2 Kings 17:12
For they served idols, whereof the LORD had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
For they served idols,.... Baalim, as the Targum; dunghill gods, as the word signifies, as they are often called in Scripture; and Sterculius was one of the names of Saturn, an Heathen deity, which he…
Though the destruction of the kingdom of the ten tribes was but briefly related, it is in these verses largely commented upon by our historian, and the reasons of it assigned, not taken from the…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
idols, whereof the Lord had said The prohibition is given in the Ten Commandments (Exo 20:4) and repeated in many parts of the Law (cf. Deu 4:16; Deu 5:8; Deu 27:15).
Ye shall not do this thing The…
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