2 Re 17:2

2 Egli fece ciò ch’è male agli occhi dell’Eterno; non però come gli altri re d’Israele che l’aveano preceduto.

2 Re 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 Re 17:2 In-Context

1 L’anno dodicesimo di Achaz, re di Giuda, Hosea, figliuolo di Elah, cominciò a regnare sopra Israele a Samaria, e regnò nove anni.

2 Egli fece ciò ch’è male agli occhi dell’Eterno; non però come gli altri re d’Israele che l’aveano preceduto.

3 Shalmaneser, re d’Assiria salì contro di lui; ed Hosea gli fu assoggettato e gli pagò tributo.

4 Ma il re d’Assiria scoprì una congiura ordita da Hosea, il quale aveva inviato de’ messi a So, re d’Egitto, e non pagava più il consueto annuo tributo ai re d’Assiria; perciò il re d’Assiria lo fece imprigionare e mettere in catene.

5 Poi il re d’Assiria invase tutto il paese, salì contro Samaria, e l’assediò per tre anni.