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2 Kings 17:1 In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, Hoshea the son of Elah became king over Israel in Samaria, and reigned nine years.

In the twelfth: In ch. 15:30, this is said to be "the twentieth year of Jotham," which Calmet thus reconciles: "Hosea conspired against Pekah, the 20th year of the reign of this prince, which was the 18th of Jotham, king of Judah. Two years after this, that is, the 4th of Ahaz and the 20th of Jotham, Hosea made himself master of a part of the kingdom, according to ch. 15:30. Finally, the 12th year of Ahaz, Hosea had peaceable possession of the whole kingdom, agreeably to ch. 17:1."
Hoshea: "After an interregnum, ch. 15:30; 18:9." 2Ki 17:1

In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, Hoshea the son of Elah became king over Israel in Samaria, and reigned nine years.

2 Kings 17:2 He did evil in the sight of the LORD, only not as the kings of Israel who were before him.

but not as the kings: 2Ki 3:2 10:31 13:2,11 15:9,18,24 2Ch 30:5-11

He did evil in the sight of the LORD, only not as the kings of Israel who were before him

2 Kings 17:3 Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against him, and Hoshea became his servant and paid him tribute.

Shalmaneser: This was the son and successor of Tiglath-pileser: he reigned 14 years, from A.M. 3276 to 3290. 2Ki 18:9 Ho 10:14, Shalman
king of Assyria: 2Ki 15:19,29 16:7 18:13 19:36,37 Isa 7:7,8 10:5,6,11,12
and Hoshea: 2Ki 16:8 18:14-16,31
gave: Heb. rendered
presents: or, tribute, 2Sa 8:2,6

Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against him, and Hoshea became his servant and paid him tribute.

Hoshea. Hoshea was the last king of Israel before the Assyrian captivity. Shalmezer V besieged the well-fortified capital city of Samaria but died in the siege. His successor, Sargon II, sacked the city and carried the Israelites away to various Assyrian cities (this information is obtained from an inscription in Sargon's palace. See note on Isaiah 20:1). It is noteworthy that the names of at least ten Hebrew kings (Omri, Ahab, Jehu, Menahem, Pekah, and Hoshea of Israel; Uzziah, Ahaz, Hezekiah, and Manasseh of Judah) have been found on excavated Assyrian tablets. The same is true of the various Assyrian kings mentioned in the Bible. All such records are fully consistent with the Biblical records.

2 Kings 17:4 But the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea, who had sent messengers to So king of Egypt and had offered no tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year; so the king of Assyria shut him up and bound him in prison.

found conspiracy: 2Ki 24:1,20 Eze 17:13-19
king of Egypt: 2Ki 18:21 Isa 30:1-4 31:1-3 Eze 17:15
brought: 2Ki 18:14,15
bound him: 2Ki 25:7 2Ch 32:11 Ps 149:7,8

But the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea, who had sent messengers to So king of Egypt and had offered no tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year; so the king of Assyria shut him up and bound him in priso

2 Kings 17:5 Then the king of Assyria invaded the whole land and went up to Samaria and besieged it three years.

the king: 2Ki 18:9
three years: 2Ki 25:1-3 Jer 52:4,5

Then the king of Assyria invaded the whole land and went up to Samaria and besieged it three years.

2 Kings 17:6 In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried Israel away into exile to Assyria, and settled them in Halah and Habor, on the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.

the king of Assyria: 2Ki 18:10,11 Ho 1:6,9 13:16, foretold
carried: Lev 26:32,33,38 De 4:25-28 28:36,64 29:27,28 30:18 1Ki 14:15,16 Am 5:27
Halah: 2Ki 19:12 1Ch 5:26 Isa 37:12,13
the Medes: Isa 13:17 21:2 Da 5:28

In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried Israel away into exile to Assyria, and settled them in Halah and Habor, on the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.

After three years of siege, Samaria fell to the Assyrians, and the days of Israel as a sovereign power were over (18:10). Many of the Israelites were taken captive and deported to Assyrian cities (v. 23; 18:11). Sargon II (722-705 B.C.), who succeeded Shalmaneser V, took credit for the victory and boasted that he carried away 27,290 people from Samaria.

