collapse all  

Text -- 2 Kings 17:15 (NET)

Strongs On/Off
Context
17:15 They rejected his rules, the covenant he had made with their ancestors, and the laws he had commanded them to obey. They paid allegiance to worthless idols, and so became worthless to the Lord. They copied the practices of the surrounding nations in blatant disregard of the Lord’s command.
Parallel   Cross Reference (TSK)   ITL  

Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Dictionary Themes and Topics: Vanity | SYRIAC VERSIONS | SAMARIA, COUNTRY OF | Rulers | PALESTINE EXPLORATION, 2B | KINGS, BOOKS OF | Judgments | Israel | FEAR | CAPTIVITY | Babylon | Assyria | Apharsites | Apharsathchites | Apharsachites | more
Table of Contents

Word/Phrase Notes
Wesley , TSK

Word/Phrase Notes
Barnes , Poole , Haydock , Gill

Verse Notes / Footnotes
NET Notes

Verse Range Notes
TSK Synopsis , MHCC , Matthew Henry , Keil-Delitzsch , Constable , Guzik

collapse all
Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per phrase)

Wesley: 2Ki 17:15 - -- Idols; so called because of their nothingness, impotency, and unprofitableness; and by the long worship of idols, they were made like them, vain, sott...

Idols; so called because of their nothingness, impotency, and unprofitableness; and by the long worship of idols, they were made like them, vain, sottish, and senseless creatures.

TSK: 2Ki 17:15 - -- they rejected : Jer 8:9 his covenant : Exo 24:6-8; Deu 29:10-15, Deu 29:25, Deu 29:26; Jer 31:32 testimonies : Deu 6:17, Deu 6:18; 2Ch 36:15, 2Ch 36:1...

collapse all
Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per Verse)

Barnes: 2Ki 17:15 - -- As idols are "vanity"and "nothingness,"mere weakness and impotence, so idolators are "vain"and impotent. Their energies have been wasted, their time...

As idols are "vanity"and "nothingness,"mere weakness and impotence, so idolators are "vain"and impotent. Their energies have been wasted, their time misspent; they have missed the real object of their existence; their whole life has been a mistake; and the result is utter powerlessness. Literally, the word rendered "vanity"seems to mean "breath"or "vapor"- a familiar image for nonentity. It occurs frequently in the prophets, and especially in Jeremiah (e. g. Jer 2:5; Jer 8:19; Jer 14:22, etc.).

Poole: 2Ki 17:15 - -- They followed vanity i.e. idols; oft so called, because of their nothingness, impotency, and unprofitableness; and to show the folly and madness of i...

They followed vanity i.e. idols; oft so called, because of their nothingness, impotency, and unprofitableness; and to show the folly and madness of idolaters.

Became vain by the long worship of idols, they were made like them, vain, sottish, and senseless creatures.

Haydock: 2Ki 17:15 - -- Testimonies. The ceremonial law was in memory of some great transactions, as the sabbath was of the creation; and the whole law was given with great...

Testimonies. The ceremonial law was in memory of some great transactions, as the sabbath was of the creation; and the whole law was given with great solemnity, in the presence of witnesses. (Calmet)

Gill: 2Ki 17:15 - -- And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers,.... At Sinai and Horeb, see Exo 24:8, and his testimonies which h...

And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers,.... At Sinai and Horeb, see Exo 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, Deu 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, which were witnesses of Israel's coming out of Egypt, and of the sanctification and redemption of the firstborn, a testimony of the slaying the firstborn in Egypt:

and they followed vanity; idols, which are vain things for help, can neither hear, see, speak, &c.

and became vain; as sottish and stupid as the idols they worshipped; which is the usual fruit and effect of idolatry, see Rom 1:21.

and went after the heathen that were round about them: imitated them in their idolatrous practices, as the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, &c. concerning

whom the Lord had charged them, that they should not do like them; of this charge see Deu 6:13.

expand all
Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: 2Ki 17:15 Heb “and [they walked] after the nations which were around them, concerning which the Lord commanded them not to do like them.”

expand all
Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

TSK Synopsis: 2Ki 17:1-41 - --1 Hoshea's wicked reign.3 Being subdued by Shalmaneser, he conspires against him with So, king of Egypt.5 Samaria for sinning is led into captivity.24...

