2 Kings 17:33

They feared — They worshipped God externally in that way which the Israelites used. But every nation made gods of their own besides.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Understand the passage thus: “They (the colonists) served their own gods after the manner of the nations from which they (the government) removed t...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

They (r) feared the LORD, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations whom they carried away from thence. (r) That is, they had a cer...
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

feared. Compare 2 Kings 17:41 , whom they carried away from thence: or, whence they (the settlers) had carried them away.
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 375 THE BIBLE STANDARD OF RELIGION 2 Kings 17:33 . They feared the Lord, and served their own gods. THE views which men in general...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

They feared the LORD, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations whom they carried away from thence. They feared the Lord, and served...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

They feared the Lord and served their own gods, &c.— The imaginary vengeance which the tutelary god was supposed to take on those, who, inhabit...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

So they feared the LORD, and made unto themselves of the lowest of them priests of the high places, which sacrificed for them in the houses of th...
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

They feared the Lord and served, etc.] cp. 2 Kings 17:41 . The religion that prevailed was a combination of the worship of the Lord (Jehovah), as...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

They feared... gods. — Literally, Jehovah were they fearing, and their own gods were they serving. The verse recapitulates 28-32. Whom they car...
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...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

HONORARY CHRISTIANS ‘They feared the Lord, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations, whom they carried away from thence.’ 2 K...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

They feared the Lord, and served their own gods ,.... Worshipped both: after the manner of the nations whom they carried away from thence ; the Is...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

They feared the LORD, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations whom they carried away from thence. Ver. 33. They feared the Lord...
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

They feared the Lord; they worshipped God externally in that way which the Israelites used. Served their own gods, after the manner of the nations...
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 Biblical Illustrator

They feared the Lord, and served their own gods The inconsistent worship I. The first thought which I think suggests itself to our mind, is of...
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

They feared the Lord, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations whom they carried away from thence. It was a hybrid religion of the...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 18:21 ; 2 Kings 17:41 ; Hosea 10:2 ; Luke 16:13 ; Matthew 6:24 ; Zephaniah 1:5

³³ They feared the LORD, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations whom they carried away from thence.

Related Commentaries of 2 Kings 17:33

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole 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

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 17:33