2 Kings 18:12

12 because they had not hearkened unto the voice of the LORD their God, but had broken his covenant and all that Moses, the slave of the LORD, commanded and would not hear them nor do them.

2 Kings 18:12 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 18:12

Because they obeyed not the voice of the Lord
In his law, and by his prophets:

but transgressed his covenant, and all that Moses the servant of the
Lord commanded;
which evils are at large insisted on in the preceding chapter as the cause of their captivity:

and would not hear them, nor do them;
contrary to the agreement of their fathers at Sinai, who promised to do both, ( Exodus 24:3 Exodus 24:7 ) .

2 Kings 18:12 In-Context

10 And at the end of three years, they took it; even in the sixth year of Hezekiah, that is the ninth year of Hosea, king of Israel, Samaria was taken.

11 And the king of Assyria carried away Israel unto Assyria and put them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan and in the cities of the Medes:

12 because they had not hearkened unto the voice of the LORD their God, but had broken his covenant and all that Moses, the slave of the LORD, commanded and would not hear them nor do them.

13 Now in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib, king of Assyria, came up against all the fenced cities of Judah and took them.

14 And Hezekiah, king of Judah, sent unto the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have sinned; return from me; that which thou puttest on me I will bear. Then the king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah, king of Judah, three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.