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
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