2 Kings 17:17

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 17:17

And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire. (On this phrase, see the comment upon 2 Kings 16:3 .) The sin of child-murder had not Been previously laid to the charge of Israel; but, as it had infected Judah ( 2 Kings 16:3 ), there is no reason why it should not have invaded also the sister kingdom. Perhaps it is alluded to by Hosea 4:2 ; Hosea 5:2 ; and Hosea 6:8 . It was an old sin of the Canaanitish nations (Le 18:21, etc.), and continued to be... read more

Albert Barnes

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

Compare 2 Kings 16:3 note, and see Leviticus 20:2-5 note. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 17:15-17

2 Kings 17:15-17. They followed vanity Idols; so called, because of their unprofitableness, impotency, and nothingness, and to show the folly and madness of idolaters. And became vain By the long worship of idols they were made like them, vain, sottish, and senseless creatures. And they left all the commandments of the Lord They grew worse and worse; from a partial disobedience to some of God’s laws, they fell by degrees to a total apostacy from all of them. And worshipped all the host... 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 17:17

pass through the fire. Compare Leviticus 18:21 .Deuteronomy 12:31 ; Deuteronomy 18:10 . divination and enchantments: i.e. traffic with evil spirits and demons, and familiar spirits. Identical with modern spiritism. Compare Deuteronomy 18:10 , and see 1 Samuel 28:8 . Acts 16:16 . Revelation 9:21 . read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Kings 17:7-23

The reasons for the captivity 17:7-23In this section the writer catalogued Israel’s transgressions of God’s Word that resulted in her going into captivity. Ironically, Israel’s last king had sought help from Egypt, from which Israel had fled 724 years earlier.They feared other gods (2 Kings 17:7; cf. Exodus 20:3; Judges 6:10).They adopted Canaanite customs (2 Kings 17:8; cf. Leviticus 18:3; Deuteronomy 18:9).They adopted customs condemned by the Mosaic Law (2 Kings 17:8; cf. 2 Kings 16:3; 2... 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

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 17:17

(17) And they caused . . . fire.—The cultus of Moloch (2 Kings 16:3).Used divination and enchantments.—Deuteronomy 18:10; Numbers 23:23. “Divinationibus inserviebant et auguriis” (Vulg.).Sold themselves.—Idolatry is regarded as a servitude. (Comp. 1 Kings 21:20; 1 Kings 21:25.) read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 17:1-41

HOSHEA, AND THE FALL OF THE NORTHERN KINGDOMB.C. 734-7252 Kings 17:1-41"As for Samaria, her king is cut off as the foam upon: the water."Hosea 10:7As a matter of convenience, we follow our English Bible in calling the prophet by the name Hosea, and the nineteenth, last, and best king of Israel Hoshea. The names, however, are identical, and mean "Salvation"- the name borne by Joshua also in his earlier days. In the irony of history the name of the last king of Ephraim was thus identical with... read more

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