2 Kings 17:7 Now this came about because the sons of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them up from the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and they had feared other gods

sinned: De 31:16,17,29 32:15-52 Jos 23:16 Jud 2:14-17 2Ch 36:14-16 Ne 9:26 Ps 106:35-41 Eze 23:2-16 Ho 4:1-3 8:5-14
the Lord: 2Ki 16:2 1Ki 11:4 15:3 2Ch 36:5
which had: Ex 20:2
and had feared: 2Ki 17:35 Jer 10:5

Now this came about because the sons of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them up from the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and they had feared other gods

Israel had sinned. At this point, the unknown compiler and writer of the book of Kings concludes the sad history of the northern kingdom with a seventeen verse recital of the reasons why God finally had to uproot His chosen people from the promised land and send them into captivity under the cruel Assyrians. This was in fulfillment of many unheeded prophetic warnings (1 Kings 14:15,16).

2 Kings 17:8 and walked in the customs of the nations whom the LORD had driven out before the sons of Israel, and in the customs of the kings of Israel which they had introduced.

walked: 2Ki 16:3,10 21:2 Lev 18:3,27-30 De 12:30,31 18:9 1Ki 12:28 1Ki 16:31-33 21:26 Ps 106:35 Jer 10:2
of the kings of Israel: Ho 5:11 Mic 6:16

and walked in the customs of the nations whom the LORD had driven out before the sons of Israel, and in the customs of the kings of Israel which they had introduced.

2 Kings 17:9 The sons of Israel did things secretly which were not right against the LORD their God. Moreover, they built for themselves high places in all their towns, from watchtower to fortified city.

secretly: De 13:6 27:15 Job 31:27 Eze 8:12
from the tower: 2Ki 18:8 Ho 12:11

The sons of Israel did things secretly which were not right against the LORD their God. Moreover, they built for themselves high places in all their towns, from watchtower to fortified city.

2 Kings 17:10 They set for themselves sacred pillars and Asherim on every high hill and under every green tree,

they set: 2Ki 16:4 Ex 34:13 Lev 26:1 1Ki 14:23 Isa 57:5
images: Heb. statues
groves: De 16:21 Mic 5:14
in every: 2Ki 16:4 1Ki 14:23 De 12:2,3

They set for themselves sacred pillars and Asherim on every high hill and under every green tree,

BSB The Bible presents two forms of idolatry. One is the worship of gods other than the God of Israel (Ex. 20:3). Another is forbidden in the second commandment (Ex. 20:4), which prohibits the use of any material representation as an object of worship. In either case, idolatry was a capital offense, and the Hebrew people were constantly warned to refrain from all forms of idolatry. In the O.T., however, no practical distinction is made between a graven image or idol and the god whom it represents; unwavering protest is made against idols and gods other than Yahweh. From the time they settled in Canaan until the Exile, Israel was influenced by its idolatrous neighbors. These influences were aided by mixed marriages, such as those of Solomon (1 Kin. 11:1-13) and Ahab (1 Kin. 16:30-33), and by the popular belief that the local gods of Canaan exercised proprietorship (vv. 7-12).

2 Kings 17:11 and there they burned incense on all the high places as the nations did which the LORD had carried away to exile before them; and they did evil things provoking the LORD.

burnt: 1Ki 13:1 2Ch 28:25 Jer 44:17
to provoke: 2Ki 21:6 Ps 78:56-58

and there they burned incense on all the high places as the nations did which the LORD had carried away to exile before them; and they did evil things provoking the LORD

2 Kings 17:12 They served idols, concerning which the LORD had said to them, “You shall not do this thing.”

whereof: Ex 20:3-5 34:14 Lev 26:1 De 4:19 5:7-9
Ye shall not: De 4:15-19,23-25 12:4

They served idols, concerning which the LORD had said to them, “You shall not do this thing

2 Kings 17:13 Yet the LORD warned Israel and Judah through all His prophets and every seer, saying, “Turn from your evil ways and keep My commandments, My statutes according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you through My servants the prophets.”

