2 Kings 17:19 BSB — MannaFest

2 Kings 17:19

and even Judah did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God, but lived according to the customs Israel had introduced.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Also Judah kept not the commandments of Jehovah their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.

KJV

Also Judah kept not the commandments of the Lord their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Also Judah kept not the commandments of the Lord their God,.... But were infected with the idolatry of the ten tribes, and drawn into it by their example, and persisted therein, notwithstanding what befell the ten tribes; which are aggravations of the sins of them both, see Jer 3:7, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made; worshipping the calves as they did, particularly in the times of Ahaz, he setting the example, see 2Ki 16:3.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

This verse and the next are parenthetical. Here again, as in 2Ki 17:13, the writer is led on from his account of the sins and punishment of the Israelites to glance at the similar sins and similar punishment of the Jews. It was the worst reproach which could be urged against any Jewish king, that he “walked in the way of the kings of Israel” 2Ki 8:18; 2Ki 16:3; 2Ch 21:6; 2Ch 28:2. The Baal worship is generally the special sin at which the phrase is leveled; but the meaning here seems to be wider. Compare Mic 6:16.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
גַּם־	gam-	also	H1571 →
יְהוּדָ֕ה	ye.hu.Dah	Judah	H3063 →
לֹ֣א	lo'	not	H3808 →
שָׁמַ֔ר	sha.Mar	it kept	H8104 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
מִצְוֹ֖ת	mitz.Vot	[the] commandments of	H4687 →
יְהוָ֣ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֑ם	'e.lo.hei.Hem	God their	H430 →
וַיֵּ֣לְכ֔וּ	vai.Ye.le.Khu	and they walked	H1980 →
בְּחֻקּ֥וֹת	be.chu.Kot	in [the] customs of	H2708 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
עָשֽׂוּ׃	'a.Su	they had done	H6213 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Kings 16:3
Instead, he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and even sacrificed his son in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the…
leads to
- Deuteronomy 12:31
  You must not worship the LORD your God in this way, because they practice for their gods every abomination which the LORD hates. They even burn their sons and daughters in the fire as…
- Leviticus 18:21
  You must not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molech, for you must not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.
- 2 Kings 21:2
  And he did evil in the sight of the LORD by following the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.
- Psalms 106:37–38
  They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.
Through
2 Chronicles 21:13
but you have walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and have caused Judah and the people of Jerusalem to prostitute themselves, just as the house of Ahab prostituted itself. You have…
leads to
- 2 Chronicles 21:4
  When Jehoram had established himself over his father’s kingdom, he strengthened himself by putting to the sword all his brothers along with some of the princes of Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 21:11
  Jehoram had also built high places on the hills of Judah; he had caused the people of Jerusalem to prostitute themselves and had led Judah astray.
- 1 Kings 16:30–33
  However, Ahab son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD, more than all who were before him.
- 2 Chronicles 21:6
  And Jehoram walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done. For he married a daughter of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the…