2 Kings 17:41

So these nations feared the LORD, and served their graven images, both their children, and their children’s children: as did their fathers, so do they unto this day.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
nations	הַגּוֹיִ֣ם ha.go.Yim	H1471	a foreign nation · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
feared	יְרֵאִים֙ ye.re.'Im	H3373	fearing · verb, qal active participle, masculine plural absolute
LORD	יְהוָ֔ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
served	עֹֽבְדִ֑ים 'oe.Dim	H5647	to work (in any sense) · verb, qal active participle, masculine plural absolute
images	פְּסִֽילֵיהֶ֖ם pe.si.lei.Hem	H6456	an idol · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
children	בְּנֵיהֶ֣ם be.nei.Hem	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
children’s	וּבְנֵ֣י u.ve.Nei	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · conjunction + noun, common masculine plural construct
children	בְנֵיהֶ֗ם ve.nei.Hem	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
did	עָשׂ֤וּ 'a.Su	H6213	to do or make · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural
fathers	אֲבֹתָם֙ 'a.vo.Tam	H1	father · noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
do	עֹשִׂ֔ים 'o.Sim	H6213	to do or make · verb, qal active participle, masculine plural absolute
day	הַיּ֥וֹם hai.Yom	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Matthew 6:24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Y…
1 Kings 18:21 And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then foll…
Zephaniah 1:5 And them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship and that swear by the LORD, and that swear by Malcham;
2 Kings 17:32-33 So they feared the LORD, and made unto themselves of the lowest of them priests of the high places, which sacrificed for them in the houses…
Joshua 24:14-20 Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of t…
Ezra 4:1-3 Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity builded the temple unto the LORD God of Israel;
Revelation 3:15-16 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 17:24–end

Never was land lost, we say, for want of an heir. When the children of Israel were dispossessed, and turned out of Canaan, the king of Assyria soon transplanted thither the supernumeraries of his own country, such as it could well spare, who should be servants to him and masters to the Israelites that remained; and here we have an account of these new inhabitants, whose story is related here that we may take our leave of Samaria, as also of the Israelites that were carried captive into Assyria. I. Concerning the Assyrians that were brought into the land of Israel we are here told, 1. That they possessed Samaria and dwelt in the cities thereof, Kg2 17:24. It is common for lands to change thei…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 17:34

Unto this day--the time of the Babylonian exile, when this book was composed. Their religion was a strange medley or compound of the service of God and the service of idols. Such was the first settlement of the people, afterwards called Samaritans, who were sent from Assyria to colonize the land, when the kingdom of Israel, after having continued three hundred fifty-six years, was overthrown. Next: 2 Kings Chapter 18

Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 17:41

So do they unto this day - This must have been written before the Babylonish captivity; because, after that time, none of the Israelites ever lapsed into idolatry. But this may chiefly refer to the heathenish people who were sent to dwell among the remains of the ten tribes. On these nations and the objects of their worship, I present my readers with the following extracts from Dodd and Parkhurst. Kg2 17:30. The men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth. We have here an account of the idols which were consecrated by the different nations, transplanted by the king of Assyria to Samaria. It is difficult, however, and has afforded a large field for conjecture, to give any satisfactory account concern…

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John Gill on 2 Kings 17:41

Dictionary and topics

Samaritans — The name given to the new and mixed inhabitants whom Esarhaddon (B.C. 677), the king of Assyria, brought from Babylon and other places and settled in the cities of Samaria, instead of the original…
Judgments · .Into the hands of the Assyrians — .Into the hands of the Assyrians
Samaria · of Assyria — of Assyria
Samaria, Modern · Inhabitants of: Their religion mixed with idolatry — Inhabitants of: Their religion mixed with idolatry

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

2 Kings 17:41

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 17:24–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 17:34

Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 17:41

John Gill on 2 Kings 17:41

Dictionary and topics

2 Kings 17:41

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 17:24–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 17:34

Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 17:41

John Gill on 2 Kings 17:41

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Kings 17:24–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Kings 17:40-41

Rashi on 2 Kings 17:35