2 Kings 17:7

7 And this was so, because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them up out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods

2 Kings 17:7 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 17:7

For so it was, that the children of Israel had sinned against
the Lord their God
By committing idolatry, which is the sin enlarged upon in the following discourse, as the cause of their being carried captive:

which had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand
of Pharaoh king of Egypt;
which is observed to show their ingratitude, and to aggravate their sin of idolatry:

and had feared other gods;
which could do them neither good nor hurt, wherefore it must be great stupidity to fear them.

2 Kings 17:7 In-Context

5 Then the king of Assyria invaded all the land and came to Sama'ria, and for three years he besieged it.

6 In the ninth year of Hoshe'a the king of Assyria captured Sama'ria, and he carried the Israelites away to Assyria, and placed them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.

7 And this was so, because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them up out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods

8 and walked in the customs of the nations whom the LORD drove out before the people of Israel, and in the customs which the kings of Israel had introduced.

9 And the people of Israel did secretly against the LORD their God things that were not right. They built for themselves high places at all their towns, from watchtower to fortified city;