2 KINGS 17:14

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the Lord their God.”

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2 Kings 17:14 Translation & Meaning

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Notwithstanding they would not וְלֹ֖א Not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles Notwithstanding would not
hear, שָׁמֵ֑עוּ To hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.) hear
but hardened וַיַּקְשׁ֤וּ Properly, to be dense, i.e., tough or severe (in various applications) hardened
their necks, עָרְפָּם֙ The nape or back of the neck (as declining); hence, the back generally (whether literal or figurative) necks
like to the neck כְּעֹ֣רֶף The nape or back of the neck (as declining); hence, the back generally (whether literal or figurative) like neck
of their fathers, אֲבוֹתָ֔ם Father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application fathers
that אֲשֶׁר֙ Who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc that
did not לֹ֣א Not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles did not
believe הֶֽאֱמִ֔ינוּ Properly, to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanent or quiet; morally to be true or certain believe
in the Lord בַּֽיהוָ֖ה (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God Lord
their God. אֱלֹֽהֵיהֶֽם׃ Gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative God

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  • 12  For they served idols, whereof the Lord had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing.

  • 13  Yet the Lord testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets.

  • 14  Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the Lord their God.

  • 15  And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen that were round about them, concerning whom the Lord had charged them, that they should not do like them.

  • 16  And they left all the commandments of the Lord their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.




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