2 Kings 18:12

Because they obeyed not ... — Thenius calls this remark, which properly belongs to the historical abstract from which the compiler drew the narrative of 2 Kings 18:1, “the theme” which suggested the reflections of 2 Kings 17:7. They may have been suggested by passages of the Law and Prophets.

And all. — Omit and, with all the versions. “All that Moses... commanded” is in apposition with “his covenant.”

And would not... do them. — Literally, and hearkened not, and did not.