2Ki 17:26-31 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for 2Kgs 17:26-31: 17:26-31 The king of Assyria was Sargon II (721–705 BC ). • the God of the land ... has sent lions: Religious belief in the ancient Near East held that the tranquility and success of a land was strongly identified with its god and the rites associated with his worship. • One of the priests ... returned to Bethel , though his instruction in how to worship the Lord was doubtless influenced by the religion of Jeroboam I and mixed with paganism. • The foreigners also continued to worship their own gods. They simply added the worship of Israel’s God to the worship of their own gods. Most of the false gods mentioned here are unknown. Their names may have been altered by Jewish scribes. • Nergal was the Mesopotamian god of the underworld. Nibhaz and Tartak were probably Elamite deities.

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‏ 2 Kings 17:26-31

Summary for 2Kgs 17:26-31: 17:26-31 ^a The king of Assyria was Sargon II (721–705 BC).

• the God of the land ... has sent lions: Religious belief in the ancient Near East held that the tranquility and success of a land was strongly identified with its god and the rites associated with his worship.

• One of the priests ... returned to Bethel, though his instruction in how to worship the Lord was doubtless influenced by the religion of Jeroboam I and mixed with paganism.

• The foreigners also continued to worship their own gods. They simply added the worship of Israel’s God to the worship of their own gods. Most of the false gods mentioned here are unknown. Their names may have been altered by Jewish scribes.

• Nergal was the Mesopotamian god of the underworld. Nibhaz and Tartak were probably Elamite deities.