2 Kings 17:21 BSB — MannaFest

2 Kings 17:21

When the LORD had torn Israel away from the house of David, they made Jeroboam son of Nebat king, and Jeroboam led Israel away from following the LORD and caused them to commit a great sin.

BSB

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ASV

For he rent Israel from the house of David; and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drove Israel from following Jehovah, and made them sin a great sin.

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.

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Commentary

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Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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

The 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 2Ch 11:13-16, the calling in of Shishak, and the permanent assumption of a hostile attitude toward the southern kingdom.

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John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

A great sin - So the worship of the calves is called, to meet with that idle conceit of the Israelites, who esteemed it a small sin, especially when they were forced to it by severe penalties; which yet he shews did not excuse it from being a sin, and a great sin too.

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כִּֽי־	ki-	if	H3588 →
קָרַ֣ע	ka.Ra'	he tore	H7167 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
מֵעַל֙	me.'Al	from with	H5921 →
בֵּ֣ית	beit	[the] house of	H1004 →
דָּוִ֔ד	da.Vid	David	H1732 →
וַיַּמְלִ֖יכוּ	vai.yam.Li.khu	and they made king	H4427 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
יָרָבְעָ֣ם	ya.ra.ve.'Am	Jeroboam	H3379 →
בֶּן־	ben-	[the] son of	H1121 →
נְבָ֑ט	ne.Vat	Nebat	H5028 →
וַיַּדַּ֨ח	vai.ya.de	and he enticed away	H5080 →
יָרָבְעָ֤ם	ya.ra.ve.'Am	Jeroboam	H3379 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
מֵאַחֲרֵ֣י	me.'a.cha.Rei	from after	H310 →
יְהוָ֔ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
וְהֶחֱטֵיאָ֖ם	ve.he.che.tei.'Am	and he caused to sin them	H2398 →
חֲטָאָ֥ה	cha.ta.'Ah	a sin	H2401 →
גְדוֹלָֽה׃	ge.do.Lah	great	H1419 →

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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
1 Kings 14:16
So He will give Israel over on account of the sins Jeroboam has committed and has caused Israel to commit.”
leads to
- 1 Kings 13:34
  And this was the sin of the house of Jeroboam that led to its extermination and destruction from the face of the earth.
- 1 Kings 16:2
  “Even though I lifted you out of the dust and made you ruler over My people Israel, you have walked in the way of Jeroboam and have caused My people Israel to sin and…
- 1 Kings 15:30
  because of the sins Jeroboam had committed and had caused Israel to commit, and because he had provoked the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger.
- 1 Kings 15:34
  And Baasha did evil in the sight of the LORD and walked in the way of Jeroboam and in his sin, which he had caused Israel to commit.
- 1 Kings 12:30
  And this thing became a sin; the people walked as far as Dan to worship before one of the calves.
Through
1 Kings 11:11
Then the LORD said to Solomon, “Because you have done this and have not kept My covenant and My statutes, which I have commanded you, I will tear the kingdom away from you and…
leads to
- 1 Kings 12:15–16
  So the king did not listen to the people, and indeed this turn of events was from the LORD, to fulfill the word He had spoken to Jeroboam son of Nebat through Ahijah the…
- 1 Kings 11:31
  and said to Jeroboam, “Take ten pieces for yourself, for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I will tear the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and I…
Through
1 Kings 11:31
and said to Jeroboam, “Take ten pieces for yourself, for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I will tear the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and I…
leads to
- 1 Kings 11:11–12
  Then the LORD said to Solomon, “Because you have done this and have not kept My covenant and My statutes, which I have commanded you, I will tear the kingdom away from you and…