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2 Kings 17:40 KJV
2 Kings · chapter 17 · verse 40
Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner.2 Kings 17:40 · King James Version
2 Kings 17:40 in context
38And the covenant that I have made with you ye shall not forget; neither shall ye fear other gods.
39But the LORD your God ye shall fear; and he shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.
40Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner.
41So these nations feared the LORD, and served their graven images, both their children, and their children’s children: as did their fathers, so do they unto this day.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- hearkenshâmaʻto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085 →
- formerriʼshôwnfirst, in place, time or rankH7223 →
- mannermishpâṭproperly, a verdict pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree divine…H4941 →
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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 country, such as it could well spare, who should be servants to him and masters to the Israelites that remained;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 24-41