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They neither listened to the commands nor carried them out. <a href="/nlt/2_kings/18.htm">New Living Translation</a> For they refused to listen to the LORD their God and obey him. Instead, they violated his covenant—all the laws that Moses the LORD’s servant had commanded them to obey. <a href="/esv/2_kings/18.htm">English Standard Version</a> because they did not obey the voice of the LORD their God but transgressed his covenant, even all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded. They neither listened nor obeyed. <a href="/bsb/2_kings/18.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> This happened because they did not listen to the voice of the LORD their God, but violated His covenant—all that Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded—and would neither listen nor obey. <a href="/kjv/2_kings/18.htm">King James Bible</a> Because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD their God, but transgressed his covenant, and all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded, and would not hear them, nor do them. <a href="/nkjv/2_kings/18.htm">New King James Version</a> because they did not obey the voice of the LORD their God, but transgressed His covenant and all that Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded; and they would neither hear nor do them. <a href="/nasb_/2_kings/18.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> This happened because they did not obey the voice of the LORD their God, but violated His covenant, all that Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded; they would neither listen nor do it. <a href="/nasb/2_kings/18.htm">NASB 1995</a> because they did not obey the voice of the LORD their God, but transgressed His covenant, even all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded; they would neither listen nor do it. <a href="/nasb77/2_kings/18.htm">NASB 1977 </a> because they did not obey the voice of the LORD their God, but transgressed His covenant, even all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded; they would neither listen, nor do it. <a href="/lsb/2_kings/18.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> because they did not listen to the voice of Yahweh their God, but trespassed against His covenant, even all that Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded; they would neither listen nor do it. <a href="/amp/2_kings/18.htm">Amplified Bible</a> because they did not obey the voice of the LORD their God, but broke His covenant, everything that Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded; and they would not listen nor do it. <a href="/csb/2_kings/18.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> because they did not listen to the LORD their God but violated his covenant—all he had commanded Moses the servant of the LORD. They did not listen, and they did not obey. <a href="/hcsb/2_kings/18.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> because they did not listen to the voice of the LORD their God but violated His covenant—all He had commanded Moses the servant of the LORD. They did not listen, and they did not obey. <a href="/asv/2_kings/18.htm">American Standard Version</a> because they obeyed not the voice of Jehovah their God, but transgressed his covenant, even all that Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded, and would not hear it, nor do it. <a href="/cev/2_kings/18.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> All of that happened because the people of Israel had not obeyed the LORD their God. They rejected the solemn agreement he had made with them, and they ignored everything that the LORD's servant Moses had told them. <a href="/erv/2_kings/18.htm">English Revised Version</a> because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD their God, but transgressed his covenant, even all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded, and would not hear it, nor do it. <a href="/gwt/2_kings/18.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> This happened because they refused to obey the LORD their God and disregarded the conditions of the promise he made to them. They refused to obey everything that Moses, the LORD's servant, had commanded. <a href="/gnt/2_kings/18.htm">Good News Translation</a> Samaria fell because the Israelites did not obey the LORD their God, but broke the covenant he had made with them and disobeyed all the laws given by Moses, the servant of the LORD. They would not listen and they would not obey. <a href="/isv/2_kings/18.htm">International Standard Version</a> because they would not obey the voice of the LORD their God. Instead, they transgressed his covenant, including everything that Moses, the servant of the LORD, had commanded, by neither listening nor putting what he had commanded into practice. <a href="/msb/2_kings/18.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> This happened because they did not listen to the voice of the LORD their God, but violated His covenant?all that Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded?and would neither listen nor obey. <a href="/net/2_kings/18.htm">NET Bible</a> This happened because they did not obey the LORD their God and broke his agreement with them. They did not pay attention to and obey all that Moses, the LORD's servant, had commanded. <a href="/nheb/2_kings/18.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> because they did not obey the voice of the LORD their God, but transgressed his covenant, even all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded, and would not hear it, nor do it. <a href="/wbt/2_kings/18.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD their God, but transgressed his covenant, and all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded, and would not hear them, nor do them. <a href="/web/2_kings/18.htm">World English Bible</a> because they didn’t obey Yahweh their God’s voice, but transgressed his covenant, even all that Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded, and would not hear it or do it. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/2_kings/18.