Bible Commentary

Until the LORD removed Israel out of his sight, as he had said by all his servants the prophets. So was Israel carried away out of their own land to Assyria unto this day. 23. as he had said by all his servants the prophets ] R.V. as he spake by the hand of all … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 17:23”

For the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they departed not from them; 22. they departed not from them ] For among all the nineteen kings of Israel not one has a good character. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges But willingly and resolutely followed the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 17:22”

For he rent Israel from the house of David; and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drove Israel from following the LORD, and made them sin a great sin. 21. and Jeroboam drave ] The verb is found only here, but its sense is well established from a cognate verb with … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 17:21”

And the LORD rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight. 20. And the Lord rejected all the seed of Israel ] The LXX. has ‘And they rejected the Lord, and the Lord was angry with all … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 17:20”

Also Judah kept not the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made. 19. walked in the statutes of Israel ] Which were not of God’s ordinance but of Israel’s own devising. This was specially the case when the son of Jehoshaphat intermarried with a daughter of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 17:19”

Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only. 18. removed them out of his sight ] The language is accommodated to human ideas. God’s eye was regarded as specially directed to the land of Canaan, where He had … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 17:18”

And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. 17. to pass through the fire ] Of the character of this Moloch-worship, see above 2Ki 16:3, note. used divination … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 17:17”

And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, [even] two calves, and made a grove, and worshiped all the host of heaven, and served Baal. 16. And they left [R.V. forsook ] all the commandments ] The R.V. adopts the most usual rendering of the verb, which … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 17:16”

And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen that [were] round about them, [concerning] whom the LORD had charged them, that they should not do like them. 15. he … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 17:15”

Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the LORD their God. 14. hardened their necks ] R.V. neck. The original has the singular, the people being regarded as one body. Israel throughout the Scripture is constantly reproached as a ‘stiffnecked’ people. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 17:14”