2Ki 17:23-41 | TSK | e4.org | the Lord , as he had said ; , ; ; ; So was Israel ,

Cuth Cuth is probably the Cush watered by the Gihon, or Araxes, now Aras (Gen 2:13), the ancient country of the Scythians, where we meet with the Quitians, Coethians, or Coete, and Cytheans, and the cities of Cotatis, Cetemane, Cythanum, Cyta, Cethena, etc.

Nergal Supposed to denote the solar orb; the emblem of which, according to the Rabbins, was a cock.

Ashima Jarchi says this idol was of the form of a goat.

the Avites 2Kgs 17:24; Ezra 4:9

Nibhaz Supposed to be the same as the Anubis of the Egyptians; and was in form partly a dog and partly a man.

burnt their children 2Kgs 17:17; Lev 18:21; Deut 12:28, Deut 12:31

made unto themselves 1Kgs 12:31, 1Kgs 13:33

the houses 2Kgs 17:29, 2Kgs 23:19; 1Kgs 13:31

They feared 2Kgs 17:41; 1Kgs 18:21; Hos 10:2; Zeph 1:5; Matt 6:24; Luke 16:13

whom they carried etc. or, who carried them away from thence, The new inhabitants of the land imitated the idolatrous Israelites, by associating their idols with Jehovah, as the objects of worship. The remainder, however, of the verses seem to relate to the Israelites after they were carried captive. They still persevered in idolatry and disobedience; and not being purified, were left to be consumed in the furnace. It is said that the Israelites "did not fear the Lord," yet the heathens, who followed their example, are said "to have feared the Lord." The Israelites did not so much as fear the wrath of Almighty God; but, on the other hand, the poor pagans feared the power of his wrath, and to avert it paid some ignorant worship, according to the wretched instructions given them. As this was an external acknowledgment of his power and Godhead, and a homage paid to him, he was pleased in consequence to withdraw his judgments from them. - Scott

fear not 2Kgs 17:25, 2Kgs 17:27-28, 2Kgs 17:33

whom he named Israel Gen 32:28, Gen 33:20, Gen 35:10; 1Kgs 11:31, 1Kgs 18:11; Isa 48:1

With whom 2Kgs 17:15; Exod 19:5-6, Exod 24:6-8; Deut 29:10-15; Jer 31:31-34; Heb 8:6-13

charged them Exod 20:4-5, Exod 34:12-17; Deut 4:23-27, Deut 13:1-18; Josh 23:7, Josh 23:16

fear other gods Judg 6:10; Jer 10:5

a stretched Exod 6:6, Exod 9:15; Deut 5:15; Jer 32:21; Acts 4:30

him shall ye fear Lev 19:32; Deut 6:13, Deut 10:20, Deut 12:5-6, Deut 12:11-12; Matt 10:28; Rev 15:4

the statutes Lev 19:37; Deut 4:44-45, Deut 5:31-33, Deut 6:1-2, Deut 12:32; 1Chr 29:19; Ps 19:8-11; Ps 105:44-45

wrote for you Deut 31:9, Deut 31:11; Neh 9:13-14

and ye shall not 2Kgs 17:35

ye shall not forget Deut 4:23, Deut 6:12, Deut 8:14-18

the Lord 2Kgs 17:36; 1Sam 12:24; Isa 8:12-14; Jer 10:7; Matt 10:28; Luke 1:50

he shall deliver Neh 9:27; Luke 1:71, Luke 1:74-75

they did not Jer 13:23

but they did 2Kgs 17:8, 2Kgs 17:12, 2Kgs 17:34; Deut 4:28

these nations 2Kgs 17:32-33; Josh 24:14-20; 1Kgs 18:21; Zeph 1:5; Matt 6:24; Rev 3:15-16

unto this day Ezra 4:1-3