2 Kings 17:28 BSB — MannaFest

2 Kings 17:28

Thus one of the priests they had carried away came and lived in Bethel, and he began to teach them how they should worship the LORD.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

So one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelt in Beth-el, and taught them how they should fear Jehovah.

KJV

Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelt in Beth–el, and taught them how they should fear the Lord.

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Commentary

1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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

The priest sent to the colonists was not a true Yahweh-priest, but one of those who had been attached to the calf-worship, probably at Bethel. Hence, he would be willing to tolerate the mixed religion, which a true Yahweh-priest would have unsparingly condemned.

The record, by era

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

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיָּבֹ֞א	vai.ya.Vo'	and he went	H935 →
אֶחָ֣ד	'e.Chad	one	H259 →
מֵהַכֹּהֲנִ֗ים	me.ha.ko.ha.Nim	from the priests	H3548 →
אֲשֶׁ֤ר	'a.Sher	whom	H834 →
הִגְלוּ֙	hig.Lu	they had taken into exile	H1540 →
מִשֹּׁ֣מְר֔וֹן	mi.Sho.me.Ron	from Samaria	H8111 →
וַיֵּ֖שֶׁב	vai.Ye.shev	and he dwelt	H3427 →
בְּבֵֽית־	be.veit-	in Beth-	H1008 →
אֵ֑ל	'El	-el	H1008 →
וַֽיְהִי֙	vay.Hi	and he was	H1961 →
מוֹרֶ֣ה	mo.Reh	teaching	H3384 →
אֹתָ֔ם	'o.Tam	<obj.> them	H853 →
אֵ֖יךְ	'eikh	how?	H349 →
יִֽירְא֥וּ	yi.re.'U	will they fear	H3372 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
יְהוָֽה׃	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →

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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
Isaiah 29:13
Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught…
leads to
- Ezekiel 33:31–33
  So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest…
- Jeremiah 12:2
  You planted them, and they have taken root. They have grown and produced fruit. You are ever on their lips, but far from their hearts.
- Mark 7:2–13
  and they saw some of His disciples eating with hands that were defiled—that is, unwashed.
- Matthew 15:2–9
  “Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They do not wash their hands before they eat.”
- Jeremiah 3:10
  Yet in spite of all this, her unfaithful sister Judah did not return to Me with all her heart, but only in pretense,” declares the LORD.
Through
Matthew 15:14
Disregard them! They are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”
leads to
- Luke 6:39
  Jesus also told them a parable: “Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit?
- Isaiah 56:10
  Israel’s watchmen are blind, they are all oblivious; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they are dreamers lying around, loving to slumber.
- Matthew 23:16–24
  Woe to you, blind guides! You say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’