열왕기하 17:3-23 KRV

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 17:11

And there they burnt incense in all the high places ,.... As even the tribe of Judah did, which is observed in all the preceding reigns: as did the Heathen whom the Lord carried away before them : the Canaanites, and therefore they might justly expect to be carried captive also: and wrought wicked things to provoke the Lord to anger : by their several immoralities, but especially their idolatries. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 17:12

For they served idols ,.... Baalim, as the Targum; dunghill gods, as the word signifies, as they are often called in Scripture; and Sterculius was one of the names of Saturn, an Heathen deity, which he had, as is supposed, by his finding out the method of making land fruitful with dung F9 Vid. Macrob. l. 1. c. 7. Lactant. de fals. Relig. l. 1. c. 20. : whereof the Lord said unto them, ye shall not do this thing ; see Exodus 20:3 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 17:13

Yet the Lord testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the prophets, and by all the seers ,.... Against their sins, reproving them for them, dehorting them from them, exhorting them to repent and leave them; as in all preceding reigns, by Ahijah the Shilonite, by Elijah and Elisha, by Hosea, Amos, and Micah, and others: saying, turn ye from your ways ; repent of them, and reform from them, worship of the calves particularly: and keep my commandments, and my statutes,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 17:14

Notwithstanding, they would not hear ,.... Their instructions, advice, and admonitions, and obey them: but hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the Lord their God : as Terah and Nahor, who were idolaters; or rather, their fathers in the wilderness, that made and served the calf, and those that rebelled against Moses and Aaron; it is a metaphor taken from oxen, that will not submit their necks to the yoke, but draw back from it, or cast it off,... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 17:15

And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers ,.... At Sinai and Horeb, see Exodus 24:8 , and his testimonies which he testified against them ; calling heaven and earth to witness what he would do to them if they broke his laws, Deuteronomy 4:26 , and which were so many testifications of his mind and will what they should do, or otherwise what should be done to them; Ben Gersom also interprets this of the feasts of the passover and tabernacles,... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 17:16

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, even two calves ; which they set up at Dan and Bethel, in the times of their first king Jeroboam, 1 Kings 13:28 . and made a grove ; as Ahab, another of their kings, did, 1 Kings 16:33 . and worshipped all the host of heaven : not the angels, sometimes so called, but,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 17:17

And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire ,.... To Baal or Moloch, which were the same, and represented the sun, which, as the above writer observes, presides in the element of fire; this was done either by way of lustration, or so as to be burnt, see 2 Kings 16:3 . and used divination and enchantments : to get knowledge of what was to be done at present, or of things to come, neglecting the word of God and his prophets, and acting against the express law... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 17:18

Therefore the Lord was very angry with Israel ,.... Nothing being more provoking to him than idolatry: and removed them out of his sight ; not out of the reach of his all seeing eye, but from all tokens of his favour, from the good land he had given them, and all the benefits and privileges of it: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only ; and part of Benjamin, which was annexed to it, and incorporated in it, and made one kingdom, and maintained the same worship; and there was... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 17:19

Also Judah kept not the commandments of the Lord their God ,.... But were infected with the idolatry of the ten tribes, and drawn into it by their example, and persisted therein, notwithstanding what befell the ten tribes; which are aggravations of the sins of them both, see Jeremiah 3:7 , but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made ; worshipping the calves as they did, particularly in the times of Ahaz, he setting the example, see 2 Kings 16:3 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 17:20

And the Lord rejected all the seed of Israel ,.... The ten tribes, with loathing and contempt, and wrote a "loammi" on them, rejected them from being his people, gave them a bill of divorce, and declared them no more under his care and patronage: and afflicted them ; as he did before he utterly cast them off, as by famine, drought, and pestilence, Amos 4:6 . and delivered them into the hands of spoilers ; as, first, into the hands of Hazael and Benhadad, kings of Syria, and then of... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 17:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 17:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 17:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 17:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 17:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 17:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 17:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 17:18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 17:19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 17:20

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