Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner.
But they would not listen, and they persisted in their former customs.
and they have not hearkened, but according to their former custom they are doing,
And they did not hearken, but did after their former customs.
2 Kings — Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament).
S E C O N D K I N G S CHAP. XVII. This chapter gives us an account of the captivity of the ten tribes, and so finishes the history of that kingdom, after it had continued about 265 years, from the setting up of Jeroboam the son of…