Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
Not as the kings of Israel that were before him - The repentance of a nation like that of an individual, may be "too late." God is long-suffering; but after national sins have reached a certain height, after admonitions and warnings have been repeatedly rejected, after lesser punishments have failed - judgment begins to fall. Forces have been set in motion, which nothing but a miracle could stop; and God does not see fit to work a miracle in such a case. Compare Butler, ' Analogy, ' Pt. I ch. 2 end.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing 2 Kings 17:2:
Isaiah 7:8
Isaiah 7:16
Amos 8:9
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