However they did not obey, but they followed their former rituals.
2 Kings 17:40
Surrounding context
17:39 But the LORD your God you shall fear; and He will deliver you from the hand of all your enemies."
17:40 However they did not obey, but they followed their former rituals.
17:41 So these nations feared the LORD, yet served their carved images; also their children and their children's children have continued doing as their fathers did, even to this day.