2 Kings 17:34 BSB — MannaFest

2 Kings 17:34

To this day they are still practicing their former customs. None of them worship the LORD or observe the statutes, ordinances, laws, and commandments that the LORD gave the descendants of Jacob, whom He named Israel.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Unto this day they do after the former manner: they fear not Jehovah, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law or after the commandment which Jehovah commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel;

KJV

Unto this day they do after the former manners: they fear not the Lord, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law and commandment which the Lord commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel;

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Commentary

1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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

They fear not the Lord - The new-comers in one sense feared Yahweh 2Ki 17:33, 2Ki 17:41. They acknowledged His name, admitted Him among their gods, and kept up His worship at the high place at Bethel according to the rites instituted by Jeroboam 2Ki 17:28. But in another sense they did not fear Him. To acknowledge Yahweh together with other gods is not really to acknowledge Him at all.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

They fear not - Though they pretended to fear, and serve both the Lord and idols, yet in truth they did not, and do not fear or worship the Lord, but their own calves, or other vain inventions: and God will not accept that mongrel and false worship, which they pretend to give to the true God.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Their religion was a strange medley or compound of the service of God and the service of idols. Such was the first settlement of the people, afterwards called Samaritans, who were sent from Assyria to colonize the land, when the kingdom of Israel, after having continued three hundred fifty-six years, was overthrown.

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Original language & word study

27 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
עַ֣ד	'ad	until	H5704 →
הַיּ֤וֹם	hai.Yom	the day	H3117 →
הַזֶּה֙	ha.Zeh	<the> this	H2088 →
הֵ֣ם	hem	they	H1992 →
עֹשִׂ֔ים	'o.Sim	[are] doing	H6213 →
כַּמִּשְׁפָּטִ֖ים	ka.mish.pa.Tim	according to the customs	H4941 →
הָרִֽאשֹׁנִ֑ים	ha.ri.sho.Nim	<the> former	H7223 →
אֵינָ֤ם	'ei.Nam	not they	H369 →
יְרֵאִים֙	ye.re.'Im	[are] fearing	H3373 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
יְהוָ֔ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
וְאֵינָ֣ם	ve.'ei.Nam	and not they	H369 →
עֹשִׂ֗ים	'o.Sim	[are] doing	H6213 →
כְּחֻקֹּתָם֙	ke.chu.ko.Tam	according to statutes their	H2708 →
וּכְמִשְׁפָּטָ֔ם	u.khe.mish.pa.Tam	and according to judgment their	H4941 →
וְכַתּוֹרָ֣ה	ve.kha.to.Rah	and according to the law	H8451 →
וְכַמִּצְוָ֗ה	ve.kha.mitz.Vah	and according to the commandment	H4687 →
אֲשֶׁ֨ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
צִוָּ֤ה	tzi.Vah	he commanded	H6680 →
יְהוָה֙	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
בְּנֵ֣י	be.Nei	[the] descendants of	H1121 →
יַעֲקֹ֔ב	ya.'a.Ko	Jacob	H3290 →
אֲשֶׁר־	'a.Sher-	whom	H834 →
שָׂ֥ם	sam	he made	H7760 →
שְׁמ֖וֹ	she.Mo	name his	H8034 →
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →

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
Genesis 32:28
Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men, and you have prevailed.”
leads to
- Genesis 35:10
  And God said to him, “Though your name is Jacob, you will no longer be called Jacob. Instead, your name will be Israel.” So God named him Israel.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Revelation 2:17
  He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will give the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone…
- Isaiah 62:2–4
  Nations will see your righteousness, and all kings your glory. You will be called by a new name that the mouth of the LORD will bestow.
- Hosea 12:3–5
  In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel, and in his vigor he wrestled with God.
- Genesis 27:33–36
  Isaac began to tremble violently and said, “Who was it, then, who hunted the game and brought it to me? Before you came in, I ate it all and blessed him—and indeed, he will…
Through
1 Kings 18:31
And Elijah took twelve stones, one for each tribe of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD had come and said, “Israel shall be your name.”
leads to
- Genesis 32:28
  Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men, and you have prevailed.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Genesis 35:10
And God said to him, “Though your name is Jacob, you will no longer be called Jacob. Instead, your name will be Israel.” So God named him Israel.
leads to
- Genesis 17:5
  No longer will you be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.
- Genesis 32:27–28
  “What is your name?” the man asked. “Jacob,” he replied.