testified: De 8:19 31:21 Ne 9:29,30 Ps 50:7 81:8,9 Jer 42:19 Ac 20:21
and against: 2Ch 36:15,16 Jer 3:8-11 Ho 4:15
all: Heb. the hand of all, De 4:26 Jos 23:16 Jud 6:10 10:11-14 1Sa 12:7-15 Isa 1:5-15,21-24 Jer 5:29-31 Zec 1:3-6
seers: 1Sa 9:9 1Ch 29:29
Turn ye: Isa 1:16-20 55:6,7 Jer 7:3-7 18:11 25:4,5 35:15 Eze 18:31 Ho 14:1 2Pe 3:9
keep: Jer 7:22,23 26:4-6

Yet the LORD warned Israel and Judah through all His prophets and every seer, saying, “Turn from your evil ways and keep My commandments, My statutes according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you through My servants the prophets

2 Kings 17:14 However, they did not listen, but stiffened their neck like their fathers, who did not believe in the LORD their God.

but hardened: De 31:27 2Ch 36:13 Pr 29:1 Isa 48:4 Jer 7:26 Ro 2:4,5 Heb 3:7,8
did not believe: De 1:32 Ps 78:22,32 106:24 Heb 3:12

However, they did not listen, but stiffened their neck like their fathers, who did not believe in the LORD their God

2 Kings 17:15 They rejected His statutes and His covenant which He made with their fathers and His warnings with which He warned them. And they followed vanity and became vain, and went after the nations which surrounded them, concerning which the LORD had commanded them not to do like them.

they rejected: Jer 8:9
his covenant: Ex 24:6-8 De 29:10-15,25,26 Jer 31:32
testimonies: De 6:17,18 2Ch 36:15,16 Ne 9:26,29,30 Jer 44:4,23
vanity: De 32:21,31 1Sa 12:21 1Ki 16:13 Ps 115:8 Jer 10:8,15 Joh 2:8
became vain: Jer 2:5 Ro 1:21-23 1Co 8:4
concerning whom: 2Ki 17:8,11,12 De 12:30,31 2Ch 33:2,9

They rejected His statutes and His covenant which He made with their fathers and His warnings with which He warned them. And they followed vanity and became vain, and went after the nations which surrounded them, concerning which the LORD had commanded them not to do like them.

2 Kings 17:16 They forsook all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves molten images, even two calves, and made an Asherah and worshiped all the host of heaven and served Baal.

molten images: Ex 32:4,8 1Ki 12:28 Ps 106:18-20 Isa 44:9,10
a grove: 2Ki 17:10 1Ki 14:15,23 15:13 16:33
worshipped: De 4:19 Jer 8:2
Baal: 2Ki 10:18-28 11:18 1Ki 16:31 22:53

They forsook all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves molten images, even two calves, and made an Asherah and worshiped all the host of heaven and served Baal.

2 Kings 17:17 Then they made their sons and their daughters pass through the fire, and practiced divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him.

they caused: 2Ki 16:3 21:6 Lev 18:21 2Ch 28:3 Ps 106:37,38 Eze 20:26,31 Eze 23:37,39
used: 2Ki 21:6 De 18:10-12 2Ch 33:6 Isa 8:19 47:9,12,13 Jer 27:9 Mic 5:12 Ac 16:16 Ga 5:26
sold: 1Ki 21:20,25 Isa 50:1
in the sight: 2Ki 17:11 21:6

Then they made their sons and their daughters pass through the fire, and practiced divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him.

2 Kings 17:18 So the LORD was very angry with Israel and removed them from His sight; none was left except the tribe of Judah.

removed: 2Ki 13:23 23:27 De 29:20-28 32:21-26 Jos 23:13,15 Jer 15:1 Ho 9:3
the tribe: 1Ki 11:13,32,36 12:20 Ho 11:12

So the LORD was very angry with Israel and removed them from His sight; none was left except the tribe of Judah.

2 Kings 17:19 Also Judah did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the customs which Israel had introduced.

Also Judah: 1Ki 14:22,23 2Ch 21:11,13 Jer 2:28 3:8-11 Eze 16:51,52 Eze 22:2-16 23:4-13
walked: 2Ki 8:18,27 16:3

Also Judah did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the customs which Israel had introduced.

