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Divided Loyalty is No Loyalty
Commentators highlight a crucial paradox: the Samaritans claimed to 'fear the Lord' (v. 33) yet this verse says they 'fear not Jehovah.' The reason is that their worship was mixed with other gods. As Albert Barnes explains, to acknowledge God alongside other deities is not to acknowledge Him at all. True fear of the Lord requires exclusive devotion, not simply adding Him to a list of other loyalties.
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Albert Barnes
On 2 Kings 17:34
18th Century
Theologian
They fear not the Lord - The newcomers in one sense feared Yahweh (2 Kings 17:33, 41). They acknowledged His name, admitted Him …
Charles Ellicott
On 2 Kings 17:34
19th Century
Bishop
THE RELIGIOUS STATE OF THE MIXED POPULATION OF SAMARIA IN THE TIME OF THE EDITOR.
They follow their previous custom…
Charles Spurgeon
On 2 Kings 17:32–38
19th Century
Preacher
How this warning comes over and over and over again! Hear, O Israel. The Lord your God is one God. The worship of anything else under any …
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John Gill
On 2 Kings 17:34
17th Century
Pastor
Unto this day they do after the former manners
Which may be understood either of the new colonies in Samaria doing a…
Matthew Henry
On 2 Kings 17:24–41
17th Century
Minister
The terror of the Almighty will sometimes produce a forced or feigned submission in unconverted men, like those brought from different countries to…