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A Long-Foretold Judgment
Commentators unanimously emphasize that Israel's exile was the direct fulfillment of divine warnings. For generations, prophets like Moses, Hosea, and Amos had foretold this exact consequence for the nation's persistent idolatry. This long history of unheeded prophecy, as one scholar notes, left Israel 'without excuse' and demonstrates God's patience before enacting judgment.
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2 Kings
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Albert Barnes
On 2 Kings 17:23
18th Century
Theologian
As he had said by all his servants the prophets—The writer refers not only to the extant prophecies of Moses (Leviticus 26:33; […
Charles Ellicott
On 2 Kings 17:23
19th Century
Bishop
By all his servants the prophets. —Compare Hosea 1:6; Hosea 9:16; Amos 3:11–12;[Reference Amos 5:27…
Charles Spurgeon
On 2 Kings 17:23–24
19th Century
Preacher
It was a part of the Assyrian empire's tactics to take people away from their original location and resettle them in other places—to shift them to …
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John Gill
On 2 Kings 17:23
17th Century
Pastor
Until the Lord removed Israel out of his sight
Suffered them to be carried captive into the land of Assyria:
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Matthew Henry
On 2 Kings 17:7–23
17th Century
Minister
Although the destruction of the kingdom of the ten tribes was only briefly related, in these verses it is largely commented upon, and its reasons g…