MHCC: 2Ki 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, and the reasons of it g...

Matthew Henry: 2Ki 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 ...

Keil-Delitzsch: 2Ki 17:7-23 - -- The causes which occasioned this catastrophe. - To the account of the destruction of the kingdom of the ten tribes, and of the transportation of its...

Constable: 2Ki 9:30--18:1 - --C. The Second Period of Antagonism 9:30-17:41 The kingdoms of Israel and Judah continued without an alli...

Constable: 2Ki 17:7-41 - --17. The captivity of the Northern Kingdom 17:7-41 The writer of Kings took special pains to expl...

Constable: 2Ki 17:7-23 - --The reasons for the captivity 17:7-23 In this section the writer catalogued Israel's tra...

Guzik: 2Ki 17:1-41 - --2 Kings 17 - The Fall of Israel A. The fall of Samaria. 1. (1-2) The evil reign of Hoshea. In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, Hoshea the s...

expand all
Introduction / Outline

JFB: 2 Kings (Book Introduction) THE FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF KINGS, in the ancient copies of the Hebrew Bible, constitute one book. Various titles have been given them; in the Septu...

JFB: 2 Kings (Outline) MOAB REBELS. (2Ki 1:1) AHAZIAH'S JUDGMENT BY ELIJAH. (2Ki 1:2-8) ELIJAH BRINGS FIRE FROM HEAVEN ON AHAZIAH'S MESSENGERS. (2Ki 1:9-16) AHAZIAH DIES, A...

TSK: 2 Kings (Book Introduction) The events detailed in these books (Kings) are highly interesting and important. The account of the wisdom, magnificence, and extended commerce of So...

TSK: 2 Kings 17 (Chapter Introduction) Overview 2Ki 17:1, Hoshea’s wicked reign; 2Ki 17:3, Being subdued by Shalmaneser, he conspires against him with So, king of Egypt; 2Ki 17:5, Sam...

Poole: 2 Kings 17 (Chapter Introduction) KINGS CHAPTER 17 Hoshea king of Israel, his wicked reign: being subdued by Shalmaneser king of Assyria, he conspireth against him with So king of E...

MHCC: 2 Kings 17 (Chapter Introduction) (2Ki 17:1-6) Reign of Hoshea in Israel, The israelites carried captives by the Assyrians. (v. 7-23) Captivity of the Israelites. (v. 24-41) The nati...

Matthew Henry: 2 Kings (Book Introduction) An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of The Second Book of Kings This second book of the Kings (which the Septuagint, numbering from Samuel, ca...

Matthew Henry: 2 Kings 17 (Chapter Introduction) This chapter gives us an account of the captivity of the ten tribes, and so finishes the history of that kingdom, after it had continued about 265 ...

Constable: 2 Kings (Book Introduction) Introduction Second Kings continues the narrative begun in 1 Kings. It opens with the translation of godly Elijah to hea...

Constable: 2 Kings (Outline) Outline (Continued from notes on 1 Kings) 3. Ahaziah's evil reign in Israel -1 Kings 22:51-2...

Constable: 2 Kings 2 Kings Bibliography Ackroyd, Peter R. "An Interpretation of the Babylonian Exile: A Study of 2 Kings 20, Isaia...

Haydock: 2 Kings (Book Introduction) THE FOURTH BOOK OF KINGS. INTRODUCTION. This Book brings us to the conclusion of the kingdom of Israel, (chap. xvii.) and to the captivity of ...

Gill: 2 Kings (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO 2 KINGS This, and the preceding book, are properly but one book divided into two parts, because of the size of it, as the book of S...

Gill: 2 Kings 17 (Chapter Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO 2 KINGS 17 This chapter relates the captivity of the ten tribes of Israel, and how it came about, 2Ki 17:1, the cause of it, their ...

Advanced Commentary (Dictionaries, Hymns, Arts, Sermon Illustration, Question and Answers, etc)


TIP #20: 'To dig deeper, please read related articles at BIBLE.org (via Articles Tab).' [ALL]
created in 0.07 seconds
powered by
bible.org - YLSA