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2 Kings 17

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The Book of 2 Kings

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Summary

Hoshea reigns as king in Israel. The Israelites are wicked and worship foreign gods. They reject the Lord. They are carried captive into Assyria.

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Complete Commentary on the Whole Bible

Matthew Henry (1706)

Commentary on the Bible

Adam Clarke (1831)

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable

Thomas Constable

Rashi’s Commentary

Rashi (Shlomo Yitzchaki)

Notes on the Bible

Albert Barnes (1834)

Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Gill (1746–63)

Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament

Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch (1857–78)

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible

John Wesley (1754–65)

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Overview: 1-2 Kings

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Ahaz

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Hoshea

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Elah

LORD

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Shalmaneser

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So

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Israel, Israelites, or Children of Israel

Giovanni Battista Cima da Conegliano, "God the Father," ca. 1510-1517.

God

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Pharaoh

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Baal

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Jeroboam

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Nebat

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Israel, Priests of

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Samaritans

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Succoth-benoth

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Nergal

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Ashima

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Nibhaz

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Tartak

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Adrammelech

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Anammelech

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Jacob, Children of or Sons of Jacob

James Tissot, "Jacob."

Jacob

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Israel

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Samaria

Israel, Kingdom Of

Detail of an alabaster bas-relief of Ashurbanipal II's lion-hunt scene. 7th century BC. From the North Palace at Nineveh, in modern-day Nineveh Governorate, Iraq. The British Museum, London. Picture by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg

Assyria, Assur, or Asshur

The pyramids of Egypt. Photo by TheDigitalArtist via Pixabay.

Egypt

Halah

Habor

Gozan

Babylon

Cuth or Cuthah

Ava

Hamath

Sepharvaim

Beitin, a possible site for Bethel. Photo by Deror_avi via Wikimedia Commons.

Beth-el

Time

*All Dates Are Approximate, according to the narrative of the Bible. These dates may reflect literary significance as opposed to the precise dates of history.

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Further Reading

Taylor Halvorsen, “Why Did Northern Israel Fall to the Assyrians? A Weberian Proposal,” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 30 (2018): 163-178.

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