Lièwángjìxià 17:26

26 Yǒu rén gàosu Yàshù wáng shuō , nǐ suǒ qiāyí ānzhì zaì sǎ Mǎlìyà gè chéng de nàxiē mín , bù zhīdào nà dì zhī shén de guīju , suǒyǐ nà shén jiào shīzi jìnrù tāmen zhōngjiān , yǎo sǐ tāmen .

Lièwángjìxià 17:26 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 17:26

Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria
In letters, or by messengers they sent unto him:

saying, the nations which thou hast removed;
from different places before mentioned:

and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner of the God of
the land;
taking Jehovah the God of Israel to be a topical deity, limited peculiarly to the land of Israel, whereas he was the God of the whole earth; a like notion obtained among the Syrians, see ( 1 Kings 20:28 ) now they say they know not his "manner" or "judgment" ^F14, the laws, statutes, ordinances, and judgments, according to which he was worshipped by the people of Israel:

therefore he hath sent lions among them, and, behold, they slay them;
they perceived it was not a common case, nor could they impute it to any second cause, as want of food with the lions but the hand of a superior Being was in it: and they could think of no other reason, but

because they know not the manner of the God of the land;
how he was to be worshipped; and because they did not worship him, and knew not how to do it, it was resented in this manner by him.

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FOOTNOTES:

F14 (jpvm) "judicium", Pagninus, Montanus

Lièwángjìxià 17:26 In-Context

24 Yàshù wáng cóng Bābǐlún , gǔ tā , yà wǎ , Hāmǎ , hé xī fǎ wǎ yīn qiāyí rén lái , ānzhì zaì sǎ Mǎlìyà de chéngyì , daìtì Yǐsèliè rén . tāmen jiù dé le sǎ Mǎlìyà , zhù zaì qízhōng .

25 Tāmen cái zhù nàli de shíhou , bù jìngwèi Yēhéhuá , suǒyǐ Yēhéhuá jiào shīzi jìnrù tāmen zhōngjiān , yǎo sǐ le xiē rén .

26 Yǒu rén gàosu Yàshù wáng shuō , nǐ suǒ qiāyí ānzhì zaì sǎ Mǎlìyà gè chéng de nàxiē mín , bù zhīdào nà dì zhī shén de guīju , suǒyǐ nà shén jiào shīzi jìnrù tāmen zhōngjiān , yǎo sǐ tāmen .

27 Yàshù wáng jiù fēnfu shuō , jiào suǒ lǔ lái de jìsī huí qù yī gè , shǐ tā zhù zaì nàli , jiāng nà dì zhī shén de guīju zhǐjiào nàxiē mín .

28 Yúshì yǒu yī gè cóng sǎ Mǎlìyà lǔ qù de jìsī huí lái , zhù zaì Bótèlì , zhǐjiào tāmen zĕnyàng jìngwèi Yēhéhuá .