2 Kings 17:38
New International Version
Do not forget the covenant I have made with you, and do not worship other gods.

New Living Translation
Do not forget the covenant I made with you, and do not worship other gods.

English Standard Version
and you shall not forget the covenant that I have made with you. You shall not fear other gods,

Berean Standard Bible
Do not forget the covenant I have made with you. Do not worship other gods,

King James Bible
And the covenant that I have made with you ye shall not forget; neither shall ye fear other gods.

New King James Version
And the covenant that I have made with you, you shall not forget, nor shall you fear other gods.

New American Standard Bible
The covenant that I have made with you, you shall not forget, nor shall you fear other gods.

NASB 1995
“The covenant that I have made with you, you shall not forget, nor shall you fear other gods.

NASB 1977
“And the covenant that I have made with you, you shall not forget, nor shall you fear other gods.

Legacy Standard Bible
And the covenant that I have cut with you, you shall not forget, nor shall you fear other gods.

Amplified Bible
The covenant that I have made with you, you shall not forget; you shall not fear other gods.

Christian Standard Bible
Do not forget the covenant that I have made with you. Do not fear other gods,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Do not forget the covenant that I have made with you. Do not fear other gods,

American Standard Version
and the covenant that I have made with you ye shall not forget; neither shall ye fear other gods:

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And the covenant that I have covenanted with you, you shall not forget, and you shall not fear the gods of the Gentiles.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Neither shall ye forget the covenant which he made with you: and ye shall not fear other gods.

Contemporary English Version
and remember the solemn agreement between us. I will say it again: Do not worship any god

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the covenant that he made with you, you shall not forget: neither shall ye worship strange gods,

English Revised Version
and the covenant that I have made with you ye shall not forget; neither shall ye fear other gods:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Never forget the promise I made to you. Never worship other gods.

Good News Translation
and you shall not forget the covenant I made with you.

International Standard Version
You are not to forget the covenant that I've made with you, and you are not to fear other gods.

JPS Tanakh 1917
and the covenant that I have made with you ye shall not forget; neither shall ye fear other gods;

Literal Standard Version
and you do not forget the covenant that I have made with you, and you do not fear other gods;

Majority Standard Bible
Do not forget the covenant I have made with you. Do not worship other gods,

New American Bible
The covenant I made with you, you must not forget; you must not venerate other gods.

NET Bible
You must never forget the agreement I made with you, and you must not worship other gods.

New Revised Standard Version
you shall not forget the covenant that I have made with you. You shall not worship other gods,

New Heart English Bible
You shall not forget the covenant that I have made with you; neither shall you fear other gods.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the covenant that I have made with you ye shall not forget; neither shall ye fear other gods.

World English Bible
You shall not forget the covenant that I have made with you. You shall not fear other gods.

Young's Literal Translation
and the covenant that I have made with you ye do not forget, and ye do not fear other gods;

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Context
Israel's Cities Resettled by Foreigners
37And you must always be careful to observe the statutes, ordinances, laws, and commandments He wrote for you. Do not worship other gods. 38Do not forget the covenant I have made with you. Do not worship other gods, 39but worship the LORD your God, and He will deliver you from the hands of all your enemies.”…

Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:23
Be careful that you do not forget the covenant of the LORD your God that He made with you; do not make an idol for yourselves in the form of anything He has forbidden you.

Deuteronomy 6:12
be careful not to forget the LORD who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

2 Kings 17:39
but worship the LORD your God, and He will deliver you from the hands of all your enemies."


Treasury of Scripture

And the covenant that I have made with you you shall not forget; neither shall you fear other gods.

ye shall not forget

Deuteronomy 4:23
Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which the LORD thy God hath forbidden thee.

Deuteronomy 6:12
Then beware lest thou forget the LORD, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

Deuteronomy 8:14-18
Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the LORD thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage; …

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2 Kings 17
1. Hoshea the Last King of Israel
3. Being subdued by Shalmaneser, he conspires against him with So, king of Egypt
5. Samaria for sinning is led into captivity
24. The strange nations transplanted into Samaria make a mixture of religions.














(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.

Verse 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.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Do not
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

forget
תִשְׁכָּ֑חוּ (ṯiš·kā·ḥū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 7911: To mislay, to be oblivious of, from want of memory, attention

the covenant
וְהַבְּרִ֛ית (wə·hab·bə·rîṯ)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 1285: A covenant

I have made
כָּרַ֥תִּי (kā·rat·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 3772: To cut, to destroy, consume, to covenant

with you.
אִתְּכֶ֖ם (’it·tə·ḵem)
Preposition | second person masculine plural
Strong's 854: Nearness, near, with, by, at, among

Do not
וְלֹ֥א (wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

worship
תִֽירְא֖וּ (ṯî·rə·’ū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 3372: To fear, to revere, caus, to frighten

other
אֲחֵרִֽים׃ (’ă·ḥê·rîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 312: Hinder, next, other

gods,
אֱלֹהִ֥ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative


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