Bible Commentary

Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also [was] Abi, the daughter of Zachariah. 2. His mother’s name also was Abi ] R.V. And his mother’s name was Abi. In Chronicles the name is given as Abijah. Fuente: … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 18:2”

Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, [that] Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign. Chap. 2Ki 18:1-8. Hezekiah king of Judah. He reigns well and destroys the brasen serpent. Some of his successes in war (2Ch 29:1-2) 1. in the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 18:1”

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. 41. both their children ] R.V. their children likewise. A change which makes a semicolon necessary at the end of the previous clause. It would seem from … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 17:41”

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 … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 17:40”

But the LORD your God ye shall fear; and he shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies. The Lord your God, i.e. God alone, as the whole context shows. He shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies; and therefore you have no pretence of need to go … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 17:39”

And the covenant that I have made with you ye shall not forget; neither shall ye fear other gods. And the covenant that I have made with you, ye shall not forget,…. The law given at Mount Sinai; the first table of which chiefly concerned the worship of the one true and living God, and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 17:38”

And the statutes, and the ordinances, and the law, and the commandment, which he wrote for you, ye shall observe to do forevermore; and ye shall not fear other gods. 37. which he wrote for you ] The compiler of Kings considered, as we can gather from this expression, that ‘the statutes and ordinances’, even … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 17:37”

But the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power and a stretched out arm, him shall ye fear, and him shall ye worship, and to him shall ye do sacrifice. 36. with great power and a stretched out arm ] R.V. inserts with after and, as there is … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 17:36”

With whom the LORD had made a covenant, and charged them, saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them: A covenant, containing many precious promises, upon the condition here following: see Gen 17:7; Exo 19:5; 24:7. Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 17:35”

Unto this day they do after the former manners: they fear not the LORD, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law and commandment which the LORD commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel; 34. they fear not the Lord ] i.e. This worship of Jehovah, merely … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 17:34”