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John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO 2 KINGS 17 This chapter relates the captivity of the ten tribes of Israel, and how it came about, 2 Kings 17:1, the cause of it, their idolatry, which they persisted in, notwithstanding the remonstrances made against it, 2 Kings 17:7, in whose stead were placed people from different parts, who exercised a mixed religion, partly Heathenish, and partly Israelitish, 2 Kings 17:24.
John Gill
Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying,.... Gave the following orders and directions: carry thither one of the priests whom ye brought from thence; for they carried away all the people of every class, civil and religious: and let him go and dwell there, and let him teach them the manner of the God of the land; it is in the plural number, "let them go", c. (o) there might be more priests than...
Matthew Henry
This chapter gives us an account of the captivity of the ten tribes, and so finishes the history of that kingdom, after it had continued about 265 years, from the setting up of Jeroboam the son of Nebat. In it we have, I. A short narrative of this destruction, ver. 1-6. II. Remarks upon it, and the causes of it, for the justifying of God in it and for warning to others, ver. 7-23. III. An account...
Charles H. Spurgeon
And so it was at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they feared not the LORD: therefore the LORD sent lions among them, which slew some of them. Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations which thou hast removed and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner of the God of the land: therefore he hath sent lions among them, and, behold they slay them,...