The strong expression “drave Israel” is an allusion to the violent measures whereto Jeroboam had recourse in order to stop the efflux into Judea of the more religious portion of his subjects 2 Chronicles 11:13, the calling in of Shishak, and the permanent assumption of a hostile attitude toward the southern kingdom.
7. ASSYRIA CONQUERS ISRAEL AND THE CAPTIVITY CHAPTER 17 _ 1. Hoshea, Israel's last king (2 Kings 17:1)_ 2. Shalmaneser imprisons Hoshea (2 Kings 17:3) 3. Israel carried into captivity (2 Kings 17:...
A RECAPITULATION OF THE REASONS FOR ISRAEL'S CAPTIVITY. The language recalls Deuteronomy and Jeremiah. The sins for which Israel is condemned are: (_a_) the building of high places, pillars, and Asher...
MADE. See note on 1 Kings 14:16. SIN. GREAT SIN. Figure of speech _Polyptoton_ for emphasis. Hebrew. _chata'._ App-44....
_and Jeroboam drave_ The verb is found only here, but its sense is well established from a cognate verb with slightly different orthography. The commencement of the calf-worship was through Jeroboam,...
The sins for which Israel was carried into captivity (Not in Chronicles) 7. _For_so _it was that_ R.V. AND IT WAS SO BECAUSE. A better form of introduction to this account of the causes of the captivi...
B. EXPLANATION OF THE CAPTIVITY OF ISRAEL 17:7-23 TRANSLATION (7) And it came to pass because the children of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God who brought them up from the land of Egypt f...
_AND WALKED IN THE STATUTES OF THE HEATHEN, WHOM THE LORD CAST OUT FROM BEFORE THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, AND OF THE KINGS OF ISRAEL, WHICH THEY HAD MADE._ No JFB commentary on these verses....
17:21 from (d-7) Or 'He (Jehovah) rent Israel from.'...
THE FALL OF SAMARIA This chapter relates the reign of Hoshea. He intrigued with Egypt and rebelled against Assyria; and Samaria, in consequence, was taken and its people carried into captivity, their...
THE LAST KINGS OF *ISRAEL AND *JUDAH BOOK OF 2 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 17 HOSHEA’S RULE AS THE LAST KING OF *ISRAEL V1 Hoshea, son of Elah, became king of *Israel. He did so in the 12th ye...
FOR HE RENT ... — The verse assigns the _fons et origo mali;_ it makes the secession of the Ten Tribes from the house of David the ultimate cause of their ruin. The “for,” therefore, refers to what ha...
כִּֽי ־קָרַ֣ע יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל מֵ עַל֙ בֵּ֣ית דָּו
HOSHEA, AND THE FALL OF THE NORTHERN KINGDOM B.C. 734-725 2 Kings 17:1 "As for Samaria, her king is cut off as the foam upon: the water." Hosea 10:7 As a matter of convenience, we follow our Engli...
THE END OF STIFF-NECKED DISOBEDIENCE 2 Kings 17:13 There are three leading counts in this terrible indictment against Judah and Israel: (1) idolatry; (2) the ignoring of the Law; and (3) disregard of...
While Ahaz occupied the throne of Judah, Hoshea, by the murder of Pekah, succeeded to the throne of Israel. His reign, too, was evil, although he did not descend to the depths of some of those who had...
(m) For he rent Israel from the house of David; and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drave Israel from following the LORD, and made them sin a great sin. (m) That is, God cut of...
Though the Lord is not accountable to any of his creatures for what he doth; yet is he graciously pleased to manifest the equity of his dealings, and to prove, even to the conviction of the sinner him...
But not merely this. "Elisha died and they buried him" (2 Kings 13:20). Was not Elisha gone then? Not so. There was to be even a more glorious witness in his death than in his life. In his life, no do...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 13 THROUGH 17. Walking in the steps of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, the house of Jehu was no protection to Israel against Hazael. But the compassion of Jehovah...
