2 Kings 17:30 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the men of Babylon made Succothbenoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima, ”

2 Kings 17:30 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Succoth-benoth probably represents a Babylonian goddess called Zir-banit, the wife of Merodach. She and her husband were, next to Bel and Beltis, the favorite divinities of the Babylonians. Nerga...
2 Kings 17:30 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And the men of Babylon made (q) Succothbenoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima, (q) Meaning that every country served the idol that was most esteemed in the place...
2 Kings 17:30 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Origin of the Samaritans. This is a somewhat mixed account. 2 Kings 17:24-28 describes the settlement of the land with captives from other parts of the Assyrian empire, and the sending of a p...
2 Kings 17:30 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

and. Note the Figure of speech Polysyndeton (App-6) emphasizing the five nations brought into Palestine. Compare 2 Kings 17:24 . Each brought its own gods. Thus (according to the language of the...
2 Kings 17:30 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the men of Babylon made Succothbenoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima, The men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth - This, literally, signifies the tabernacles of t...
2 Kings 17:30 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, &c.— We have here an account of the idols, which were consecrated by the different nations transplanted by the king of Assyria to Samaria. It is difficul...
2 Kings 17:30 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the men of Babylon made Succothbenoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima, Succoth-benoth. - i:e., 'the tents or booths of the daughters,' similar to those...
2 Kings 17:30 - 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 17:30 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Succoth-benoth. — The Hebrew spelling of this name has probably suffered in transmission. The Babylonian goddess Zirbânit or Zarpanitum (“seed-maker”) the consort of Merodach, appears to be mea...
2 Kings 17:30 - 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 17:30 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

They Feared the Lord and Served Their Own Gods 2 Kings 17:27-41 The policy of peopling Israel with other races was intended to keep the land under cultivation, and to break the ties of fatherla...
2 Kings 17:30 - 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 17:30 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

See, Reader! the awful desolation of Samaria! Israel would not love her one true and most gracious God, and a God in covenant with her; therefore she shall here set up a multitude of dunghill gods, a...
2 Kings 17:30 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the men of Babylon made Succothbenoth ,.... That is, those that came from Babylon made and served an idol of this name, which, according to the Jewish writers u, were the figures of an hen and c...
2 Kings 17:30 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the men of Babylon made Succothbenoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima, Ver. 30. Succothbenoth. ] This idol was made in the form of a hen hurking her chicken...
2 Kings 17:30 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth , &c. In this and the following verse are the names of the gods or goddesses which each nation of these new-comers to Samaria and its vicinity set up. The...
2 Kings 17:30 - 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 17:30 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Samaritans' Idolatry. B. C. 720. 24 And the king of Assyria brought men from Bab...
2 Kings 17:30 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
2 Kings 17:30 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Aftermath Of The Final Israelite Exile ( 2 Kings 17:24-41 ). We have become used to talking about The Exile, meaning the exile resulting from the last days of Jerusalem, but in fact Israel suf...
2 Kings 17:30 - 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 17:30 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

2 Kings 17:23-24 . So was Israel carried away out of their own hand to Assyria this day. And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Ava and from Hamath, and from Se...
2 Kings 17:30 - 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 17:30 - The Biblical Illustrator

And the King of Assyria brought men from Babylon. Subjects worth thinking about This fragment of Israelitish history brings under our notice four subjects which run through all human history, a...
2 Kings 17:30 - 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 17:30 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Origin of the Samaritans
2 Kings 17:30 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 17:24 ; Genesis 2:13

2 Kings 17:30 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Kings 17:30 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Kings 17:30 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 17:30 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Kings 17:30 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Kings 17:30 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

2 Kings 17:30 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 17:30 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 17:30 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Kings 17:30 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Kings 17:30 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Kings 17:30 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 17:30 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Kings 17:30 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Kings 17:30 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Kings 17:30 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 17:30 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 17:30 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Kings 17:30 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Kings 17:30 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 17:30 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Kings 17:30 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

2 Kings 17:30 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 17:30 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Kings 17:30 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Kings 17:30 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Kings 17:30 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge