2 Kings 18:12

12 because they did not obey the voice of the Lord their God but transgressed his covenant—all that Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded; they neither listened nor obeyed.

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, took it. In the sixth year of Hezekiah, which was the ninth year of King Hoshea of Israel, Samaria was taken.

11 The king of Assyria carried the Israelites away to Assyria, settled them in Halah, on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes,

12 because they did not obey the voice of the Lord their God but transgressed his covenant—all that Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded; they neither listened nor obeyed.

13 In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, King Sennacherib of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them.

14 King Hezekiah of Judah sent to the king of Assyria at Lachish, saying, "I have done wrong; withdraw from me; whatever you impose on me I will bear." The king of Assyria demanded of King Hezekiah of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.