2 Reis 17:2

2 E fez o que era mau aos olhos do Senhor, contudo não como os reis de Israel que foram antes dele.

2 Reis 17:2 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 17:2

And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, but
not as the kings of Israel that were before him.
] He did not worship Baal, as some of them had done; and he could not worship the calves, as all of them had, for they were carried away by the Assyrians in the former captivities, as the Jews ^F19 say; and who also observe ^F20, that he removed the garrisons set on the borders of the land to watch the Israelites, that they might not go up to Jerusalem; and this being done on the fifteenth of Ab, that day was afterwards observed as a festival on that account; and they further remark ^F21, that the captivity of the ten tribes was in the reign of this king, who was better than the rest, to show that it was not barely the sins of the kings on whom the Israelites would cast the blame, that they were carried captives, but their own, according to ( Hosea 5:3 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F19 Seder Olam Rabba, c. 22.
F20 T. Bab. Gittin, fol. 88. Kimchi in loc.
F21 Seder Olam Raba, ut supra. (c. 22.)

2 Reis 17:2 In-Context

1 No ano duodécimo de Acaz, rei de Judá, começou a reinar Oséias, filho de Elá, e reinou sobre Israel, em Samária nove anos.

2 E fez o que era mau aos olhos do Senhor, contudo não como os reis de Israel que foram antes dele.

3 Contra ele subiu Salmanasar, rei da Assiria; e Oséias ficou sendo servo dele e lhe pagava tributos.

4 O rei da Assíria , porém, achou em Oséias conspiração; porque ele enviara mensageiros a Sô, rei do Egito, e não pagava, como dantes, os tributos anuais ao rei da Assíria; então este o encerrou e o pôs em grilhões numa prisão.

5 E o rei da Assíria subiu por toda a terra, e chegando a Samária sitiou-a por três anos.