He named Israel.
— 2 Kings 17:34
For the LORD had made a covenant with the Israelites and commanded them, “Do not worship other gods or bow down to them; do not serve them or sacrifice to them.
— 2 Kings 17:35
Instead, worship the LORD, who brought you out of the land of Egypt with great power and an outstretched arm. You are to bow down to Him and offer sacrifices to Him.
— 2 Kings 17:36
So these nations worshiped the LORD but also served their idols, and to this day their children and grandchildren continue to do as their fathers did.
— 2 Kings 17:41
Hezekiah trusted in the LORD, the God of Israel. No king of Judah was like him, either before him or after him.
— 2 Kings 18:5
Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the royal palace.
— 2 Kings 18:15
But if you say to me, ‘We trust in the LORD our God,’ is He not the One whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem: ‘You must worship before this altar in Jerusalem’?
— 2 Kings 18:22
So now, was it apart from the LORD that I have come up against this place to destroy it? The LORD Himself said to me, ‘Go up against this land and destroy it.’”
— 2 Kings 18:25