2 Kings 17:8 - Forerunner Commentary

2 Kings 17:8

6 ^aIn the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria and ^bcarried Israel away to Assyria, ^cand placed them in Halah and by the Habor, the River of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.

7 For ^aso it was that the children of Israel had sinned against the Lord their God, who had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and they had ^bfeared other gods,

8 and ^ahad walked in the statutes of the nations whom the Lord had cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they had made.

9 Also the children of Israel secretly did against the Lord their God things that were not right, and they built for themselves¹ high places in all their cities, ^afrom watchtower to fortified city.

10 ^aThey set up for themselves sacred pillars and ^bwooden images ^con every high hill and under every green tree.

11 There they burned incense on all the high places, like the nations whom the Lord had carried away before them; and they did wicked things to provoke the Lord to anger,

12 for they served idols, ^aof which the Lord had said to them, ^b“You shall not do this thing.”

13 Yet the Lord testified against Israel and against Judah, by all of His ^aprophets, ^bevery seer, saying, ^c“Turn from your evil ways, and keep My commandments and My statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by My servants the prophets.”

14 Nevertheless they would not hear, but ^astiffened their necks, like the necks of their fathers, who ^bdid not believe in the Lord their God.

15 And they ^arejected His statutes ^band His covenant that He had made with their fathers, and His testimonies which He had testified against them; they followed ^cidols, ^dbecame idolaters, and went after the nations who were all around them, concerning whom the Lord had charged them that they should ^enot do like them.

16 So they left all the commandments of the Lord their God, ^amade for themselves a molded image and two calves, ^bmade a wooden image and worshiped all the ^chost of heaven, ^dand served Baal.

17 ^aAnd they caused their sons and daughters to pass through the fire, ^bpracticed witchcraft and soothsaying, and ^csold themselves to do evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke Him to anger.

18 Therefore the Lord was very angry with Israel, and removed them from His sight; there was none left ^abut the tribe of Judah alone.

19 Also ^aJudah did not keep the commandments of the Lord their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.

20 And the Lord rejected all the descendants of Israel, afflicted them, and ^adelivered them into the hand of plunderers, until He had cast them from His ^bsight.

21 For ^aHe tore Israel from the house of David, and ^bthey made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king. Then Jeroboam drove Israel from following the Lord, and made them commit a great sin.

22 For the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they did not depart from them,

Verse Comparison: 2 Kings 17:8

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American Standard Version
and walked in the statutes of the nations, whom Jehovah cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they made.

Amplified® Bible
And walked in the customs of the [heathen] nations whom the Lord drove out before the Israelites, customs the kings of Israel had introduced.

Contemporary English Version
followed the customs of the nations that the LORD had forced out of Israel, and were just as sinful as the Israelite kings.

Darby English Version
and they walked in the statutes of the nations that Jehovah had dispossessed from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they had made.

Good News Bible
followed the customs of the people whom the LORD had driven out as his people advanced, and adopted customs introduced by the kings of Israel.

King James Version
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.

New American Standard Bible
and walked in the customs of the nations whom the LORD had driven out before the sons of Israel, and {in the customs} of the kings of Israel which they had introduced.

New International Version
and followed the practices of the nations the LORD had driven out before them, as well as the practices that the kings of Israel had introduced.

New King James Version
and had walked in the statutes of the nations whom the LORD had cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they had made.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
and walked in the customs of the nations whom the LORD had driven out before the sons of Israel, and in the customs of the kings of Israel which they had introduced.

Revised Standard Version
and walked in the customs of the nations whom the LORD drove out before the people of Israel, and in the customs which the kings of Israel had introduced.

Young's Literal Translation
and walk in the statutes of the nations that Jehovah dispossessed from the presence of the sons of Israel, and of the kings of Israel that they made;

New English Translation
they observed the practices¹ of the nations whom the Lord had driven out from before Israel, and followed the example of the kings of Israel.²

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