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2 Kings 22:17 KJV
2 Kings · chapter 22 · verse 17
Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and shall not be quenched.2 Kings 22:17 · King James Version
2 Kings 22:17 in context
15And she said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tell the man that sent you to me,
16Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the words of the book which the king of Judah hath read:
17Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and shall not be quenched.
18But to the king of Judah which sent you to enquire of the LORD, thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, As touching the words which thou hast heard;
19Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith the LORD.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- forsakenʻâzabto loosenH5800 →
- quenchedkâbâhto expire or to extinguishH3518 →
- incenseqâṭarto smokeH6999 →
- kindledyâtsathto burn or set on fireH3341 →
- angerkaʻaçto troubleH3707 →
- worksmaʻăsehan actionH4639 →
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We hear no more of the repairing of the temple: no doubt that good work went on well; but the book of the law that was found in it occupies us now, and well it may. It is not laid up in the king's cabinet as a piece of antiquity, a rarity to be admired, but it is read before the king.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 11-20