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> because that they have not listened to the voice of their God YHWH, and transgress His covenant—all that He commanded Moses, servant of YHWH—indeed, they have not listened nor done [it]. <a href="/ylt/2_kings/18.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> because that they have not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah their God, and transgress His covenant -- all that He commanded Moses, servant of Jehovah -- yea, they have not hearkened nor done it. <a href="/slt/2_kings/18.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Because they heard not to the voice of Jehovah their God, and they will pass by his covenant, all which Moses commanded, the servant of Jehovah, and they heard not and did not.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/2_kings/18.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Because they hearkened not to the voice of the Lord their God, but transgressed his covenant: all that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded, they would not hear nor do. <a href="/cpdv/2_kings/18.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> For they did not listen to the voice of the Lord, their God. Instead, they transgressed his covenant. All that Moses, the servant of the Lord, had instructed, they would neither hear, nor do. <a href="/nabre/2_kings/18.htm">New American Bible</a> This happened because they did not obey the LORD, their God, but violated his covenant; they did not obey nor do all that Moses, the servant of the LORD, commanded. <a href="/nrsvce/2_kings/18.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> because they did not obey the voice of the LORD their God but transgressed his covenant—all that Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded; they neither listened nor obeyed.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/2_kings/18.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Because they did not obey the voice of the LORD their God, but transgressed his covenant and all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded them, and would not hearken nor do them. <a href="/hpbt/2_kings/18.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Because they did not listen to the voice of LORD JEHOVAH their God, and they violated his covenant, and they did not listen to neither did they do all that Moshe the Servant of LORD JEHOVAH had commanded them.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/2_kings/18.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> because they hearkened not to the voice of the LORD their God, but transgressed His covenant, even all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded, and would not hear it, nor do it. <a href="/sep/2_kings/18.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> because they hearkened not to the voice of the Lord their God, and transgressed his covenant, even in all things that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded, and hearkened not to them, nor did them. <a href="/parallel/2_kings/18-12.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FiLs3w_mMFQ?start=6275" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/2_kings/18.htm">Hezekiah Destroys Idolatry in Judah</a> …11The king of Assyria exiled the Israelites to Assyria and settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes. 12<a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">This happened because</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">they did not</a> <a href="/hebrew/8085.htm" title="8085: šā·mə·‘ū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To hear. A primitive root; to hear intelligently.">listen</a> <a href="/hebrew/6963.htm" title="6963: bə·qō·wl (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- Sound, voice. Or qol; from an unused root meaning to call aloud; a voice or sound.">to the voice</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">of the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hê·hem (N-mpc:: 3mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">their God,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5674.htm" title="5674: way·ya·‘aḇ·rū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To pass over, through, or by, pass on. A primitive root; to cross over; used very widely of any transition; specifically, to cover.">but violated</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1285.htm" title="1285: bə·rî·ṯōw (N-fsc:: 3ms) -- A covenant. From barah (like bara'); a compact.">His covenant—</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’êṯ (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/4872.htm" title="4872: mō·šeh (N-proper-ms) -- A great Isr. leader, prophet and lawgiver. From mashah; drawing out, i.e. Rescued; Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver.">Moses</a> <a href="/hebrew/5650.htm" title="5650: ‘e·ḇeḏ (N-msc) -- Slave, servant. From abad; a servant.">the servant</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">of the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/6680.htm" title="6680: ṣiw·wāh (V-Piel-Perf-3ms) -- To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order. A primitive root; to constitute, enjoin.">had commanded—</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">and would neither</a> <a href="/hebrew/8085.htm" title="8085: šā·mə·‘ū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To hear. A primitive root; to hear intelligently.">listen</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">nor</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ‘ā·śū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">obey.