2 Kings 17:40 KJV
Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner.
2 Kings 17:40, King James Version
In context
39 But the Lord your God ye shall fear; and he shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.
40 Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner.
41 So these nations feared the Lord, and served their graven images, both their children, and their children’s children: as did their fathers, so do they unto this day.