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2 Kings 17:37

2 Kings 17:37
And the statutes, and the ordinances, and the law, and the commandment, which he wrote for you, ye shall observe to do for evermore; and ye shall not fear other gods.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And the covenant that I have made with you, ye shall not forget,.... The law given at Mount Sinai; the first table of which chiefly concerned the worship of the one true and living God, and forbid the…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Which he wrote for you - It is worth observing here, first, that the author regards the whole Law as given to the Israelites in a written form; and secondly, that he looks on the real writer as God.

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

2 Kings 17:24-41

Never was land lost, we say, for want of an heir. When the children of Israel were dispossessed, and turned out of Canaan, the king of Assyria soon transplanted thither the supernumeraries of his own…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

which he wrote for you The compiler of Kings considered, as we can gather from this expression, that -the statutes and ordinances", even the whole Law, was written down for the Israelites, and was of…