2 Kings 17:41

So these nations feared... images. — A variation of 2 Kings 17:33.

Their children, and their children’s children. — The captivity of Ephraim took place in 721 B.C. Two generations later bring us to the times of the exile of Judah — the age of the last Redactor of Kings.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Their graven images - The Babylonians appear to have made a very sparing use of animal forms among their religious emblems. They represented the...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

So these (t) nations feared the LORD, and served their graven images, both their children, and their children's children: as did their fathers, so do...
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 pa...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

as . according as.
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

So these nations feared the LORD, and served their graven images, both their children, and their children's children: as did their fathers, so do the...
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, w...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Unto this day ] i.e. as late as the time of the writer of the passage, though whether the statement proceeds from the compiler of the book, or from...
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."...
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 un...
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...
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...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

REFLECTIONS PAUSE, my soul, over this chapter, and behold the awful visitations of God upon his own people. Well may every truly awakened soul take...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

So these nations feared the Lord, and served their graven images ,.... Just in like manner as the Israelites had done, who served the Lord and the c...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

So these nations feared the Lord , &c. Namely, the nations that came in the place of the Israelites. They followed their example, and acted as t...
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 tw...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Samaritans' Idolatry. B. C. 720. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

So, i.e. in like manner, and after their example. These nations, who came in their stead.
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...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES .— 2 Kings 17:24 . King of Assyria brought men from Babylon, &c.—Had the land been depopulated there would ha...
Scofield Reference Notes

feared ( See Scofield) - ( Psalms 19:9 ).
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...
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 bega...
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 fo...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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

The Origin of the Samaritans
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

So these nations, the inhabitants of Samaria, feared the Lord, they knew of Him and were afraid of Him as a mighty God, and served their graven im...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 18:21 ; 2 Kings 17:32 ; 2 Kings 17:33 ; Ezra 4:1-3 ; Joshua 24:14-20 ; Matthew 6:24 ; Revelation 3:15 ; Revelation 3:16 ; Zephaniah...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

So — In like manner, and after their example. These — Who came in their stead.

⁴¹ So these nations feared the LORD, and served their graven images, both their children, and their children's children: as did their fathers, so do they unto this day.

Related Commentaries of 2 Kings 17:41

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

2 Kings 17:41