2 Kings 17:8 BSB — MannaFest

2 Kings 17:8

and walked in the customs of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites, as well as in the practices introduced by the kings of Israel.

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ASV

and walked in the statutes of the nations, whom Jehovah cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they made.

KJV

And walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom the Lord cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they had made.

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom the Lord cast out from before the children of Israel,.... Meaning the Canaanites, in whose idolatrous ways they walked, and whom they imitated; though their ejection out of the land should have been a warning to them, and they were the more inexcusable, as they were particularly cautioned against walking in them, Lev 18:3. and of the kings of Israel, which they had made; their laws and statutes, to worship the golden calves, and not go up to Jerusalem to worship.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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

Idolatry was worse in the Israelites than in other nations, since it argued not merely folly and a gross carnal spirit, but also black ingratitude Exo 20:2-3. The writer subdivides the idolatries of the Israelites into two classes, pagan and native - those which they adopted from the nations whom they drove out, and those which their own kings imposed on them.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֵּֽלְכוּ֙	vai.ye.le.Khu	and they had walked	H1980 →
בְּחֻקּ֣וֹת	be.chu.Kot	in [the] customs of	H2708 →
הַגּוֹיִ֔ם	ha.go.Yim	the nations	H1471 →
אֲשֶׁר֙	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
הוֹרִ֣ישׁ	ho.Rish	he had dispossessed	H3423 →
יְהוָ֔ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
מִפְּנֵ֖י	mi.pe.Nei	from before	H6440 →
בְּנֵ֣י	be.Nei	[the] people of	H1121 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
וּמַלְכֵ֥י	u.mal.Khei	and [the] kings of	H4428 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
עָשֽׂוּ׃	'a.Su	they had done	H6213 →

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Where the connections lead

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Through
Deuteronomy 18:9
When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you, do not imitate the detestable ways of the nations there.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 12:29–31
  When the LORD your God cuts off before you the nations you are entering to dispossess, and you drive them out and live in their land,
- Leviticus 18:26–27
  But you are to keep My statutes and ordinances, and you must not commit any of these abominations—neither your native-born nor the foreigner who lives among you.
- Leviticus 18:30
  You must keep My charge not to practice any of the abominable customs that were practiced before you, so that you do not defile yourselves by them. I am the LORD your God.”
Through
Leviticus 18:3
You must not follow the practices of the land of Egypt, where you used to live, and you must not follow the practices of the land of Canaan, into which I am bringing you.…
leads to
- Leviticus 20:23
  You must not follow the statutes of the nations I am driving out before you. Because they did all these things, I abhorred them.
- Exodus 23:24
  You must not bow down to their gods or serve them or follow their practices. Instead, you are to demolish them and smash their sacred stones to pieces.
- Ezekiel 20:7–8
  And I said to them: ‘Each of you must throw away the abominations before his eyes, and you must not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.’
- Ezekiel 23:8
  She did not give up the prostitution she began in Egypt, when men slept with her in her youth, caressed her virgin bosom, and poured out their lust upon her.
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…

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