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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 17:7-23

The lessons to be learnt from the destruction of the kingdom of Samaria. The first and main lesson is, of course, the great fact— I. THAT NATIONS ARE TREATED BY GOD AS RESPONSIBLE UNITS , AND ARE PUNISHED , EVEN DESTROYED , FOR THEIR SINS . It was their "evil ways," their transgression against the commandments of God, that lay at the root of Israel's rejection. The prophets Hosea and Amos paint an awful picture of the condition of Samaria under its later... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 17:7-23

Review of the history of Israel. The Bible does not simply relate, but draws aside the veil and shows us the innermost springs of God's providence, and how they work. It teaches us to understand the deepest causes of the rise and fall of nations. The causes it insists on are not economical, or political, or intellectual, but religious, and its lessons are for all time. We may say of this survey of Israel's history—these things "are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 17:9

And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were not right against the Lord their God. Most of the evil practices of the Israelites were open and flagrant, but some sought the veil of secrecy, as the use of divination and enchantments ( 2 Kings 17:17 ). It is doubtful, however, whether the Hebrew words have the signification assigned to them in the Authorized Version. They may mean no more than that the Israelites made their evil deeds a barrier between themselves and God. ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 17:9-23

A great privilege, wickedness, and ruin. "For so it was," etc. We have used the first verses of this chapter, in our last sketch, to set forth the aspects of a corrupt nation . The Israelitish people appear in that fragment of their history as an unfortunate inheritor of wrong, a guilty worker of wrong, and a terrible victim of wrong. These fifteen verses now under our notice present to us three subjects of thought—a great national privilege; a great national wickedness; and a great... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 17:10

And they set them up images ; rather, pillars (comp. Gem 28:18, 22; 31:13, 45, 51, 52; 35:14, 20; Exodus 24:4 ; Deuteronomy 12:3 ; 2 Samuel 18:18 , where the same word is so rendered). The matse voth were stone pillars, anciently connected with the worship of Baal, but in Judah perhaps used in a debased and debasing worship of Jehovah with self-invented rites, instead of those which had the express sanction of God, being commanded in the Law. And groves (compare the comment on 1... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 17:11

And there they burnt incense in all the high places . Incense symbolized prayer ( Psalms 141:2 ), and ought to have been burnt only on the golden altar of incense within the veil. As did the heathen whom the Lord carried away before them. The offering of incense to their gods by the Canaanitish nations had not been previously mentioned; but the use of incense in religious worship was so widely spread in the ancient world, that their employment of it might have been assumed as almost... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 17:12

For they served idols ; rather, and they served idols . The sense flows on from 2 Kings 17:7 , each verso being joined to the preceding one by the vav connective. Gillulim , the term translated "idols," is a word rarely used, except by Ezekiel, with whom it is common. "It contains," as Bahr says, "a subordinate contemptuous and abusive signification;" the primary meaning of galal being "dung," "ordure." Whereof the Lord had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing (see ... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 17:9

Literally, the words run thus - “And the children of Israel concealed (or ‘dissembled’) words which were not so concerning the Lord their God;” the true meaning of which probably is, the Israelites cloaked or covered their idolatry with the pretence that it was a worship of Yahweh: they glossed it over and dissembled toward God, instead of openly acknowledging their apostasy.From the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city - This phrase was probably a proverbial expression for universality,... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 17:11

The burning of incense was a common religious practice among the Egyptians and the Babylonians; and from the present passage we gather that the Canaanite nations practiced it as one of their ordinary sacred rites. The Israelites are frequently reproached with it Hosea 2:13; Hosea 4:13; Isaiah 65:3. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 17:8-9

2 Kings 17:8-9. And walked in the statutes of the heathen According to their laws and customs in the worship of their Baals, and other of their sins. And of the kings of Israel, which statutes they had made Had ordained concerning the worship of the calves, and against their going up to Jerusalem to worship. And the children of Israel did secretly, &c. This belongs, either, 1st, To their gross idolatries, and other abominable practices, which they were ashamed to own before... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 17:7-23

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 17:7-23

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 17:9

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 17:9-23

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 17:10

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 17:11

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 17:12

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 17:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 17:11

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 17:8-9

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