2 Kings 17:22
in 2 Kings 17The Israelites persisted in all the sins that Jeroboam had committed and did not turn away from them.
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ASV
And the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they departed not from them;
KJV
For the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they departed not from them;
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This verse in 2 Kings 17
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
rent Israel from the house of David
on 2 Kings 17:21-23
The chapter reaches back to the split itself: the Lord rent Israel from the house of David, Jeroboam was made king, and Jeroboam drave Israel from following the Lord and made them sin a great sin. This is the root of the refrain that names Jeroboam the man who made Israel to sin, repeated across both books from its first occurrence at 1 Ki 14:16 to its last, when Josiah burns the Bethel altar at 2 Ki 23:15. Every king of the north from Jeroboam to Hoshea is measured against this one cause, and verse 23 closes the account with the words unto this day, written from a vantage point still inside the exile.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers2 voices
"Faithless Israel has shown itself less guilty than false Judah." The letter of the text just read has something unclear that we need to understand first. Then, after this, if God wills, we shall know his mystical plan. He wants us then to know in these words, just as it is written in Kings, that the people were divided in those times into the kingdom of ten tribes under Jeroboam and the kingdom of two tribes under Roboam. And those under Jeroboam were called Israel, and those under Roboam Judah. And the division of the people persisted, according to the history, until today. For we know of nothing in the history that united Israel and Judah "into the same nation." Then Israel first, under Jeroboam and under his successors, sinned excessively, and Israel sinned so much beyond Judah that they were sentenced by providence to become captives "to the Assyrians until the sign," as the Scripture says. After this, the people of Judah also sinned, and as captives they were sentenced to Babylon, not until a sign, as Israel, but for "seventy years," as Jeremiah prophesied and Daniel also mentioned.
A commentator
Origen of AlexandriaFRAGMENTS FROM THE CATENA ON JEREMIAH 28.2 · Written before 253.
proposed
[The Lord] takes hold of two principal lions, the Assyrians and the Babylonians. According to the history in the fourth book of Kings, there are two. For Assyria removed the sons of Israel to Assyria "until today," but Babylon removed the sons of Judah "to Babylon." Except he did not say here first and second, but first and last. For the first lion is the antagonistic devil; he is a murderer.
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
), showing that their successors in the land did as they had done ( after the manner of the nations whom they carried away ), they worshipped both the God of Israel and those other gods; but what did the captives do in the land of their affliction?
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For the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did,.... They observed his injunction, not to go to Jerusalem to worship, and they worshipped the calves he did: they departed not from them: in all succeeding reigns, until the time of their captivity.
The words behind it
11 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֵּֽלְכוּ֙ | vaiyelekhu | and they walked | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| בְּנֵ֣י | benei | [the] people of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| בְּכָל־ | bekhol | in all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| חַטֹּ֥אות | chatot | [the] sins of | H2403 → | 295 times |
| יָרָבְעָ֖ם | yaraveam | Jeroboam | H3379 → | 104 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| עָשָׂ֑ה | ʾasah | he did | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| לֹא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| סָ֖רוּ | saru | they turned aside | H5493 → | 299 times |
| מִמֶּֽנָּה׃ | mimenah | from it | H4480 → | 1188 times |
וַיֵּֽלְכוּ֙and they walked
vaiyelekhuH1980 →1546 times
בְּנֵ֣י[the] people of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
בְּכָל־in all
bekholH3605 →5413 times
חַטֹּ֥אות[the] sins of
chatotH2403 →295 times
יָרָבְעָ֖םJeroboam
yaraveamH3379 →104 times
אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
עָשָׂ֑הhe did
ʾasahH6213 →2628 times
לֹא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
סָ֖רוּthey turned aside
saruH5493 →299 times
מִמֶּֽנָּה׃from it
mimenahH4480 →1188 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
2 Kings 3:3Nevertheless, he clung to the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit; he did not turn away from them.
it leads to
- 1 Kings 14:16
So He will give Israel over on account of the sins Jeroboam has committed and has caused Israel to commit.”
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- 1 Kings 13:33
Even after these events, Jeroboam did not repent of his evil ways, but again he appointed priests for the high places from every class of people. He ordained anyone who desired to be a…
- 1 Kings 14:16
Through
2 Kings 13:6Nevertheless, they did not turn away from the sins that the house of Jeroboam had caused Israel to commit, but they continued to walk in them. The Asherah pole even remained standing in Samaria.
it leads to
- 2 Kings 13:2
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and followed the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit; he did not turn away from them.
Reached by 4 separate paths from here.
- 2 Kings 10:29
but he did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit—the worship of the golden calves at Bethel and Dan.
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- 1 Kings 16:33
Then he set up an Asherah pole. Thus Ahab did more to provoke the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger than all the kings of Israel before him.
- 2 Kings 13:2
Through
2 Kings 13:2And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and followed the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit; he did not turn away from them.
it leads to
- 1 Kings 12:26–33
Jeroboam said in his heart, “Now the kingdom might revert to the house of David.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Kings 12:26–33
Through
2 Kings 10:29but he did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit—the worship of the golden calves at Bethel and Dan.
it leads to
- 1 Kings 12:28–30
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…
- 1 Kings 12:28–30
Through
2 Kings 15:9And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, as his fathers had done. He did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.
it leads to
- 2 Kings 13:11
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and did not turn away from all the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit, but he walked in them.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 2 Kings 13:11
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This page draws on F. W. Farrar, The Second Book of Kings (Expositor's Bible); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil, The Books of the Kings; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible; Origen of Alexandria, HOMILIES ON JEREMIAH 4.1.1-2 and Origen of Alexandria, FRAGMENTS FROM THE CATENA ON JEREMIAH 28.2.