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Verse 2 Kings 17:41. _SO DO THEY UNTO THIS DAY._] This must have been
written before the Babylonish captivity; because, after that time,
none of the Israelites ever lapsed into idolatry. But this may...
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THEIR GRAVEN IMAGES - The Babylonians appear to have made a very
sparing use of animal forms among their religious emblems. They
represented the male Sun, Shamas, by a circle, plain or crossed; the
fe...
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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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THE ORIGIN OF THE SAMARITANS. This is a somewhat mixed account. 2
Kings 17:24 describes the settlement of the land with captives from
other parts of the Assyrian empire, and the sending of a priest to...
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AS. according as....
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_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 this statement that the mixed population in
Samari...
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B. THE REPOPULATION OF SAMARIA 17:24-41
TRANSLATION
(24) And the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Ava,
Hamath and from Sepharvaim, and made them dwell in the cities of
Samaria in...
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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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UNTO THIS DAY] i.e. as late as the time of the writer of the passage,
though whether the statement proceeds from the compiler of the book,
or from one of his authorities, is not certain.
The Israelite...
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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
ye...
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SO THESE NATIONS FEARED... IMAGES. — A variation of 2 Kings 17:33.
THEIR CHILDREN, AND THEIR CHILDREN’S CHILDREN. — The captivity of
Ephraim took place in 721 B.C. Two generations later bring us to t...
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וַ יִּהְי֣וּ ׀ הַ גֹּויִ֣ם הָ אֵ֗לֶּה
יְרֵאִי
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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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THEY FEARED THE LORD AND SERVED THEIR OWN GODS
2 Kings 17:27
The policy of peopling Israel with other races was intended to keep
the land under cultivation, and to break the ties of fatherland, which...
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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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So these (t) 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.
(t) That is, these strangers...
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See, Reader! the awful desolation of Samaria! Israel would not love
her one true and most gracious God, and a God in covenant with her;
therefore she shall here set up a multitude of dunghill gods, as...
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REFLECTIONS
PAUSE, my soul, over this chapter, and behold the awful visitations of
God upon his own people. Well may every truly awakened soul take part
in what he reads here, and tremble lest, for th...
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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
Jehovah...
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SO THESE NATIONS FEARED THE LORD, AND SERVED THEIR GRAVEN IMAGES,....
Just in like manner as the Israelites had done, who served the Lord
and the calves, and worshipped God and Baal:
BOTH THEIR CHILD...
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_So these nations feared the Lord_, &c. Namely, the nations that came
in the place of the Israelites. They followed their example, and acted
as they had done, endeavouring to unite things perfectly
ir...
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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 ORIGIN OF THE SAMARITANS...
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So these nations, the inhabitants of Samaria, FEARED THE LORD, they
knew of Him and were afraid of Him as a mighty God, AND SERVED THEIR
GRAVEN IMAGES, to those they gave their faith and worship, BOTH...
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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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24-41 The terror of the Almighty will sometimes produce a forced or
feigned submission in unconverted men; like those brought from
different countries to inhabit Israel. But such will form unworthy
t...
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SO, i.e. in like manner, and after their example. These nations, who
came in their stead....
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2 Kings 17:41 nations H1471 feared H3373 LORD H3068 served H5647
(H8802) carved H6456 children H1121 childrens H1121
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THE AFTERMATH OF THE FINAL ISRAELITE EXILE (2 KINGS 17:24).
We have become used to talking about The Exile, meaning the exile
resulting from the last days of Jerusalem, but in fact Israel suffered
man...
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FEARED
(_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 19:9). _...
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2 Kings 17:23. _So was Israel carried away out of their own hand to
Assyria this day. And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon,
and from Cuthah, and from Ava and from Hamath, and from Sepharva...
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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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_And the King of Assyria brought men from Babylon._
SUBJECTS WORTH THINKING ABOUT
This fragment of Israelitish history brings under our notice four
subjects which run through all human history, and...
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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 d
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2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 17:24 THE KING OF ASSYRIA BROUGHT PEOPLE...
AND PLACED THEM IN THE CITIES OF SAMARIA. Having sent the Israelites
into exile, the Assyrians bring people from other nations to re...
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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 d...
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EXPOSITION
2 KINGS 17:1
THE REIGN OF HOSHEA OVER ISRAEL. DESTRUCTION OF THE ISRAELITE KINGDOM,
AND THE GROUNDS OF
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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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So — In like manner, and after their example. These — Who came in
their stead....
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How could the nations fear the true God and serve false gods?
PROBLEM: This text says plainly that “these nations feared the
Lord” (cf. v. 32). Yet this same passage claims that they “served
their ow...