2 Kings 17:11, 2 Kings 17:8 NASB

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - 2 Kings 17:1-41

2 Kings 17:0 1. In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years. 2. And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, but not as the kings of Israel that were before him. 3. ¶ Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and gave [rendered] him presents [or, tribute]. 4. And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - 2 Kings 17:7-23

Though the Lord is not accountable to any of his creatures for what he doth; yet is he graciously pleased to manifest the equity of his dealings, and to prove, even to the conviction of the sinner himself, that the Lord is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works. He appeals, by his servants the prophets, to the minds of men, in proof of this. It was not the king of Assyria that could have ruined Israel, had not the Lord commissioned him. The Assyrian (as Isaiah saith) was the rod... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 17:11

Removed by the sword, (Menochius) or by flight. (Haydock) read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 17:7-23

7-23 Though the destruction of the kingdom of the ten tribes was but briefly related, it is in these verses largely commented upon, and the reasons of it given. It was destruction from the Almighty: the Assyrian was but the rod of his anger, Isaiah 10:5. Those that bring sin into a country or family, bring a plague into it, and will have to answer for all the mischief that follows. And vast as the outward wickedness of the world is, the secret sins, evil thoughts, desires, and purposes of... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - 2 Kings 17:1-23

The End of Israel as a Nation v. 1. In the twelfth year of Ahaz, king of Judah, began Hoshea, the son of Elah, after some eight years of a state bordering on anarchy, to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years. v. 2. And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, since Jeroboam's calf-worship was not abolished under him, but not as the kings of Israel that were before him, he was not their equal in idolatrous practices. v. 3. Against him came up Shalmaneser, king of Assyria; and... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - 2 Kings 17:1-41

C.—The Fall of the Kingdom of Israel, under Hoshea2 Kings 17:1-411In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began [omit began] Hoshea the son of Elah [became king] to reign [omit to reign] in Samaria over Israel nine years. 2And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, but not as the kings of Israel that were before him. 3Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and gave him presents 4[tribute] And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in... read more

Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - 2 Kings 17:6-18

2 Kings A KINGDOM’S EPITAPH 2Ki_17:6 - 2Ki_17:18 . The brevity of the account of the fall of Samaria in 2Ki_17:6 contrasts with the long enumeration of the sins which caused it, in the rest of this passage. Modern critics assume that 2Ki_17:7 - 2Ki_17:23 are ‘an interpolation by the Deuteronomic writer,’ apparently for no reason but because they trace Israel’s fall to its cause in idolatry. But surely the bare notice in 2Ki_17:6 , immediately followed by 2Ki_17:24 , cannot have been all... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - 2 Kings 17:1-12

the Cause of Israel’s Weakness 2 Kings 17:1-12 This chapter reads like a page from the books of the great white throne. Hoshea, the last king of Israel, did not follow in all the evil deeds of his eighteen predecessors, but the degeneracy of the nation was too far advanced for anything to arrest its collapse. The dry-rot had eaten its way through the specious covering. Worldly policy was the immediate cause of the nation’s downfall. Had they obeyed God simply and absolutely, they could have... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 17:1-41

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 preceded him. He was the last of the kings of Israel. The stroke of the divine judgment, long hanging over the guilty people, fell at last, and Shalmaneser came up against Israel, first making the people tributary, and after three years carrying them away captive. In this chapter the historian... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 17:7-23

YHWH’s Final Judgment On Israel Because Of All Their Disobedience Will Result In Their Being Removed In The Same Way As He Had Previously Cast Out The Nations From Before Them (2 Kings 17:7-23 ). Having described the taking away of the cream of the people of Israel into other lands the prophetic author gives his explanation of why YHWH has allowed such a thing. The philosophy of sin and retribution found here is essentially Mosaic, especially as brought out in Leviticus and Deuteronomy (to... read more