2 Kings 17:21

2 Kings 17:21 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For he rent Israel from the house of David; and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drave Israel from following the Lord, and made them sin a great sin.
• New International Version (NIV)When he tore Israel away from the house of David, they made Jeroboam son of Nebat their king. Jeroboam enticed Israel away from following the Lord and caused them to commit a great sin.
• English Standard Version (ESV)When he had torn Israel from the house of David, they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king. And Jeroboam drove Israel from following the Lord and made them commit great sin.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For He tore Israel from the house of David, and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king. Then Jeroboam drove Israel from following the Lord, and made them commit a great sin.

Context of 2 Kings 17:21

19Also Judah kept not the commandments of Jehovah their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they had made. 20And Jehovah rejected all the seed of Israel; and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight. For Israel had rent [the kingdom] from the house of David; and they had made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king; and Jeroboam violently turned Israel from following Jehovah, and made them sin a great sin. 22And the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they did not depart from them: 23until Jehovah had removed Israel out of his sight, as he had said through all his servants the prophets; and Israel was carried away out of their own land to Assyria, unto this day.

2 Kings 17:21 word by word

כִּֽי־קָרַ֣ע יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל מֵעַל֙ בֵּ֣ית דָּוִ֔ד וַיַּמְלִ֖יכוּ אֶת־יָרָבְעָ֣ם בֶּן־נְבָ֑ט וַיַּדַּ֨ח יָרָבְעָ֤ם אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ מֵאַחֲרֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה וְהֶחֱטֵיאָ֖ם חֲטָאָ֥ה גְדוֹלָֽה׃Read the interlinear

• Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: householdH1004
• Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• Jeroboamיָֽרָבְעָםyârob‛âm · JeroboamH3379
• sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• Nebatנְבָטnebâţ · NebatH5028
• kingמָלַךְmâlak · to reignH4427
• sinחָטָאchâţâ' · to sinH2398
• greatגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419

Cross-references for 2 Kings 17:21

• 1 Kings 11:11And Jehovah said to Solomon, Forasmuch as this is done by thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes which I commanded thee, I will certainly rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant:
• 1 Kings 14:8and rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it thee; and thou hast not been as my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do only that which is right in my sight;
• Isaiah 7:17Jehovah will bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy father's house, days which have not come since the day when Ephraim turned away from Judah — [even] the king of Assyria.
• 1 Kings 12:19And Israel rebelled against the house of David, unto this day.
• 2 Chronicles 10:15So the king hearkened not to the people; for it was brought about by God, that Jehovah might give effect to his word, which he spoke through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
• 1 Kings 12:20And it came to pass when all Israel heard that Jeroboam had come back, that they sent and called him to the assembly, and made him king over all Israel: none followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.
• 1 Kings 14:16And he will give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, wherewith he has sinned, and made Israel to sin.
• 2 Chronicles 11:11And he fortified the strongholds, and put captains in them, and stores of victuals, and of oil and wine;
• Genesis 20:9And Abimelech called Abraham and said to him, What hast thou done to us? And in what have I sinned against thee, that thou hast brought on me, and on my kingdom, a great sin? Thou hast done to me deeds that ought not to be done.
• Exodus 32:21And Moses said to Aaron, What has this people done to thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin on them?
• 1 Samuel 2:17And the sin of the young men was very great before Jehovah, for men despised the offering of Jehovah.
• Psalms 25:11For thy name's sake, O Jehovah, thou wilt indeed pardon mine iniquity; for it is great.
• John 19:11Jesus answered, Thou hadst no authority whatever against me if it were not given to thee from above. On this account he that has delivered me up to thee has [the] greater sin.

Commentaries on 2 Kings 17:21

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 21The strong expression “drave Israel” is an allusion to the violent measures whereto Jeroboam had recourse in order to stop the efflux into Judea of the more religious portion of his subjects 2 Chronicles 11:13-16, the calling in of Shishak, and the permanent assumption of a hostile attitude toward the southern kingdom.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-23Verses 7-23 Though the destruction of the kingdom of the ten tribes was but briefly related, it is in these verses largely commented upon, and the reasons of it given. It was destruction from the Almighty: the Assyrian was but the rod of his anger, Is 10:5. Those that bring sin into a country or family, bring a plague into it, and will have to answer for all the mischief that follows. And vast as the outward wickedness of the world is, the secret sins…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 21-23All of Israel's wrongdoings and disobedience were linked to the sins of Jeroboam I (1 Kings 12:26–33).Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Kings 17:21

• Assyria
• Babylon
• Influence
• Judgments

In the dictionaries

• David
• Israel
• Jeroboam
• house of David
• Assyria
• Captivity
• Fear
• Kings, Books of
• Samaria, Country of
• Syriac Versions

Commentaries on 2 Kings 17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings