2 Kings 17:10 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And they set them up imagesc and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree: ”

2 Kings 17:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 As...
2 Kings 17:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

images . statues groves . 'Asherah. See note on Exodus 34:13 , and App-42.
2 Kings 17:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree: Images and groves - Images of different idols, and places for the abominable rites of Ashtaroth or Venus.
2 Kings 17:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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.
2 Kings 17:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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, th...
2 Kings 17:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Images and groves. — Pillars and Asheras — i.e., sacred trunks. The second degree of guilt: the setting up of idolatrous symbols.
2 Kings 17:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

HOSHEA, AND THE FALL OF THE NORTHERN KINGDOM B.C. 734-725 2 Kings 17:1-41 "As for Samaria, her king is cut off as the foam upon: the water." Hosea 10:7 As a matter of convenience, we follo...
2 Kings 17:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Cause of Israel's Weakness 2 Kings 17:1-12 This chapter reads like a page from the books of the great white throne. Hoshea, the last king of Israel, did not follow in all the evil deeds of...
2 Kings 17:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 ha...
2 Kings 17:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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 hi...
2 Kings 17:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree. That is, statues and idols; for groves of trees could not be set under green trees; but they placed idols of s...
2 Kings 17:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree: Ver. 10. In every high hill. ] Where they "poured forth their whoredoms," Eze 16:20-26 and "this had been the...
2 Kings 17:10 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
2 Kings 17:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Wickedness of Israel. B. C. 730. 7 For so it was, that the children of Israel ha...
2 Kings 17:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
2 Kings 17:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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 17:7-23 )....
2 Kings 17:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 treache...
2 Kings 17:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 th...
2 Kings 17:10 - The Biblical Illustrator

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...
2 Kings 17:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 2 Kings 17:1-12 THE REIGN OF HOSHEA OVER ISRAEL . DESTRUCTION OF THE ISRAELITE KINGDOM , AND THE GROUNDS OF IT RE - PEOPLING OF THE KINGDOM...
2 Kings 17:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The End of Israel as a Nation
2 Kings 17:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 14:23 ; 2 Kings 16:4 ; Deuteronomy 12:2 ; Deuteronomy 12:3 ; Deuteronomy 16:21 ; Exodus 34:13 ; Isaiah 57:5 ; Leviticus 26:1 ; Micah 5:14

2 Kings 17:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 17:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Kings 17:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Kings 17:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 17:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 17:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Kings 17:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Kings 17:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Kings 17:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 17:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Kings 17:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Kings 17:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Kings 17:10 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 17:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Kings 17:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Kings 17:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 17:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Kings 17:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 17:10 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Kings 17:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Kings 17:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Kings 17:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge