2 Könige 17:2

2 und er tat, was dem HERRN übel gefiel, doch nicht wie die Könige Israels, die vor ihm waren.

2 Könige 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 Könige 17:2 In-Context

1 Im zwölften Jahr des Ahas, des Königs in Juda, ward König über Israel zu Samaria Hosea, der Sohn Elas, neun Jahre;

2 und er tat, was dem HERRN übel gefiel, doch nicht wie die Könige Israels, die vor ihm waren.

3 Wider denselben zog herauf Salmanasser, der König von Assyrien. Und Hosea ward ihm untertan, daß er ihm Geschenke gab.

4 Da aber der König von Assyrien inneward, daß Hosea einen Bund anrichtete und hatte Boten zu So, dem König in Ägypten, gesandt, griff er ihn und legte ihn ins Gefängnis. {~} {~} {~} {~} {~} {~} {~} {~} {~}

5 Nämlich der König von Assyrien zog über das ganze Land und gen Samaria und belagerte es drei Jahre. {~}