2Ki 17:14-23 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for 2Kgs 17:14-15: 17:14-15 Like their ancestors (Deut 10:16 ; 1 Sam 12:6-9 ; Ps 106:28 ), the Israelites persisted in their infidelity to the Lord (Isa 65:6-7 ; Amos 2:4 ; see Acts 7:51-53 ).

Summary for 2Kgs 17:14-15: 17:14-15 ^a Like their ancestors (Deut 10:16 ^b; 1 Sam 12:6-9 ^c; Ps 106:28 ^d), the Israelites persisted in their infidelity to the Lord (Isa 65:6-7 ^e; Amos 2:4 ^f; see Acts 7:51-53 ^g).
Summary for 2Kgs 17:16-17: 17:16-17 ^h all the commands of the Lord: The narrator lists specific examples of Israel’s disobedience: the two calves made from metal erected at Dan and Bethel (1 Kgs 12:28-30 ⁱ), the Canaanite fertility symbol known as an Asherah pole (2 Kgs 13:6 ^j; 17:10 ^k; 1 Kgs 14:23 ^l; 16:33 ^m; Mic 5:14 ⁿ), the persistent worship of Baal (1 Kgs 16:31-33 ^o; Hos 2:13 ^p; 13:1 ^q), and the detestable Molech rites (2 Kgs 16:3 ^r; Ps 106:37 ^s).
Summary for 2Kgs 17:18-20: 17:18-20 ^t the Lord was very angry: God’s wrath is his righteous response to evil that demands his justice.

• even the people of Judah refused to obey the commands of the Lord: This remark foreshadows the eventual fall of the southern kingdom as well (25:1-21 ^u).
Summary for 2Kgs 17:21-23: 17:21-23 ^v All of Israel’s evil and disobedience were connected to the sins of Jeroboam I (1 Kgs 12:26-33 ^w).