2 Kings 17:20 The LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel and afflicted them and gave them into the hand of plunderers, until He had cast them out of His sight.

rejected: 2Ki 17:15 1Sa 15:23,26 16:1 Jer 6:30 Ro 11:1,2
all the seed: 1Ch 16:13 Ne 9:2 Isa 45:25 Jer 31:36,37 33:24-26 46:28
delivered: 2Ki 13:3,7 15:18-20,29 18:9 2Ch 28:5,6 Ne 9:27,28
until he had cast: 2Ki 17:18 De 11:12 Jon 1:3,10 Mt 25:41 2Th 1:9

The LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel and afflicted them and gave them into the hand of plunderers, until He had cast them out of His sight

2 Kings 17: 21 When He had torn Israel from the house of David, they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king. Then Jeroboam drove Israel away from following the LORD and made them commit a great sin.

For he rent: 1Ki 11:11,31 14:8 Isa 7:17
they made: 1Ki 12:19,20 2Ch 10:15-19
Jeroboam drave: 1Ki 12:20,28-30 14:16 2Ch 11:11,15
a great sin: Ge 20:9 Ex 32:21 1Sa 2:17,24 Ps 25:11 Joh 19:11

When He had torn Israel from the house of David, they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king. Then Jeroboam drove Israel away from following the LORD and made them commit a great sin.

2 Kings 17:22 The sons of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they did not depart from them

walked in all the sins: 2Ki 3:3 10:29,31 13:2,6,11 15:9

The sons of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they did not depart from them

2 Kings 17:23 until the LORD removed Israel from His sight, as He spoke through all His servants the prophets. So Israel was carried away into exile from their own land to Assyria until this day.

the Lord: 2Ki 17:18,20
as he had said: 2Ki 17:13 1Ki 13:2 14:16 Ho 1:4-9 Am 5:27 Mic 1:6
So was Israel: 2Ki 17:6 18:11,12

until the LORD removed Israel from His sight, as He spoke through all His servants the prophets. So Israel was carried away into exile from their own land to Assyria until this day.

2 Kings 17:24 The king of Assyria brought men from Babylon and from Cuthah and from Avva and from Hamath and Sepharvaim, and settled them in the cities of Samaria in place of the sons of Israel. So they possessed Samaria and lived in its cities.

the king: Ezr 4:2-10
Babylon: 2Ki 17:30 2Ch 33:11
Ava: 2Ki 17:31 18:31 Isa 37:13, Ivah
Hamath: 2Ki 19:13 Isa 10:9 36:19
in the cities thereof: 2Ki 17:6 Mt 10:5

The king of Assyria brought men from Babylon and from Cuthah and from Avva and from Hamath and Sepharvaim, and settled them in the cities of Samaria in place of the sons of Israel. So they possessed Samaria and lived in its cities.

BSB - Sargon II followed the practice of replacing deported people with others who would be loyal to the regime. According to this verse, the people brought to Samaria were from areas widely scattered in the Assyrian domain.

2 Kings 17:25 At the beginning of their living there, they did not fear the LORD; therefore the LORD sent lions among them which killed some of them.

they feared: 2Ki 17:28,32,34,41 Jos 22:25 Jer 10:7 Da 6:26 Jon 1:9
the Lord sent: 2Ki 2:24 1Ki 13:24 20:36 Jer 5:6 15:3 Eze 14:15,21

At the beginning of their living there, they did not fear the LORD; therefore the LORD sent lions among them which killed some of them.

2 Kings 17:26 So they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, “The nations whom you have carried away into exile in the cities of Samaria do not know the custom of the god of the land; so he has sent lions among them, and behold, they kill them because they do not know the custom of the god of the land.”

and placed: 2Ki 17:24
know not: 2Ki 17:27 1Sa 8:9 10:25 Am 8:14

So they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, “The nations whom you have carried away into exile in the cities of Samaria do not know the custom of the god of the land; so he has sent lions among them, and behold, they kill them because they do not know the custom of the god of the land

2 Kings 17:27 Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, “Take there one of the priests whom you carried away into exile and let him go and live there; and let him teach them the custom of the god of the land.”

