NET Bible
"they observed the practices of the nations whom the LORD had driven out from before them, and followed the example of the kings of Israel."
— 2 Kings 17:8, NET Bible
“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.”
“and walked in the statutes of the nations, whom Jehovah cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they made. ”
“and walked in the statutes of the nations, whom Yahweh cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they made.”
“And they walked according to the way of the nations which the Lord had destroyed in the sight of the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel: because they had done in like manner.”
“Living by the rules of the nations whom the Lord had sent out from before the children of Israel.”
“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.”
The king of Assyria marched through the whole land. He attacked Samaria and besieged it for three years.
In the ninth year of Hoshea’s reign, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and deported the people of Israel to Assyria. He settled them in Halah, along the Habor(the river of Gozan), and in the cities of the Medes.
A Summary of Israel’s Sinful History This happened because the Israelites sinned against the LORD their God, who brought them up from the land of Egypt and freed them from the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They worshiped other gods;
they observed the practices of the nations whom the LORD had driven out from before them, and followed the example of the kings of Israel.
The Israelites said things about the LORD their God that were not right. They built high places in all their towns, from watchtower to fortified city.
They set up sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
They burned incense on all the high places just like the nations whom the LORD had driven away from before them. Their evil practices made the LORD angry.