FOR HE RENT ISRAEL FROM THE HOUSE OF DAVID,.... In the times of Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when ten tribes revolted from him, signified by the rending of a garment in twelve pieces, ten of which wer...
For he rent Israel from the house of David; and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drave Israel from following the LORD, and made them sin a great sin. Ver. 21. _For he rent Israe...
_They made Jeroboam king_ Which action is here ascribed to the people, because they would not tarry till God, by his providence, had invested Jeroboam with the kingdom which he had promised him, but r...
1 Hoshea his wicked reigne. 3 Being subdued by Shalmaneser, hee conspireth against him with So King of Egypt. 5 Samaria for their sinnes, is captiuated. 24 The strange nations, which were transplan...
For He rent Israel from the house of David, for the division of the kingdom of Solomon took place according to God's decree; AND THEY MADE JEROBOAM, THE SON OF NEBAT, KING; AND 3EROBOAM DRAVE ISRAEL F...
THE END OF ISRAEL AS A NATION...
HOSHEA REIGNING IN ISRAEL (vv.1-4) Hoshea had conspired against and killed Pekah (ch.15:30), so that Hoshea began to reign over Israel in the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah. He reigned only nin...
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 given. It was destruction from the Almighty:...
THEY MADE JEROBOAM KING; which action is here ascribed to the people, because they would not tarry till God, by his providence, had invested Jeroboam with the kingdom which he had promised him; but ra...
2 Kings 17:21 tore H7167 (H8804) Israel H3478 house H1004 David H1732 Jeroboam H3379 son H1121 Nebat H5028 king...
YHWH'S FINAL JUDGMENT ON ISRAEL BECAUSE OF ALL THEIR DISOBEDIENCE WILL RESULT IN THEIR BEING REMOVED IN THE SAME WAY AS HE HAD PREVIOUSLY CAST OUT THE NATIONS FROM BEFORE THEM (2 KINGS 17:7). Having d...
CONTENTS: Reign of Hoshea in Israel. Israel becomes tributary to Assyrians. The sins of Israel. CHARACTERS: God, Hoshea, Shalmaneser, So. CONCLUSION: Those who forget God may themselves expect to be...
2 Kings 17:1. _The twelfth year of Ahaz._ Hoshea did not get confirmed in the kingdom of nine years, for in 2 Kings 15:30 it is said that he began to reign the twentieth year of Jotham. Either there i...
_And Jeroboam drave Israel from following the Lord._ JEROBOAM I. The character of Jeroboam before he was king. He early discovered some of those distinguishing natural and moral qualities, which form...
_For so it was, that the children of Israel had sinned._ A GREAT PRIVILEGE, WICKEDNESS, AND RUIN I. A great national privilege. We learn herefrom that the Infinite Governor of the world had given th...
2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 17:1 The End of Israel. The authors describe the uprooting and scattering of Israel, which was prophesied long before (1 Kings 14:15) but was d
2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 17:7 THIS OCCURRED BECAUSE THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL HAD SINNED (v. 2 Kings 17:7). The authors of 1–2 Kings give only this simple explanation for
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 2 Kings 17:9. CHILDREN OF ISRAEL DID SECRETLY THINGS NOT RIGHT AGAINST THE LORD—The word חפא has been rendered variously, as _secret blasphemy, acts of treachery, diss...
EXPOSITION 2 KINGS 17:1 THE REIGN OF HOSHEA OVER ISRAEL. DESTRUCTION OF THE ISRAELITE KINGDOM, AND THE GROUNDS OF
Kings, chapter seventeen. In the seventeenth chapter, we come to the death of the northern kingdom, the nation of Israel. In the twelfth year when Ahaz was the king in Judah (2 Kings 17:1), That's t...
1 Kings 11:11; 1 Kings 11:31; 1 Kings 12:19; 1 Kings 12:20;...
They made — Which action is here ascribed to the people, because they would not tarry 'till God by his providence, had invested Jeroboam with the kingdom which he had promised him; but rashly, and reb...