one of the priests: Judges 17:13 1Ki 12:31 13:2 2Ch 11:15

Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, “Take there one of the priests whom you carried away into exile and let him go and live there; and let him teach them the custom of the god of the land

2 Kings 17:28 So one of the priests whom they had carried away into exile from Samaria came and lived at Bethel, and taught them how they should fear the LORD.

in Bethel: 1Ki 12:29-32
taught them: Isa 29:13 Mt 15:14

So one of the priests whom they had carried away into exile from Samaria came and lived at Bethel, and taught them how they should fear the LORD

2 Kings 17:29 But every nation still made gods of its own and put them in the houses of the high places which the people of Samaria had made, every nation in their cities in which they lived.

made gods: Ps 115:4-8 135:15-18 Isa 44:9-20 Jer 10:3-5 Ho 8:5,6 Mic 4:5 Ro 1:23

But every nation still made gods of its own and put them in the houses of the high places which the people of Samaria had made, every nation in their cities in which they lived.

BSB - The mixing of foreign people within the former land of Israel brought about religious havoc. The foreigners brought with them their own native ideas of religious worship (vv. 30-32). This resulted in a mixed religion in which both the false gods and Yahweh were worshipped (v. 41, which explains the apparent discrepancy between vv. 32 and 34). The mixing of populations also resulted in mixed marriages between the Israelites left in the land and the new foreign people. The descendants of these marriages came to be called Samaritans (cf. John 4:9, note). They gradually assumed the nature of a religious sect rather than a nation, and they came to occupy an important position in the later history of Palestine (cf. Luke 9:52, note).

2 Kings 17:30 The men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, the men of Cuth made Nergal, the men of Hamath made Ashima,

Babylon: 2Ki 17:24, Succoth benoth, {Succoth benoth,} literally "the tents of the daughters."
Cuth: Cuth is probably the Cush watered by the Gihon, or Araxes, now Aras (Ge 2:13,) the ancient country of the Scythians, where we meet with the Quitians, Coethians, or Coete, and Cytheans, and the cities of Cotatis, Cetemane, Cythanum, Cyta, Cethena, etc.
Nergal: Supposed to denote the solar orb; the emblem of which, according to the Rabbins, was a cock.
Ashima: Jarchi says this idol was of the form of a goat.

The men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, the men of Cuth made Nergal, the men of Hamath made Ashima,

2 Kings 17:31 and the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak; and the Sepharvites burned their children in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech the gods of Sepharvaim.

the Avites: 2Ki 17:24 Ezr 4:9
Nibhaz: Supposed to be the same as the Anubis of the Egyptians; and was in form partly a dog and partly a man.
burnt their children: 2Ki 17:17 Lev 18:21 De 12:28,31

and the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak; and the Sepharvites burned their children in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech the gods of Sepharvaim.

2 Kings 17:32 They also feared the LORD and appointed from among themselves priests of the high places, who acted for them in the houses of the high places.

made unto themselves: 1Ki 12:31 13:33
the houses: 2Ki 17:29 23:19 1Ki 13:31

They also feared the LORD and appointed from among themselves priests of the high places, who acted for them in the houses of the high places

2 Kings 17:33 They feared the LORD and served their own gods according to the custom of the nations from among whom they had been carried away into exile.

They feared: 2Ki 17:41 1Ki 18:21 Ho 10:2 Zep 1:5 Mt 6:24 Lu 16:13
whom they carried: etc. or, who carried them away from thence, The new inhabitants of the land imitated the idolatrous Israelites, by associating their idols with Jehovah, as the objects of worship. The remainder, however, of the verses seem to relate to the Israelites after they were carried captive. They still persevered in idolatry and disobedience; and not being purified, were left to be consumed in the furnace. It is said that the Israelites "did not fear the Lord," yet the heathens, who followed their example, are said "to have feared the Lord." The Israelites did not so much as fear the wrath of Almighty God; but, on the other hand, the poor pagans feared the power of his wrath, and to avert it paid some ignorant worship, according to the wretched instructions given them. As this was an external acknowledgement of his power and Godhead, and a homage paid to him,he was pleased in consequence to withdraw his judgements from them.--SCOTT

They feared the LORD and served their own gods according to the custom of the nations from among whom they had been carried away into exile.

