2 Kings 17:14

2 Kings 17:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the Lord their God.
• New International Version (NIV)But they would not listen and were as stiff-necked as their ancestors, who did not trust in the Lord their God.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But they would not listen, but were stubborn, as their fathers had been, who did not believe in the Lord their God.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Nevertheless they would not hear, but stiffened their necks, like the necks of their fathers, who did not believe in the Lord their God.

Context of 2 Kings 17:14

12They served idols, although the Lord had said, “Never do this.” 13The Lord had warned Israel and Judah through every kind of prophet and seer, “Turn from your evil ways, and obey my commands and decrees as I commanded your ancestors in all my teachings, the commands I sent to you through my servants the prophets.” But they refused to listen. They became as impossible to deal with as their ancestors who refused to trust the Lord their God. 15They rejected his decrees, the promise he made to their ancestors, and the warnings he had given them. They went after worthless idols and became as worthless as the idols. They behaved like the nations around them, although the Lord had commanded them not to do that. 16They abandoned all the commands of the Lord their God: They made two calves out of cast metal. They made a pole dedicated to the goddess Asherah. They prayed to the entire army of heaven. They worshiped Baal.

2 Kings 17:14 word by word

וְלֹ֖א שָׁמֵ֑עוּ וַיַּקְשׁ֤וּ אֶת־עָרְפָּם֙ כְּעֹ֣רֶף אֲבוֹתָ֔ם אֲשֶׁר֙ לֹ֣א הֶאֱמִ֔ינוּ בַּֽיהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵיהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Notwithstanding they would not hearשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• but hardenedקָשָׁהqâshâh · to hardenH7185
• their necksעֹ֫רֶף‛ôreph · neckH6203
• of their fathersאָב'âb · fatherH1
• that did not believeאָמַן'âman · be faithfulH539
• in the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• their Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430

Cross-references for 2 Kings 17:14

• Deuteronomy 31:27I know how rebellious you are. You are impossible to deal with. While I am alive and still with you, you are rebelling against the Lord. How much more rebellious will you be after I die?
• 2 Chronicles 36:13Zedekiah also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar. Nebuchadnezzar had made Zedekiah swear an oath of allegiance to him in God’s name. But Zedekiah became so stubborn and so impossible to deal with that he refused to turn back to the Lord God of Israel.
• Proverbs 29:1A person who will not bend after many warnings will suddenly be broken beyond repair.
• Isaiah 48:4I know that you are stubborn. Like iron, you are hardheaded. Like bronze, nothing gets through your thick skull.
• Jeremiah 7:26But you didn’t obey me or pay attention to me. You became impossible to deal with, and you were worse than your ancestors.
• Romans 2:4Do you have contempt for God, who is very kind to you, puts up with you, and deals patiently with you? Don’t you realize that it is God’s kindness that is trying to lead you to him and change the way you think and act?
• Hebrews 3:7As the Holy Spirit says, “If you hear God speak today, don’t be stubborn.
• Deuteronomy 1:32In spite of this, you didn’t trust the Lord your God,
• Psalms 78:22because they did not believe God or trust him to save them.
• Psalms 106:24They refused ⌞to enter⌟ the pleasant land. They did not believe what he said.
• Hebrews 3:12Be careful, brothers and sisters, that none of you ever develop a wicked, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God.

Commentaries on 2 Kings 17:14

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14To “harden” or “stiffen the neck” is a common Hebrew expression significative of unbending obstinacy and determined self-will. See the marginal references.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. 14-15Like their ancestors (Deuteronomy 10:16; 1 Samuel 12:6–9; Psalm 106:28), the Israelites continued to be unfaithful to the Lord (Isaiah 65:6–7; Amos 2:4; see Acts 7:51–53).Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Kings 17:14

• Assyria
• Babylon
• Impenitence
• Judgments
• Rulers
• Self-Will
• Unbelief

In the dictionaries

• God
• In the Lord
• Assyria
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• Kings, Books of
• Samaria, Country of
• Syriac Versions
• pagan

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