</a> <div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/deuteronomy/28-15.htm">Deuteronomy 28:15</a> If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you: <a href="/deuteronomy/28-45.htm">Deuteronomy 28:45-47</a> All these curses will come upon you. They will pursue you and overtake you until you are destroyed, since you did not obey the LORD your God and keep the commandments and statutes He gave you. / These curses will be a sign and a wonder upon you and your descendants forever. / Because you did not serve the LORD your God with joy and gladness of heart in all your abundance, <a href="/deuteronomy/31-16.htm">Deuteronomy 31:16-17</a> And the LORD said to Moses, “You will soon rest with your fathers, and these people will rise up and prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will forsake Me and break the covenant I have made with them. / On that day My anger will burn against them, and I will abandon them and hide My face from them, so that they will be consumed, and many troubles and afflictions will befall them. On that day they will say, ‘Have not these disasters come upon us because our God is no longer with us?’ <a href="/2_kings/17-7.htm">2 Kings 17:7-23</a> All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They had worshiped other gods / and walked in the customs of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites, as well as in the practices introduced by the kings of Israel. / The Israelites secretly did things against the LORD their God that were not right. From watchtower to fortified city, they built high places in all their cities. ... <a href="/2_kings/21-15.htm">2 Kings 21:15</a> because they have done evil in My sight and have provoked Me to anger from the day their fathers came out of Egypt until this day.’” <a href="/jeremiah/11-10.htm">Jeremiah 11:10</a> They have returned to the sins of their forefathers who refused to obey My words. They have followed other gods to serve them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken the covenant I made with their fathers. <a href="/jeremiah/34-18.htm">Jeremiah 34:18-19</a> And those who have transgressed My covenant and have not fulfilled the terms of the covenant they made before Me, I will treat like the calf they cut in two in order to pass between its pieces. / The officials of Judah and Jerusalem, the court officials, the priests, and all the people of the land who passed between the pieces of the calf, <a href="/hosea/9-17.htm">Hosea 9:17</a> My God will reject them because they have not obeyed Him; and they shall be wanderers among the nations. <a href="/amos/2-4.htm">Amos 2:4</a> This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Judah, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they reject the Law of the LORD and fail to keep His statutes; they are led astray by the lies in which their fathers walked. <a href="/nehemiah/9-26.htm">Nehemiah 9:26-27</a> But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies. / So You delivered them into the hands of enemies who oppressed them, and in their time of distress they cried out to You. From heaven You heard them, and in Your great compassion You gave them deliverers who saved them from the hands of their enemies. <a href="/1_kings/9-6.htm">1 Kings 9:6-9</a> But if indeed you or your sons turn away from following Me and do not keep the commandments and statutes I have set before you, and if you go off to serve and worship other gods, / then I will cut off Israel from the land that I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. Then Israel will become an object of scorn and ridicule among all peoples. / And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and will hiss and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’ ... <a href="/2_chronicles/36-15.htm">2 Chronicles 36:15-16</a> Again and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers because He had compassion on them and on His dwelling place. / But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy. <a href="/isaiah/1-2.htm">Isaiah 1:2-4</a> Listen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD has spoken: “I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against Me. / The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master’s manger, but Israel does not know; My people do not understand.” / Alas, O sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children who act corruptly! They have forsaken the LORD; they have despised the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on Him. <a href="/ezekiel/20-13.htm">Ezekiel 20:13</a> Yet the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness. They did not follow My statutes and they rejected My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they utterly profaned My Sabbaths. Then I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and put an end to them in the wilderness. <a href="/psalms/78-10.htm">Psalm 78:10</a> They failed to keep God’s covenant and refused to live by His law.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD their God, but transgressed his covenant, and all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded, and would not hear them, nor do them.they obeyed not<a href="/2_kings/17-7.htm">2 Kings 17:7-23</a> For so it was, that the children of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, which had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods, … <a href="/deuteronomy/8-20.htm">Deuteronomy 8:20</a> As the nations which the LORD destroyeth before your face, so shall ye perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the LORD your God.<a href="/deuteronomy/11-28.htm">Deuteronomy 11:28</a> And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known.Moses<a href="/numbers/12-7.htm">Numbers 12:7</a> My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all mine house.<a href="/deuteronomy/34-5.htm">Deuteronomy 34:5</a> So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD.<a href="/joshua/1-1.htm">Joshua 1:1</a> Now after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD it came to pass, that the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying,<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_kings/17-38.htm">Agreement</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-11.htm">Carried</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-6.htm">Commanded</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-6.htm">Commands</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-38.htm">Covenant</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-14.htm">Ear</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-14.htm">Hear</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-40.htm">Hearkened</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-6.htm">Moses</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-61.htm">Obey</a> <a href="/1_kings/20-36.htm">Obeyed</a> <a href="/2_kings/16-16.htm">Ordered</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-7.htm">Servant</a> <a href="/1_samuel/2-24.htm">Transgress</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-50.htm">Transgressed</a> <a href="/2_samuel/13-22.htm">Violated</a> <a href="/2_kings/11-13.htm">Voice</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_kings/18-31.htm">Agreement</a> <a href="/2_kings/20-17.htm">Carried</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-36.htm">Commanded</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/28-7.htm">Commands</a> <a href="/2_kings/23-2.htm">Covenant</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-28.htm">Ear</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-28.htm">Hear</a> <a href="/2_kings/20-13.htm">Hearkened</a> <a href="/2_kings/21-8.htm">Moses</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/14-4.htm">Obey</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/29-23.htm">Obeyed</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/16-30.htm">Ordered</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-34.htm">Servant</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/10-19.htm">Transgress</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/2-7.htm">Transgressed</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/2-7.htm">Violated</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-28.htm">Voice</a><div class="vheading2">2 Kings 18</div>1. <a href="/2_kings/18-1.htm">Hezekiah's good reign</a> 4. <a href="/2_kings/18-4.htm">He destroys idolatry, and prospers</a> 9. <a href="/2_kings/18-9.htm">The inhabitants of Samaria are carried captive for their sins</a> 13. <a href="/2_kings/18-13.htm">Sennacherib invading Judah, is pacified by a tribute</a> 17. <a href="/2_kings/18-17.htm">Rabshakeh, by blasphemous persuasions, solicits the people to revolt</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Throughout the Old Testament, listening to God's voice is synonymous with obedience and faithfulness (<a href="/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28:1-2</a>). The Israelites' failure to heed God's commands led to their downfall, as seen in the Assyrian conquest of the Northern Kingdom. This highlights the importance of obedience to God's word, a theme echoed in the New Testament (<a href="/james/1-22.htm">James 1:22</a>).but violated His covenant The covenant mentioned here is the Mosaic Covenant, established at Mount Sinai (Exodus 19-24). This covenant was conditional, requiring Israel's obedience in exchange for God's blessings. Violating the covenant meant breaking the laws and commandments given through Moses, which included worshiping other gods and neglecting justice and mercy. The breach of this covenant led to divine judgment, as prophesied in <a href="/leviticus/26.htm">Leviticus 26</a> and <a href="/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28</a>.all that Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded Moses is often referred to as the servant of the LORD, emphasizing his role as a mediator between God and Israel (<a href="/numbers/12-7.htm">Numbers 12:7-8</a>). The commandments given through Moses include the Ten Commandments and various laws governing religious, moral, and social life. These laws were intended to set Israel apart as a holy nation (<a href="/exodus/19-5.htm">Exodus 19:5-6</a>). The Israelites' failure to follow these commands resulted in their exile, fulfilling the warnings given by Moses (<a href="/deuteronomy/28-15.htm">Deuteronomy 28:15-68</a>).and would neither listen nor obey This phrase underscores the persistent rebellion and stubbornness of the Israelites. Listening and obeying are often paired in Scripture to denote true faithfulness (<a href="/1_samuel/15-22.htm">1 Samuel 15:22</a>). The Israelites' refusal to do either led to their punishment and serves as a warning to future generations. This concept is mirrored in the New Testament, where Jesus calls for obedience to His teachings as a sign of true discipleship (<a href="/john/14-15.htm">John 14:15</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a> The people of the Northern Kingdom of Israel who were taken into exile by the Assyrians due to their disobedience to God. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a> The covenant God of Israel who had given them laws and commandments through Moses. 3. <a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a> The servant of the LORD who delivered God's laws and covenant to the Israelites. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_covenant.htm">The Covenant</a> The agreement between God and Israel, which included the laws and commandments given through Moses. 5. <a href="/topical/a/assyrian_exile.htm">Assyrian Exile</a> The event where the Northern Kingdom of Israel was conquered and its people were taken into captivity by the Assyrians as a consequence of their disobedience.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_obedience.htm">The Importance of Obedience</a> Obedience to God's commands is crucial for maintaining a right relationship with Him. The Israelites' failure to obey led to severe consequences, reminding us of the importance of aligning our lives with God's will. <a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_disobedience.htm">The Consequences of Disobedience</a> Disobedience to God’s covenant brings about negative consequences. Just as the Israelites faced exile, we too can face spiritual and practical repercussions when we stray from God's path. <a href="/topical/l/listening_to_god's_voice.htm">Listening to God's Voice</a> Actively listening to God involves more than just hearing; it requires a response of obedience. We should cultivate a heart that is attentive and responsive to God's guidance. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_scripture_in_our_lives.htm">The Role of Scripture in Our Lives</a> Scripture serves as a guide for living in accordance with God's covenant. Regular engagement with the Bible helps us understand and apply God's commands in our daily lives. <a href="/topical/t/the_faithfulness_of_god.htm">The Faithfulness of God</a> Despite Israel's unfaithfulness, God remains faithful to His covenant. This encourages us to trust in God's steadfast love and mercy, even when we fall short.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_kings_18.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Kings 18</a> <a href="/q/why_is_ahaz's_idolatry_less_condemned.htm">Why doesn't 2 Kings 16 emphasize divine judgment on Ahaz's actions as clearly as other Old Testament passages condemn idolatry?</a> <a href="/q/why_was_david's_child_punished.htm">Why did God punish David and Bathsheba's child?</a> <a href="/q/why_insist_on_one_worship_site_in_deut._12_5.htm">In Deuteronomy 12:5, why does the text insist on a single worship location when Israel's central sanctuary seems to have varied or been established later in Jerusalem?</a> <a href="/q/what_is_yahwism_or_a_yahwist.htm">What is Yahwism or a Yahwist?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_kings/18.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(12) Because they obeyed not . . .--Thenius calls this remark, which properly belongs to the historical abstract from which the compiler drew the narrative of <a href="/context/2_kings/18-1.htm" title="Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign.">2Kings 18:1-12</a>, "the theme" which suggested the reflections of <a href="/context/2_kings/17-7.htm" title="For so it was, that the children of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, which had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods,">2Kings 17:7-23</a>. They may have been suggested by passages of the Law and Prophets.And all.--Omit and, with all the versions. "All that Moses . . . commanded" is in apposition with "his covenant."And would not . . . do them.--Literally, and hearkened not, and did not.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_kings/18.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 12. - Because they obeyed not the voice of the Lord their God, but transgressed his covenant, and all that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded, and would not hear them, nor do them (compare the expanded version of this statement in <a href="/2_kings/17-7.htm">2 Kings 17:7-23</a>). The sin of Samaria may be summed up under three heads: (1) disobedience; (2) breach of the covenant; and (3) disregard of Moses, and the other "servants of the Lord." <a href="/commentaries/2_kings/18-12.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>[This happened] because עַ֣ל ׀ (‘al) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against they did not לֹֽא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no listen שָׁמְע֗וּ (šā·mə·‘ū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8085.htm">Strong's 8085: </a> To hear intelligently to the voice בְּקוֹל֙ (bə·qō·wl) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6963.htm">Strong's 6963: </a> A voice, sound of the LORD יְהוָ֣ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3069.htm">Strong's 3069: </a> YHWH their God, אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֔ם (’ĕ·lō·hê·hem) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative but violated וַיַּעַבְרוּ֙ (way·ya·‘aḇ·rū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5674.htm">Strong's 5674: </a> To pass over, through, or by, pass on His covenant— בְּרִית֔וֹ (bə·rî·ṯōw) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1285.htm">Strong's 1285: </a> A covenant all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every that אֲשֶׁ֣ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that Moses מֹשֶׁ֖ה (mō·šeh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4872.htm">Strong's 4872: </a> Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver the servant עֶ֣בֶד (‘e·ḇeḏ) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5650.htm">Strong's 5650: </a> Slave, servant of the LORD יְהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3069.htm">Strong's 3069: </a> YHWH had commanded— צִוָּ֔ה (ṣiw·wāh) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6680.htm">Strong's 6680: </a> To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order and would neither וְלֹ֥א (wə·lō) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no listen שָׁמְע֖וּ (šā·mə·‘ū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8085.htm">Strong's 8085: </a> To hear intelligently nor וְלֹ֥א (wə·lō) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no obey. עָשֽׂוּ׃ (‘ā·śū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> To do, make <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_kings/18-12.htm">2 Kings 18:12 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/2_kings/18-12.htm">2 Kings 18:12 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/2_kings/18-12.htm">2 Kings 18:12 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/2_kings/18-12.htm">2 Kings 18:12 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/2_kings/18-12.htm">2 Kings 18:12 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/2_kings/18-12.htm">2 Kings 18:12 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_kings/18-12.htm">2 Kings 18:12 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_kings/18-12.htm">2 Kings 18:12 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/2_kings/18-12.htm">2 Kings 18:12 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/2_kings/18-12.htm">2 Kings 18:12 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-12.htm">OT History: 2 Kings 18:12 Because they didn't obey the voice (2Ki iiKi ii ki 2 kg 2kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_kings/18-11.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Kings 18:11"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Kings 18:11" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_kings/18-13.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Kings 18:13"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Kings 18:13" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>