Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
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 II Chronicles 11:13-16, the calling in of Shishak, and the permanent assumption of a hostile attitude toward the southern kingdom.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing 2 Kings 17:21:
2 Kings 17:8
Amos 3:14
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