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Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 17:34

2 Kings 17:34. Unto this day, &c. That is, till the time when this book was written, and long after, about three hundred years in all, till the time of Alexander the Great, when Manasseh, brother to Jaddus the high-priest of the Jews, having married the daughter of Sanballat, governor of the Samaritans, went over to them, and, obtaining leave of Alexander to build a temple on mount Gerizim, drew over many of the Jews to him, and prevailed with the Samaritans to cast away their idols,... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 17:1-41

End of the northern kingdom (17:1-41)Some time after Shalmaneser V succeeded Tiglath-pileser III as king of Assyria, the Israelite king Hoshea tried to show himself independent of Assyria by refusing to pay the annual tribute. He thought that with Egyptian support his rebellion would be successful. Shalmaneser put an end to such hopes by invading Israel and besieging Samaria. After three years Israel’s defence collapsed, and Shalmaneser’s successor, Sargon II, captured Samaria and carried off... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Kings 17:34

they. These, according to the Structure, are the Israelites. The member (34-40, p. 514) records their continued obduracy in their dispersion. statutes. See note on Deuteronomy 4:1 . whom, &c. Render: "after the manner of the [several] nations; [gods] which had caused them [i.e. the Israelites] to go captive thence [i.e. out of the Land]. Genesis 32:28 . 1 Kings 18:31 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 2 Kings 17:34

A FINAL LAMENT OVER THE SINS OF GOD'S PEOPLE"Unto this day they do after the former manner: they fear not Jehovah, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law or after the commandment which Jehovah commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel; with whom Jehovah had made a covenant, and charged them, saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them: but Jehovah, who brought you up out of the... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 17:34

34. Unto this day—the time of the Babylonian exile, when this book was composed. Their religion was a strange medley or compound of the service of God and the service of idols. Such was the first settlement of the people, afterwards called Samaritans, who were sent from Assyria to colonize the land, when the kingdom of Israel, after having continued three hundred fifty-six years, was overthrown. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Kings 17:7-41

17. The captivity of the Northern Kingdom 17:7-41The writer of Kings took special pains to explain the reasons for and the results of Israel’s captivity. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Kings 17:24-41

The results of the captivity 17:24-41The immediate result of the captivity (2 Kings 17:24-33) was twofold. The Assyrians deported many Israelites to other places in the Assyrian Empire, and they imported other people from the empire into the newly formed Assyrian province that they called Samaria (2 Kings 17:24). The king who did this was probably Sargon II (722-705 B.C.). Shalmaneser died either during or shortly after the siege of Samaria. These imported foreigners eventually intermarried... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Kings 17:30-41

C. The Second Period of Antagonism 9:30-17:41The kingdoms of Israel and Judah continued without an alliance between them for the rest of the time the Northern Kingdom existed. This period began with Jehu’s accession to the throne of Israel in 841 B.C. and continued until the Assyrian captivity of the Northern Kingdom in 722 B.C. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 17:1-41

The Fall of SamariaThis 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 place being filled by a mixed population.1. Hoshea] Hoshea, unlike Pekah (2 Kings 16:5), belonged to the faction in Samaria which relied on Assyrian support, and Tiglath-pileser, in his inscriptions, states that after he had slain Pekah, he ’appointed’ Hoshea to rule over Israel, and received as... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Kings 17:34

(34-41) THE RELIGIOUS STATE OF THE MIXED POPULATION OF SAMARIA IN THE TIME OF THE EDITOR.(34) They do after the former manners.—They still keep up the religious customs of the first colonists.They fear not the Lord.—They fear Him not in the sense of a right fear; they do not honour Him in the way He has prescribed in the Torah. The LXX. omits both nots in this verse.After their statutes, or after their ordinances.—The writer here thinks of the remnant of the Ten Tribes who amalgamated with the... read more

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