2 Kings 17:14-18

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Kings 17:7-23

Though the destruction of the kingdom of the ten tribes was but briefly related, it is in these verses largely commented upon by our historian, and the reasons of it assigned, not taken from the second causes?the weakness of Israel, their impolitic management, and the strength and growing greatness of the Assyrian monarch (these things are overlooked)--but only from the First Cause. Observe, 1. It was the Lord that removed Israel out of his sight; whoever were the instruments, he was the... 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

John Gill

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

John Gill

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

John Gill

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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 17:17

Sold themselves to do evil - Abandoned themselves to the will of the devil, to work all iniquity with greediness. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 17:18

Removed them out of his sight - Banished them from the promised land, from the temple, and from every ordinance of righteousness, as wholly unworthy of any kind of good. None left but the tribe of Judah only - Under this name all those of Benjamin and Levi, and the Israelites, who abandoned their idolatries and joined with Judah, are comprised. It was the ten tribes that were carried away by the Assyrians. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 17:1-41

THE REIGN OF HOSHEA OVER ISRAEL . DESTRUCTION OF THE ISRAELITE KINGDOM , AND THE GROUNDS OF IT RE - PEOPLING OF THE KINGDOM BY ASSYRIAN COLONISTS . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 17:6-23

Captivity and its cause. Here is the beginning of the dispersion of Israel. Soon that favored nation will be "a people scattered and peeled." These verses give us the explanation of Israel's exile. It is a solemn warning against the neglect of opportunities. I. COMMANDS DISOBEYED . "They rejected his statutes" ( 2 Kings 17:15 ); "They left all the commandments of the Lord their God" ( 2 Kings 17:16 ); "They served idols, whereof the Lord had said unto them, Ye shall not do this... read more

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