2 Kings 17:34

they fear not the Lord i.e. This worship of Jehovah, merely because they regard Him as the local deity of the land, is no worship at all. God will not be served from policy. There need be no difficulty in understanding the words here in contrast to -they feared the Lord" in verses 32, 33, 41. These latter express what the new colonists thought they were doing, and what they also thought to be enough. This verse expresses what the writer knew to be the truth as God regarded the service.

neither do they after their statutes -Their" refers by anticipation to -the children of Jacob", who are mentioned at the close of the verse.

after the law and commandment As the preposition is twice expressed in Hebrew, R.V. has or after the commandment.

whom he named Israel See Genesis 32:28.