John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 21:8
Neither will I make the feet of Israel move any more out of the land which I gave their fathers ,.... Or suffer them to be carried captive into another land, as in the times of the judges; that is, on the following condition: only if they will observe to do according to all the law that my servant Moses commanded them by obedience to which they had the tenure of the land of Canaan, Isaiah 1:19 . read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Kings 21:1-9
How delightful were our meditations on the last reign! How many pleasing views had we of Sion in its glory (that is, in its purity and in its triumphs), of the king in his beauty! (for Isa. 33:17 refers to Hezekiah), and (as it follows there, 2 Kgs. 21:20) Jerusalem was a quiet habitation because a city of righteousness, Isa. 1:26. But now we have melancholy work upon our hands, unpleasant ground to travel, and cannot but drive heavily. How has the gold become dim and the most fine gold... read more