2Ki 17:1 | Clarke | e4.org | CHAPTER XVII Hoshea's wicked reign , 1, 2. Shalmaneser comes up against him, makes him tributary, and then casts him into prison , 3, 4. He besieges Samaria three years; and at last takes it, and carries Israel captive into Assyria, and places them in different cities of the Assyrians and Medes , 5, 6. The reason why Israel was thus afflicted; their idolatry, obstinacy, divination, &c. , 7-18. Judah copies the misconduct of Israel , 19. The Lord rejects all the seed of Israel , 20-23. The king of Assyria brings different nations and places them in Samaria, and the cities from which the Israelites had been led away into captivity , 24. Many of these strange people are destroyed by lions , 25. The king of Assyria sends back some of the Israelitish priests to teach these nations the worship of Jehovah; which worship they incorporate with their own idolatry , 26-33. The state of the Israelites, and strange nations in the land of Israel , 34-41. NOTES ON CHAP. XVII

‏ 2 Kings 17:1

CHAPTER XVII

Hoshea's wicked reign, 1, 2.

Shalmaneser comes up against him, makes him tributary, and then casts him into prison, 3, 4.

He besieges Samaria three years; and at last takes it, and carries Israel captive into Assyria, and places them in different cities of the Assyrians and Medes, 5, 6.

The reason why Israel was thus afflicted; their idolatry, obstinacy, divination, &c., 7-18.

Judah copies the misconduct of Israel, 19.

The Lord rejects all the seed of Israel, 20-23.

The king of Assyria brings different nations and places them in Samaria, and the cities from which the Israelites had been led away into captivity, 24.

Many of these strange people are destroyed by lions, 25.

The king of Assyria sends back some of the Israelitish priests to teach these nations the worship of Jehovah; which worship they incorporate with their own idolatry, 26-33.

The state of the Israelites, and strange nations in the land of Israel, 34-41.

NOTES ON CHAP. XVII