2 KINGS 17:19

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“Also Judah kept not the commandments of the Lord their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.”

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2 Kings 17:19 Translation & Meaning

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Also גַּם Properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and Also
Judah יְהוּדָ֕ה Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory Judah
kept שָׁמַ֔ר Properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc kept
not לֹ֣א Not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles not
the commandments מִצְוֹ֖ת A command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law) commandments
of the Lord יְהוָ֣ה (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God Lord
their God, אֱלֹֽהֵיהֶ֑ם 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
but walked וַיֵּ֣לְכ֔וּ To walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively) walked
in the statutes בְּחֻקּ֥וֹת A statute statutes
of Israel יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל He will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity Israel
which אֲשֶׁ֥ר Who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc which
they made. עָשֽׂוּ׃ To do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application made

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  • 17  And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger.

  • 18  Therefore the Lord was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only.

  • 19  Also Judah kept not the commandments of the Lord their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.

  • 20  And the Lord rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight.

  • 21  For he rent Israel from the house of David; and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drave Israel from following the Lord, and made them sin a great sin.




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