2 Kings 17:26 BSB — MannaFest

2 Kings 17:26

So they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, “The peoples that you have removed and placed in the cities of Samaria do not know the requirements of the God of the land. Because of this, He has sent lions among them, which are indeed killing them off.”

BSB

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ASV

Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations which thou hast carried away, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the law of the god of the land: therefore he hath sent lions among them, and, behold, they slay them, because they know not the law of the god of the land.

KJV

Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations which thou hast removed, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner of the God of the land: therefore he hath sent lions among them, and, behold, they slay them, because they know not the manner of the God of the land.

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

The manner of the God of the land - משפט mishpat, the judgment; the way in which the God of the land is to be worshipped.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Herein they shamed the Israelites, who were not so ready to hear the voice of God's judgments as they were, and who had not served the God of that land, though he was the God of their fathers and their great benefactor, and though they were well instructed in the manner of his worship.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Believing that he would adopt the best and simplest method for them, it is unlikely that he took the written law with him, and so gave origin to the Samaritan copy of the Pentateuch [DAVIDSON, Criticism]. Besides, it is evident from his being one of the exiled priests, and from his settlement at Beth-el, that he was not a Levite, but one of the calf-worshipping priests.

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Original language & word study

30 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ	vai.yo.me.Ru	and people said	H559 →
לְמֶ֣לֶךְ	le.Me.lekh	to [the] king of	H4428 →
אַשּׁוּר֮	'a.Shur	Assyria	H804 →
לֵאמֹר֒	le.Mor	<to> saying	H559 →
הַגּוֹיִ֗ם	ha.go.Yim	the nations	H1471 →
אֲשֶׁ֤ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
הִגְלִ֙יתָ֙	hig.Li.ta	you took into exile	H1540 →
וַתּ֙וֹשֶׁב֙	va.To.o.shev	and you caused to dwell	H3427 →
בְּעָרֵ֣י	be.'a.Rei	in [the] cities of	H5892 →
שֹׁמְר֔וֹן	sho.me.Ron	Samaria	H8111 →
לֹ֣א	lo'	not	H3808 →
יָֽדְע֔וּ	ya.de.'U	they know	H3045 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
מִשְׁפַּ֖ט	mish.Pat	[the] custom of	H4941 →
אֱלֹהֵ֣י	'e.lo.Hei	[the] god of	H430 →
הָאָ֑רֶץ	ha.'A.retz	the land	H776 →
וַיְשַׁלַּח־	vay.sha.lach-	and he has sent	H7971 →
בָּ֣ם	bam	among them
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הָאֲרָי֗וֹת	ha.'a.ra.Yot	<the> lions	H738 →
וְהִנָּם֙	ve.hi.Nam	and there they	H2009 →
מְמִיתִ֣ים	me.mi.Tim	[are] killing	H4191 →
אוֹתָ֔ם	'o.Tam	<obj.> them	H853 →
כַּאֲשֶׁר֙	ka.'a.Sher	<as> since	H834 →
אֵינָ֣ם	'ei.Nam	not they	H369 →
יֹדְעִ֔ים	yo.de.'Im	[are] knowing	H3045 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
מִשְׁפַּ֖ט	mish.Pat	[the] custom of	H4941 →
אֱלֹהֵ֥י	'e.lo.Hei	[the] god of	H430 →
הָאָֽרֶץ׃	ha.'A.retz	the land	H776 →

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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 Samuel 10:25
Then Samuel explained to the people the rights of kingship. He wrote them on a scroll and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, each to his own…
leads to
- 1 Samuel 8:11–18
  He said, “This will be the manner of the king who will reign over you: He will take your sons and appoint them to his own chariots and horses, to run in front of…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 17:14–20
  When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you and have taken possession of it and settled in it, and you say, “Let us set a king over us like…
Through
1 Samuel 8:9
Now listen to them, but you must solemnly warn them and show them the manner of the king who will reign over them.”
leads to
- 1 Samuel 10:25
  Then Samuel explained to the people the rights of kingship. He wrote them on a scroll and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, each to his own…
- Ezekiel 46:18
  The prince must not take any of the inheritance of the people by evicting them from their property. He is to provide an inheritance for his sons from his own property, so that none…
- Ezekiel 3:18
  If I say to the wicked man, ‘You will surely die,’ but you do not warn him or speak out to warn him from his wicked way to save his life, that wicked man…
Through
Amos 8:14
Those who swear by the guilt of Samaria and say, ‘As surely as your god lives, O Dan,’ or, ‘As surely as the way of Beersheba lives’—they will fall, never to rise again.”
leads to
- Amos 5:5
  Do not seek Bethel or go to Gilgal; do not journey to Beersheba, for Gilgal will surely go into exile, and Bethel will come to nothing.
- 1 Kings 12:28–29
  After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves and said to the people, “Going up to Jerusalem is too much for you. Here, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out…
- Deuteronomy 9:21
  And I took that sinful thing, the calf you had made, and burned it in the fire. Then I crushed it and ground it to powder as fine as dust, and I cast it…

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

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The walk

Related verses

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About 2 Kings