2 Kings 17:12 BSB — MannaFest

2 Kings 17:12

They served idols, although the LORD had told them, “You shall not do this thing.”

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ASV

and they served idols, whereof Jehovah had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing.

KJV

For they served idols, whereof the Lord had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing.

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Commentary

1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

For they served idols,.... Baalim, as the Targum; dunghill gods, as the word signifies, as they are often called in Scripture; and Sterculius was one of the names of Saturn, an Heathen deity, which he had, as is supposed, by his finding out the method of making land fruitful with dung (i): whereof the Lord said unto them, ye shall not do this thing; see Exo 20:3. (i) Vid. Macrob. l. 1. c. 7. Lactant. de fals. Relig. l. 1. c. 20.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיַּֽעַבְד֖וּ	vai.ya.'av.Du	and they served	H5647 →
הַגִּלֻּלִ֑ים	ha.gi.lu.Lim	the idols	H1544 →
אֲשֶׁ֨ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
אָמַ֤ר	'a.Mar	he had said	H559 →
יְהוָה֙	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
לָהֶ֔ם	la.Hem	to them
לֹ֥א	lo'	not	H3808 →
תַעֲשׂ֖וּ	ta.'a.Su	you must do	H6213 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הַדָּבָ֥ר	ha.da.Var	the thing	H1697 →
הַזֶּֽה׃	ha.Zeh	<the> this	H2088 →

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Where the connections lead

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Through
Leviticus 26:1
“You must not make idols for yourselves or set up a carved image or sacred pillar; you must not place a sculpted stone in your land to bow down to it. For I am…
leads to
- Leviticus 19:4
  Do not turn to idols or make for yourselves molten gods. I am the LORD your God.
- Numbers 33:52
  you must drive out before you all the inhabitants of the land, destroy all their carved images and cast idols, and demolish all their high places.
- Deuteronomy 27:15
  ‘Cursed is the man who makes a carved idol or molten image—an abomination to the LORD, the work of the hands of a craftsman—and sets it up in secret.’ And let all the people…
- Exodus 23:24
  You must not bow down to their gods or serve them or follow their practices. Instead, you are to demolish them and smash their sacred stones to pieces.
- Exodus 20:4–5
  You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath.
Through
Deuteronomy 12:4
You shall not worship the LORD your God in this way.
leads to
- Leviticus 20:23
  You must not follow the statutes of the nations I am driving out before you. Because they did all these things, I abhorred them.
- Deuteronomy 20:18
  so that they cannot teach you to do all the detestable things they do for their gods, and so cause you to sin against the LORD your God.
- Deuteronomy 16:21–22
  Do not set up any wooden Asherah pole next to the altar you will build for the LORD your God,

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02Original language & word study

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06About 2 Kings

Where the connections lead

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The walk

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