THE EXTINCTION OF THE ISRAELITISH KINGDOM CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 2 Kings 17:2. DID EVIL … BUT NOT AS THE KINGS OF ISRAEL—Scripture merely records the fact, does not explain wherein Hoshea sinned less. But even an abstention from wrong, which others wrought, is noticed by Jehovah, and kep... [ Continue Reading ]
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, dissimulating words;_ but its meaning, to _cover, cloke_, when taken with דְּבָרִים, may be accepted as... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 2 Kings 17:24. KING OF ASSYRIA BROUGHT MEN FROM BABYLON, &c.—Had the land been depopulated there would have seemed promise of the exiles’ return; but under the royal direction Assyrian subjects came in and possessed the sacred soil, making it the home of foreigners.... [ Continue Reading ]