King James Version
2 Kings 17:13-18
13Yet the Lordיְהוָ֡הYah.wehH3068testifiedוַיָּ֣עַדvai.Ya.'adH5749against Israelבְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֣לbe.Yis.ra.'ElH3478,and against Judahוּבִיהוּדָ֡הu.vi.hu.DahH3063,byבְּיַד֩be.YadH3027all the prophetsנְבִיאֵ֨יne.vi.'ovH5030, and byall the seersחֹזֶ֜הcho.ZehH2374,sayingלֵאמֹ֗רle.MorH559,Turnשֻׁ֝֠בוּShu.vuH7725ye from your evilהָֽרָעִים֙ha.ra.'ImH7451waysמִדַּרְכֵיכֶ֤םmi.dar.khei.KhemH1870,and keepוְשִׁמְרוּ֙ve.shim.RuH8104my commandmentsמִצְוֹתַ֣יmitz.vo.TaiH4687andmy statutesחֻקּוֹתַ֔יchu.ko.TaiH2708,according to all the lawהַתּוֹרָ֔הha.to.RahH8451which I commandedצִוִּ֖יתִיtzi.Vi.tiH6680your fathersאֲבֹֽתֵיכֶ֑ם'a.vo.tei.KhemH1,and which I sentשָׁלַ֣חְתִּיsha.Lach.tiH7971to you byבְּיַ֖דbe.YadH3027my servantsעֲבָדַ֥י'a.va.DaiH5650the prophetsהַנְּבִיאִֽים׃ha.ne.vi.'ImH5030.
14Notwithstanding they would not hearשָׁמֵ֑עוּsha.Me.'uH8085,but hardenedוַיַּקְשׁ֤וּvai.yak.ShuH7185their necksעָרְפָּם֙'a.re.PamH6203,like to the neckכְּעֹ֣רֶףke.'O.refH6203of their fathersאֲבוֹתָ֔ם'a.vo.TamH1,that did not believeהֶאֱמִ֔ינוּhe.'e.Mi.nuH539in the Lordבַּֽיהוָ֖הba.Yah.wehH3068their Godאֱלֹהֵיהֶֽם׃'e.lo.hei.HemH430.
15And they rejectedוַיִּמְאֲס֣וּvai.yim.'a.SuH3988his statutesחֻקָּ֗יוchu.KavH2706,and his covenantבְּרִיתוֹ֙be.ri.ToH1285that he madeכָּרַ֣תka.RatH3772with their fathersאֲבוֹתָ֔ם'a.vo.TamH1,and his testimoniesעֵֽדְוֹתָ֔יו'e.de.vo.TavH5715which he testifiedהֵעִ֖ידhe.'IdH5749against them; and they followedאַחֲרֵ֤י'a.cha.ReiH310H3212vanityהַהֶ֙בֶל֙ha.He.velH1892,and became vainוַיֶּהְבָּ֔לוּvai.yeh.Ba.luH1891,and went afterוְאַחֲרֵ֤יve.'a.cha.ReiH310the heathenהַגּוֹיִם֙ha.go.YimH1471that wereround aboutסְבִֽיבֹתָ֔םse.vi.vo.TamH5439them, concerningwhom the Lordיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068had chargedצִוָּ֤הtzi.VahH6680them, that they should not doעֲשׂ֥וֹתa.SotH6213like them.
16And they leftוַיַּעַזְב֗וּvai.ya.'az.VuH5800all the commandmentsמִצְוֹת֙mitz.VotH4687of the Lordיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068their Godאֱלֹהֵיהֶ֔ם'e.lo.hei.HemH430,and madeוַיַּעֲשׂ֥וּvai.ya.'a.SuH6213them molten imagesמַסֵּכָ֖הma.se.KhahH4541, eventwoשְׁנֵ֣יshe.neimH8147calvesעֲגָלִ֑ים'a.ga.LimH5695,and madeוַיַּעֲשׂ֣וּvai.ya.'a.SuH6213a groveאֲשֵׁירָ֗ה'a.shei.RahH842,and worshippedוַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲווּ֙vai.yish.ta.cha.VuH7812all the hostצְבָ֣אtze.Va'H6635of heavenהַשָּׁמַ֔יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064,and servedוַיַּעַבְד֖וּvai.ya.'av.DuH5647Baalהַבָּֽעַל׃ha.Ba.'alH1168.
17And they caused their sonsבְּנֵיהֶ֤םbe.nei.HemH1121and their daughtersבְּנֽוֹתֵיהֶם֙be.no.tei.HemH1323to passוַֽ֠יַּעֲבִירוּVai.ya.'a.vi.ruH5674through the fireבָּאֵ֔שׁba.'EshH784,and usedוַיִּקְסְמ֥וּvai.yik.se.MuH7080divinationקְסָמִ֖יםke.sa.MimH7081and enchantmentsוַיְנַחֵ֑שׁוּvay.na.Che.shuH5172,and soldוַיִּֽתְמַכְּר֗וּvai.yit.ma.ke.RuH4376themselves to doלַעֲשׂ֥וֹתla.'a.SotH6213evilהָרַ֛עha.Ra'H7451in the sightבְּעֵינֵ֥יbe.'ei.NeiH5869of the Lordיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068,to provoke him to angerלְהַכְעִיסֽוֹ׃le.hakh.'i.SoH3707.
18Therefore the Lordיְהוָ֤הYah.wehH3068was veryמְאֹד֙me.'OdH3966angryוַיִּתְאַנַּ֨ףvai.yit.'a.NafH599with Israelבְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לbe.Yis.ra.'ElH3478,and removedוַיְסִרֵ֖םvay.si.RemH5493them out of his sightפָּנָ֑יוpa.NavH6440:there was none leftנִשְׁאַ֔רnish.'ArH7604but the tribeשֵׁ֥בֶטShe.vetH7626of Judahיְהוּדָ֖הye.hu.DahH3063only.
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
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