2 Reyes 17:2

2 E hizo lo malo en ojos del SEÑOR, aunque no como los reyes de Israel que antes de él habían sido.

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 En el año duodécimo de Acaz rey de Judá, comenzó a reinar Oseas hijo de Ela en Samaria sobre Israel; y reinó nueve años.

2 E hizo lo malo en ojos del SEÑOR, aunque no como los reyes de Israel que antes de él habían sido.

3 Contra éste subió Salmanasar rey de los Asirios; y Oseas fue hecho su siervo, y le pagaba tributo.

4 Mas el rey de Asiria halló que Oseas hacía conjuración; porque había enviado embajadores a So, rey de Egipto, y ya no pagaba tributo al rey de Asiria, como cada año; y el rey de Asiria le detuvo, y le aprisionó en la casa de la cárcel.

5 Y el rey de Asiria partió contra toda la tierra, y subió contra Samaria, y estuvo sobre ella tres años.