DSB - their own gods. The new inhabitants of Samaria, after the Israelites had been carried away into Assyria, soon became a mixed nation--partly composed of Israeli blood and partly of many other tribes, all of which were pagan (2 Kings 17:24). Consequently, their religion became a strange mixture of worship of Jehovah and of various pagan gods. These people became the Samaritans of New Testament times, despised by their Jewish half-brothers. Except for scattered individuals, the exiled Israelites never returned to their homeland.

2 Kings 17:34 To this day they do according to the earlier customs: they do not fear the LORD, nor do they follow their statutes or their ordinances or the law, or the commandments which the LORD commanded the sons of Jacob, whom He named Israel;

fear not: 2Ki 17:25,27,28,33
whom he named Israel: Ge 32:28 33:20 35:10 1Ki 11:31 18:11 Isa 48:1

To this day they do according to the earlier customs: they do not fear the LORD, nor do they follow their statutes or their ordinances or the law, or the commandments which the LORD commanded the sons of Jacob, whom He named Israel

2 Kings 17:35 with whom the LORD made a covenant and commanded them, saying, “You shall not fear other gods, nor bow down yourselves to them nor serve them nor sacrifice to them.

With whom: 2Ki 17:15 Ex 19:5,6 24:6-8 De 29:10-15 Jer 31:31-34 Heb 8:6-13
charged them: Ex 20:4,5 34:12-17 De 4:23-27 13:1-18 Jos 23:7,16
fear other gods: Jud 6:10 Jer 10:5

with whom the LORD made a covenant and commanded them, saying, “You shall not fear other gods, nor bow down yourselves to them nor serve them nor sacrifice to them

2 Kings 17:36 “But the LORD, who brought you up from the land of Egypt with great power and with an outstretched arm, Him you shall fear, and to Him you shall bow yourselves down, and to Him you shall sacrifice.

a stretched: Ex 6:6 9:15 De 5:15 Jer 32:21 Ac 4:30
him shall ye fear: Lev 19:32 De 6:13 10:20 12:5,6,11,12 Mt 10:28 Rev 15:4

But the LORD, who brought you up from the land of Egypt with great power and with an outstretched arm, Him you shall fear, and to Him you shall bow yourselves down, and to Him you shall sacrifice

2 Kings 17:37 “The statutes and the ordinances and the law and the commandment which He wrote for you, you shall observe to do forever; and you shall not fear other gods.

the statutes: Lev 19:37 De 4:44,45 5:31-33 6:1,2 12:32 1Ch 29:19 Ps 19:8-11 Ps 105:44,45
wrote for you: De 31:9,11 Ne 9:13,14
and ye shall not: 2Ki 17:35

The statutes and the ordinances and the law and the commandment which He wrote for you, you shall observe to do forever; and you shall not fear other gods

2 Kings 17:38 “The covenant that I have made with you, you shall not forget, nor shall you fear other gods.

forget: De 4:23 6:12 8:14-18

The covenant that I have made with you, you shall not forget, nor shall you fear other gods

2 Kings 17:39 “But the LORD your God you shall fear; and He will deliver you from the hand of all your enemies.”

the Lord: 2Ki 17:36 1Sa 12:24 Isa 8:12-14 Jer 10:7 Mt 10:28 Lu 1:50
he shall deliver: Ne 9:27 Lu 1:71,74,75

But the LORD your God you shall fear; and He will deliver you from the hand of all your enemies

2 Kings 17:40 However, they did not listen, but they did according to their earlier custom.

they did not: Jer 13:23
but they did: 2Ki 17:8,12,34 De 4:28

However, they did not listen, but they did according to their earlier custom

2 Kings 17:41 So while these nations feared the LORD, they also served their idols; their children likewise and their grandchildren, as their fathers did, so they do to this day.

these nations: 2Ki 17:32,33 Jos 24:14-20 1Ki 18:21 Zep 1:5 Mt 6:24 Rev 3:15,16
unto this day: Ezr 4:1-3

So while these nations feared the LORD, they also served their idols; their children likewise and their grandchildren, as their fathers did, so they do to this day

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