Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 17:40
Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner.
40. Howbeit they did not hearken ] From the recital of God’s covenant and testimony unto Israel, the writer now turns to the new colonists of Samaria. They had heard, from the priest sent to them, an account of the Lord the God of Israel, and of what He had done for His people. For though the priest was probably one of the ministers before the calves, he would point, through them, to the God who brought Israel out of Egypt. This the writer appears to think should have moved the newcomers to regard Jehovah as far above any local deity.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Howbeit, they did not hearken, but did after their former manner. They did not repent of their idolatries, but persisted in them, and even when they were in captivity in Assyria, or such of them as were left in the land.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(40) Theyi.e., the Ephraimites.
Did.Continued doing.
After their former manneri.e., they clung to the old-established cultus of the calves.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
they did not: Jer 13:23
but they did: 2Ki 17:8, 2Ki 17:12, 2Ki 17:34, Deu 4:28