The
one true God is the creator of all things, visible and invisible (Colossians 1:16).
Do not make an image representing the true God to bow down to it (Exodus 20:4-5).
2 Chronicles 35:
Josiah was a good king of Judah. He repaired the temple.
Neco was a gentile. By God, he tried to dissuade Josiah from fighting him.
i.e., elohim
A good king of Judah fought against a gentile king. God was with the gentile king. Josiah died as a result.
I am not even sure that Neco knew the name YWHW. Yet, it seems that the true God was with him.
Later, in Isaiah 45:
The Lord (the true God) called Cyrus his anointed.
Even though Cyrus did not acknowledge the true God.
In the NT, Acts 17:
but they did not know the LORD personally
god is a multifaceted concept.
the one true God
The Lord God accepted worship from Athenians who didn't know Him exactly. But then, who knows Him exactly?
Acts 17:
God is gracious to everyone who repents, even if they don't know Him exactly. See
What about people of other cultures?.
Do Buddhists, Muslims, and Christians worship the same God? Do Christians worship the same God?
Most Christians seem to worship the same God, the creator God with no idols/images. Buddhists and Christians worship different gods because of their heavy use of idols. Judaism, Christianity, and Islam worship more or less the same God: creator God and no idols. I spent four years working in Saudi Arabia. The longer I stayed there, the more I felt that they were worshiping the God of Abraham. I had joined their worship in their mosques. Notably, only Christians can be
born of the Paraclete.