Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 17:11
And there they burnt incense in all the high places, as [did] the heathen whom the LORD carried away before them; and wrought wicked things to provoke the LORD to anger:
11. as did the heathen ] R.V. the nations. And so again in verse 15. When a distinction is to be marked between God’s people and idolaters, ‘heathen’ is a fair rendering for goyim. But here when there is no such marked severance ‘nations’ is the better translation.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
The burning of incense was a common religious practice among the Egyptians and the Babylonians; and from the present passage we gather that the Canaanite nations practiced it as one of their ordinary sacred rites. The Israelites are frequently reproached with it Hos 2:13; Hos 4:13; Isa 65:3.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
As did the heathen; not only to the Lord, which was practised and tolerated sometimes in the kingdom of Judah; but also to the idols or Baals of the heathen.
Whom the Lord carried away before them for the same sins; by whose example they should have taken warning.
To provoke the Lord to anger, i.e. in despite and contempt of God, and his authority and command, as the next verse shows.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And there they burnt incense in all the high places,…. As even the tribe of Judah did, which is observed in all the preceding reigns:
as did the Heathen whom the Lord carried away before them: the Canaanites, and therefore they might justly expect to be carried captive also:
and wrought wicked things to provoke the Lord to anger: by their several immoralities, but especially their idolatries.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(11) Wrought wicked things.Not merely idolatrous rites, but also the hideous immoralities which constituted a recognised part of the nature – worships of Canaan.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
2Ki 17:11 And there they burnt incense in all the high places, as [did] the heathen whom the LORD carried away before them; and wrought wicked things to provoke the LORD to anger:
Ver. 11. To provoke the Lord to anger. ] As if they had done all this expressly and on purpose.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
burnt: 1Ki 13:1, 2Ch 28:25, Jer 44:17
to provoke: 2Ki 21:6, Psa 78:56-58
Reciprocal: Deu 12:2 – possess 2Ki 17:15 – concerning whom 2Ki 17:17 – in the sight 2Ch 33:2 – like unto Eze 11:12 – but Eze 16:44 – As is
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
2Ki 17:11. They burned incense, as did the heathen Namely, in high places; and that not only to the Lord, which, though an irregularity, was practised and tolerated sometimes, even in the kingdom of Judah, but also to the idols of the heathen. Whom the Lord carried away before them For the same sins; by whose example they ought to have taken warning. To provoke the Lord to anger That is, in despite and contempt of God, and his authority and command, as the next verse shows.