2 Kings 17:7

For so it was, that the children of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, which had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods,

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
children	בְנֵֽי ve.nei-	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine plural construct
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name
sinned	חָטְא֤וּ cha.te.'U	H2398	properly · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural
LORD	לַיהוָ֣ה la.Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · preposition + proper noun, a title
God	אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֔ם 'e.lo.hei.Hem	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
up	הַמַּעֲלֶ֤ה ha.ma.'a.Leh	H5927	to ascend · definite article + verb, hiphil active participle, masculine singular absolute
land	מֵאֶ֣רֶץ me.'E.retz	H776	the earth (at large · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct
Egypt	מִצְרַ֔יִם mitz.Ra.yim	H4714	Mitsrajim · proper noun, a place name
hand	יַ֖ד yad	H3027	a hand (the open one (indicating power · noun, common both genders singular construct
Pharaoh	פַּרְעֹ֣ה par.'Oh	H6547	Paroh · noun, masculine singular absolute
king	מֶֽלֶךְ Me.lekh-	H4428	a king · noun, common masculine singular construct
Egypt	מִצְרָ֑יִם mitz.Ra.yim	H4714	Mitsrajim · proper noun, a place name
feared	וַיִּֽירְא֖וּ vai.yi.re.'U	H3372	to fear · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
other	אֲחֵרִֽים 'a.che.Rim	H312	properly · adjective, masculine plural absolute
gods	אֱלֹהִ֥ים 'E.lo.Him	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural absolute

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Cross-references

Joshua 23:16 When ye have transgressed the covenant of the LORD your God, which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselv…
Exodus 20:2 I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
Judges 2:14-17 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into…
Nehemiah 9:26 Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified ag…
Psalms 106:35-41 But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.
Jeremiah 10:5 They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot d…
Exodus 14:15-30 And the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward:
Deuteronomy 31:16-17 And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of th…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 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 author of this calamity. It was destruction from the Almighty; the Assyrian was but the rod of his anger, Isa 10:5. It was the Lord that rejected the seed of Israel, else their enemies could not have seiz…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 17:7

SAMARIA TAKEN, AND ISRAEL FOR THEIR SINS CARRIED CAPTIVE. (2Ki. 17:7-41) For so it was, that the children of Israel had sinned--There is here given a very full and impressive vindication of the divine procedure in punishing His highly privileged, but rebellious and apostate, people. No wonder that amid so gross a perversion of the worship of the true God, and the national propensity to do reverence to idols, the divine patience was exhausted; and that the God whom they had forsaken permitted them to go into captivity, that they might learn the difference between His service and that of their despotic conquerors.

Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 17:6

Took Samaria - According to the prophets Hosea, Hos 13:16, and Micah, Mic 1:6. He exercised great cruelties on this miserable city, ripping up the women with child, dashing young children against the stones, etc. etc. Carried Israel away into Assyria - What were the places to which the unfortunate Israelites were carried, or where their successors are now situated, have given rise to innumerable conjectures, dissertations, discourses, etc. Some maintain that they are found on the coast of Guinea; others, in America; the Indian tribes being the descendants of those carried away by the Assyrians. In vol. i. of the Supplement to Sir Wm. Jones's works, we find a translation of the History of the…

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Dictionary and topics

Assyria · Israelites — Israelites
Babylon · .Samaria — .Samaria
Forsaking God · Exemplified: Kingdom of Israel — Exemplified: Kingdom of Israel
Gentiles · The Jews: Often corrupted by — The Jews: Often corrupted by
Idolatry · Captivity of Israel on account of — Captivity of Israel on account of
Judgments · .Into the hands of the Assyrians — .Into the hands of the Assyrians

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 17:7

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Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 17:7-23

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 17:7

Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 17:6

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2 Kings 17:7

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 17:7-23

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 17:7

Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 17:6

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John Gill on 2 Kings 17:7

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Kings 17:7-23

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Kings 17:7

Rashi on 2 Kings 17:6