2 Reyes 17:2

2 Él hizo lo malo a los ojos del Señor
, aunque no tanto como los reyes de Israel que gobernaron antes que él.

2 Reyes 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 Reyes 17:2 In-Context

1 Oseas gobierna en Israel
Oseas, hijo de Ela, comenzó a gobernar Israel durante el año doce del reinado de Acaz en Judá y reinó en Samaria nueve años.

2 Él hizo lo malo a los ojos del Señor
, aunque no tanto como los reyes de Israel que gobernaron antes que él.

3 Salmanasar, rey de Asiria, atacó al rey Oseas, por eso Oseas se vio obligado a pagar un elevado tributo a Asiria.

4 Sin embargo, Oseas dejó de pagar el tributo anual y conspiró contra el rey de Asiria al pedirle a So, rey de Egipto,
que lo ayudara a liberarse del poder del rey de Asiria. Cuando el rey de Asiria descubrió la traición, tomó a Oseas por la fuerza y lo metió en la cárcel.

5 Samaria cae ante Asiria
Entonces el rey de Asiria invadió todo el territorio y sitió a la ciudad de Samaria durante tres años.