"And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal."
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In 2 Kings 17:10 there is a reference to the old high-place worship,
which was professedly a worship of Yahweh, but with unauthorized rites
and emblems; here the reference is to Ahab’s setting up a gr...
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7. ASSYRIA CONQUERS ISRAEL AND THE CAPTIVITY
CHAPTER 17
_ 1. Hoshea, Israel's last king (2 Kings 17:1)_
2. Shalmaneser imprisons Hoshea (2 Kings 17:3)
3. Israel carried into captivity (2 Kings 17:...
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A RECAPITULATION OF THE REASONS FOR ISRAEL'S CAPTIVITY. The language
recalls Deuteronomy and Jeremiah. The sins for which Israel is
condemned are: (_a_) the building of high places, pillars, and Asher...
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The sins for which Israel was carried into captivity (Not in
Chronicles)
7. _For_so _it was that_ R.V. AND IT WAS SO BECAUSE. A better form of
introduction to this account of the causes of the captiv...
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B. EXPLANATION OF THE CAPTIVITY OF ISRAEL 17:7-23
TRANSLATION
(7) And it came to pass because the children of Israel had sinned
against the LORD their God who brought them up from the land of Egypt
f...
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_AND WALKED IN THE STATUTES OF THE HEATHEN, WHOM THE LORD CAST OUT
FROM BEFORE THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, AND OF THE KINGS OF ISRAEL, WHICH
THEY HAD MADE._
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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THE FALL OF SAMARIA
This chapter relates the reign of Hoshea. He intrigued with Egypt and
rebelled against Assyria; and Samaria, in consequence, was taken and
its people carried into captivity, their...
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THE LAST KINGS OF *ISRAEL AND *JUDAH
BOOK OF 2 KINGS
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 17
HOSHEA’S RULE AS THE LAST KING OF *ISRAEL
V1 Hoshea, son of Elah, became king of *Israel. He did so in the 12th
yea...
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MOLTEN IMAGES. — 1 Kings 12:28. Literally, _a casting._
A GROVE. — _An Asherah_ (1 Kings 14:23; 1 Kings 16:33). Schlottmann
writes: “That Ashera was only another name for the same supreme
goddess (_i....
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וַ יַּעַזְב֗וּ אֶת ־כָּל ־מִצְוֹת֙
יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֔ם וַ יַּעֲשׂ֥וּ
לָהֶ֛ם מַסֵּכָ֖ה _שְׁנֵ֣י_† עֲגָלִ֑ים
וַ...
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HOSHEA, AND THE FALL OF THE NORTHERN KINGDOM
B.C. 734-725
2 Kings 17:1
"As for Samaria, her king is cut off as the foam upon: the water."
Hosea 10:7
As a matter of convenience, we follow our Engli...
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THE END OF STIFF-NECKED DISOBEDIENCE
2 Kings 17:13
There are three leading counts in this terrible indictment against
Judah and Israel: (1) idolatry; (2) the ignoring of the Law; and (3)
disregard o...
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While Ahaz occupied the throne of Judah, Hoshea, by the murder of
Pekah, succeeded to the throne of Israel. His reign, too, was evil,
although he did not descend to the depths of some of those who had...
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And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made
them molten images, [even] two calves, and made a grove, and
worshipped all the (g) host of heaven, and served Baal.
(g) That is, th...
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_Heaven: sun and mood; and the stars, which were like the soldiers of
the two former. This expression is very common in Scripture._...
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Though the Lord is not accountable to any of his creatures for what he
doth; yet is he graciously pleased to manifest the equity of his
dealings, and to prove, even to the conviction of the sinner him...
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But not merely this. "Elisha died and they buried him" (2 Kings
13:20). Was not Elisha gone then? Not so. There was to be even a more
glorious witness in his death than in his life. In his life, no do...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 13 THROUGH 17.
Walking in the steps of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, the house of Jehu
was no protection to Israel against Hazael. But the compassion of
Jehova...
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AND THEY LEFT ALL THE COMMANDMENTS OF THE LORD THEIR GOD,.... Which
their idolatry led them to; and indeed he that offends in one point is
guilty of them all, James 2:10
AND MADE THEM MOLTEN IMAGES,...
