2 Kings 17:7
5 Then the king of Assyria invaded the whole land, marched up to Samaria, and besieged it for three years.
6 In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried away the Israelites to Assyria, where he settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.
All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They had worshiped other gods
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.
9 The Israelites secretly did things against the LORD their God that were not right. From watchtower to fortified city, they built high places in all their cities.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They had worshiped other gods
- KJV
- For so it was, that the children of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, which had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods,
- WEB
- It was so because the children of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who brought them up out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods,
- ASV
- And it was so, because the children of Israel had sinned against Jehovah their God, who brought them up out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods,
- DARBY
- And so it was, because the children of Israel had sinned against Jehovah their God, who had brought them up out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods;
- BLB
- And it came to pass that the sons of Israel had sinned against YHWH their God who had brought them up out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. And they had feared other gods,
- ÅB
- Slik gikk det fordi Israels barn syndet mot Herren sin Gud, som hadde ført dem opp fra Egypt og utfridd dem av den egyptiske konge Faraos hånd, og fryktet andre guder
- OTB
- Nå skjedde dette fordi Israels sønner hadde syndet mot Herren deres Gud, som hadde ført dem opp fra landet Egypt fra under hånden til farao, kongen av Egypt, og de hadde fryktet andre guder
- B1930
- Således gikk det fordi Israels barn syndet mot Herren sin Gud, som hadde ført dem op fra Egyptens land og utfridd dem av den egyptiske konge Faraos hånd, og fryktet andre guder
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Joshua 23:16
If you transgress the covenant of the LORD your God, which He commanded you, and go and serve other gods and bow down to them, then the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and you will quickly perish from this good land He has given you.”
Read in contextExodus 20:2
“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
Read in contextJeremiah 10:5
Like scarecrows in a cucumber patch, their idols cannot speak. They must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not fear them, for they can do no harm, and neither can they do any good.”
Read in contextPsalms 106:35–41
but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs.
Read in contextJudges 2:14–17
Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He delivered them into the hands of those who plundered them. He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, whom they were no longer able to resist.
Read in contextNehemiah 9:26
But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies.
Read in contextHosea 8:5–14
He has rejected your calf, O Samaria. My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of innocence?
Read in context2 Chronicles 36:14–16
Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and the people multiplied their unfaithful deeds, following all the abominations of the nations, and they defiled the house of the LORD, which He had consecrated in Jerusalem.
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