2Ki 17:8-13 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for 2Kgs 17:8-13: 17:8-13 The catalog of Israel’s sins includes numerous pagan rites and practices. Whether done in the open or secretly , God was aware of them all. Many were even initiated by Israel’s kings who built pagan shrines , sacred pillars , and Asherah poles and emulated heathen sacrifices and idolatry (10:29 ; 15:18 , 28 ; 1 Kgs 12:28-33 ; 15:34 ; 16:30-33 ). All levels of Israelite society, royalty and commoner alike, persisted in such sins despite denunciation and warning by God’s prophets , which included the writings of Isaiah, Hosea, Amos, and Micah.

Summary for 2Kgs 17:8-13: 17:8-13 ^a The catalog of Israel’s sins includes numerous pagan rites and practices. Whether done in the open or secretly, God was aware of them all. Many were even initiated by Israel’s kings who built pagan shrines, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles and emulated heathen sacrifices and idolatry (10:29 ^b; 15:18 ^c, 28 ^d; 1 Kgs 12:28-33 ^e; 15:34 ^f; 16:30-33 ^g). All levels of Israelite society, royalty and commoner alike, persisted in such sins despite denunciation and warning by God’s prophets, which included the writings of Isaiah, Hosea, Amos, and Micah.
17:11 ^h arousing the Lord’s anger: When God becomes angry, he is not vindictive or bad tempered. Instead, human evil angers him because people have rebelled against God and done evil to one another. God responds to human evil with his justice in dealing with sin and evil (see also 13:3 ⁱ; 17:17-18 ^j; 21:6 ^k; 22:13 ^l, 17 ^m; 23:26-27 ⁿ; 24:20 ^o; Rom 3:23 ^p; 6:23 ^q; 14:10 ^r; 2 Cor 5:10 ^s; Col 3:6 ^t; 1 Jn 1:8-10 ^u).