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And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made
them molten images, [even] two calves, and made a grove, and
worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.
Ver. 16. _And they...
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_They followed vanity_ Idols; so called, because of their
unprofitableness, impotency, and nothingness, and to show the folly
and madness of idolaters. _And became vain_ By the long worship of
idols t...
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1 Hoshea his wicked reigne.
3 Being subdued by Shalmaneser, hee conspireth against him with So
King of Egypt.
5 Samaria for their sinnes, is captiuated.
24 The strange nations, which were transplan...
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THE END OF ISRAEL AS A NATION...
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HOSHEA REIGNING IN ISRAEL
(vv.1-4)
Hoshea had conspired against and killed Pekah (ch.15:30), so that
Hoshea began to reign over Israel in the twelfth year of Ahaz king of
Judah. He reigned only nin...
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7-23 Though the destruction of the kingdom of the ten tribes was but
briefly related, it is in these verses largely commented upon, and the
reasons of it given. It was destruction from the Almighty:...
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THEY LEFT ALL THE COMMANDMENTS OF THE LORD; they grew worse and worse;
from a partial disobedience to some of God's laws, they fell by
degrees to a total apostacy from all of them. THE HOST OF HEAVEN;...
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2 Kings 17:16 left H5800 (H8799) commandments H4687 LORD H3068 God
H430 made H6213 (H8799) image H4541 two H8147 calves H5695 made H6213
(H8799) image H842 worshiped H7812 (H8691) host H6635 heaven H8...
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YHWH'S FINAL JUDGMENT ON ISRAEL BECAUSE OF ALL THEIR DISOBEDIENCE WILL
RESULT IN THEIR BEING REMOVED IN THE SAME WAY AS HE HAD PREVIOUSLY
CAST OUT THE NATIONS FROM BEFORE THEM (2 KINGS 17:7).
Having d...
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CONTENTS: Reign of Hoshea in Israel. Israel becomes tributary to
Assyrians. The sins of Israel.
CHARACTERS: God, Hoshea, Shalmaneser, So.
CONCLUSION: Those who forget God may themselves expect to be...
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2 Kings 17:1. _The twelfth year of Ahaz._ Hoshea did not get confirmed
in the kingdom of nine years, for in 2 Kings 15:30 it is said that he
began to reign the twentieth year of Jotham. Either there i...
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_For so it was, that the children of Israel had sinned._
A GREAT PRIVILEGE, WICKEDNESS, AND RUIN
I. A great national privilege. We learn herefrom that the Infinite
Governor of the world had given th...
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2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 17:1 The End of Israel. The authors describe
the uprooting and scattering of Israel, which was prophesied long
before (1 Kings 14:15) but was delayed because of God’s promises...
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CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—
2 Kings 17:9. CHILDREN OF ISRAEL DID SECRETLY THINGS NOT RIGHT AGAINST
THE LORD—The word חפא has been rendered variously, as _secret
blasphemy, acts of treachery, dis...
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EXPOSITION
2 KINGS 17:1
THE REIGN OF HOSHEA OVER ISRAEL. DESTRUCTION OF THE ISRAELITE KINGDOM,
AND THE GROUNDS OF IT RE-PEOPLING OF THE KINGDOM BY ASSYRIAN
COLONISTS.
2 KINGS 17:1
REIGN OF HOSHEA....
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Kings, chapter seventeen. In the seventeenth chapter, we come to the
death of the northern kingdom, the nation of Israel.
In the twelfth year when Ahaz was the king in Judah (2 Kings 17:1),
That's t...
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1 Kings 12:28; 1 Kings 14:15; 1 Kings 14:23; 1 Kings 15:13; 1 Kings
16:31; 1 Kings 16:33; 1 Kings 22:53; 2 Kings 10:18; 2 Kings 11:18;...
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Left all — They grew worse and worse; from a partial disobedience to
some of God's laws, they fell by degrees to a total apostacy from all.
The host — The stars, as Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Venus....