2 Kings 17:19
Good News Translation
But even the people of Judah did not obey the laws of the LORD their God; they imitated the customs adopted by the people of Israel.

New Revised Standard Version
Judah also did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God but walked in the customs that Israel had introduced.

Contemporary English Version
but they also disobeyed the LORD's commands and acted like the Israelites.

New American Bible
Even the people of Judah did not keep the commandments of the LORD, their God, but followed the rites practiced by Israel.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But neither did Juda itself keep the commandments of the Lord, their God: but they walked in the errors of Israel, which they had wrought.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

But neither did Juda itself keep the commandments of the Lord, their God: but they walked in the errors of Israel, which they had wrought.

also Judah

1 Kings 14:22,23 And Juda did evil in the sight of the Lord, and provoked him above all that their fathers had done, in their sins which they committed. . . .

2 Chronicles 21:11,13 Moreover he built also high places in the cities of Juda, and he made the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit fornication, and Juda to transgress. . . .

Jeremiah 2:28 Where are the gods, whom thou hast made thee? let them arise and deliver thee in the time of thy affliction: for according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, O Juda.

Jeremiah 3:8-11 That because the rebellious Israel had played the harlot, I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce: yet her treacherous sister Juda was not afraid, but went and played the harlot also herself. . . .

Ezekiel 16:51,52 And Samaria committed not half thy sins: but thou hast surpassed them with thy crimes, and hast justified thy sisters by all thy abominations which thou hast done. . . .

Ezekiel 22:2-16 And thou son of man, dost thou not judge, dost thou not judge the city of blood? . . .

Ezekiel 23:4-13 And their names were Oolla the elder, and Ooliba her younger sister: and I took them, and they bore sons and daughters. Now for their names, Samaria is Oolla, and Jerusalem is Ooliba. . . .

walked

2 Kings 8:18,27 And he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, as the house of Achab had walked: for the daughter of Achab was his wife: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord. . . .

2 Kings 16:3 But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel: moreover, he consecrated also his son, making him pass through the fire, according to the idols of the nations which the Lord destroyed before the children of Israel.

Context
Israel Exiled Because of Idolatry
18And the Lord was very angry with Israel, and removed them from his sight, and there remained only the tribe of Juda. 19But neither did Juda itself keep the commandments of the Lord, their God: but they walked in the errors of Israel, which they had wrought.20And the Lord cast off all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, till he cast them away from his face:…
Cross References
1 Kings 14:22
And Juda did evil in the sight of the Lord, and provoked him above all that their fathers had done, in their sins which they committed.

1 Kings 14:23
For they also built them altars, and statues, and groves, upon every high hill, and under every green tree:

2 Kings 16:3
But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel: moreover, he consecrated also his son, making him pass through the fire, according to the idols of the nations which the Lord destroyed before the children of Israel.

2 Kings 17:8
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.

Amos 2:4
Thus saith the Lord: For three crimes of Juda, and for four I will not convert him: because he hath cast away the law of the Lord, and hath not kept his commandments: for their idols have caused them to err, after which their fathers have walked.

2 Kings 17:18
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