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He punished them by handing them over to their attackers until he had banished Israel from his presence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/2_kings/17.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel and afflicted them and gave them into the hand of plunderers, until he had cast them out of his sight.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/2_kings/17.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />So the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel. He afflicted them and delivered them into the hands of plunderers, until He had banished them from His presence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/2_kings/17.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And the LORD rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/2_kings/17.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel, afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of plunderers, until He had cast them from His sight.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/2_kings/17.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />So the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel and afflicted them and handed them over to plunderers, until He had cast them out of His sight.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/2_kings/17.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />The LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel and afflicted them and gave them into the hand of plunderers, until He had cast them out of His sight.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/2_kings/17.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel and afflicted them and gave them into the hand of plunderers, until He had cast them out of His sight.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/2_kings/17.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />So Yahweh rejected all the seed of Israel and afflicted them and gave them into the hand of plunderers, until He had cast them from His presence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/2_kings/17.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />So the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel (Jacob) and [repeatedly] afflicted them and handed them over to plunderers, until He had cast them out of His sight.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/2_kings/17.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />So the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel, punished them, and handed them over to plunderers until he had banished them from his presence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/2_kings/17.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />So the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel, afflicted them, and handed them over to plunderers until He had banished them from His presence. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/2_kings/17.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And Jehovah rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/2_kings/17.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />So the LORD turned his back on everyone in Israel and let them be punished and defeated until no one was left. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/2_kings/17.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And the LORD rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/2_kings/17.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />So the LORD rejected all of Israel's descendants, made them suffer, handed them over to those who looted their property, and finally turned away from Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/2_kings/17.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The LORD rejected all the Israelites, punishing them and handing them over to cruel enemies until at last he had banished them from his sight. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/2_kings/17.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />so the LORD rejected all of the descendants of Israel, afflicted them, and handed them over to the control of plunderers until he had thrown them away from his presence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/2_kings/17.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />So the LORD rejected all of Israel's descendants; he humiliated them and handed them over to robbers, until he had thrown them from his presence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/2_kings/17.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of plunderers, until he had cast them out of his sight.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/2_kings/17.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And the LORD rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/2_kings/17.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />So the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel. He afflicted them and delivered them into the hands of plunderers, until He had banished them from His presence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/2_kings/17.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Yahweh rejected all the offspring of Israel, afflicted them, and delivered them into the hands of raiders, until he had cast them out of his sight. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/2_kings/17.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And YHWH kicks against all the seed of Israel, and afflicts them, and gives them into the hand of spoilers, until He has cast them out of His presence,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/2_kings/17.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And Jehovah kicketh against all the seed of Israel, and afflicteth them, and giveth them into the hand of spoilers, till that He hath cast them out of His presence,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/2_kings/17.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Jehovah will reject in all the seed of Israel, and will afflict them, and he will give them into the hand of plunderers, till he cast them from his face.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/2_kings/17.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And the Lord cast off all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, till he cast them away from his face: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/2_kings/17.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And the Lord cast aside all of the offspring of Israel. And he afflicted them, and he delivered them into the hand of despoilers, until he drove them away from his face,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/2_kings/17.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />So the LORD rejected the entire people of Israel: he afflicted them and delivered them over to plunderers, finally casting them from his presence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/2_kings/17.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />The LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel; he punished them and gave them into the hand of plunderers, until he had banished them from his presence.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/2_kings/17.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel and despised them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/2_kings/17.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And LORD JEHOVAH despised all the seed of Israel, and he despised them and delivered them into the hand of plunderers until he drove them out from before his face.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/2_kings/17.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And the LORD rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until He had cast them out of His sight.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/2_kings/17.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And the Lord was angry with the whole seed of Israel, and troubled them, and gave them into the hand of them that spoiled them, until he cast them out of his presence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/2_kings/17-20.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FiLs3w_mMFQ?start=5903" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/2_kings/17.htm">Israel Exiled Because of Idolatry</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">19</span>and even Judah did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God, but lived according to the customs Israel had introduced. <span class="reftext">20</span><span class="highl"><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.">So the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/3988.htm" title="3988: way·yim·’as (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To spurn, to disappear. A primitive root; to spurn; also to disappear.">rejected</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: bə·ḵāl (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/2233.htm" title="2233: ze·ra‘ (N-msc) -- A sowing, seed, offspring. From zara'; seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity.">the descendants</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">of Israel.</a> <a href="/hebrew/6031.htm" title="6031: way·‘an·nêm (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConsecImperf-3ms:: 3mp) -- To be bowed down or afflicted. A primitive root; to depress literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive.">He afflicted them</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: way·yit·tə·nêm (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms:: 3mp) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">and delivered them</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: bə·yaḏ- (Prep-b:: N-fsc) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">into the hands</a> <a href="/hebrew/8154.htm" title="8154: šō·sîm (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mp) -- To spoil, plunder. Or shasah; a primitive root; to plunder.">of plunderers,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5704.htm" title="5704: ‘aḏ (Prep) -- As far as, even to, up to, until, while. Properly, the same as ad; as far as, whether of space or time or degree.">until</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/7993.htm" title="7993: hiš·lî·ḵām (V-Hifil-Perf-3ms:: 3mp) -- To throw, fling, cast. A primitive root; to throw out, down or away.">He had banished them</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: mip·pā·nāw (Prep-m:: N-cpc:: 3ms) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">from His presence.</a> </span><span class="reftext">21</span>When the LORD had torn Israel away from the house of David, they made Jeroboam son of Nebat king, and Jeroboam led Israel away from following the LORD and caused them to commit a great sin.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/18-11.htm">2 Kings 18:11-12</a></span><br />The 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. / 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/23-27.htm">2 Kings 23:27</a></span><br />For the LORD had said, “I will remove Judah from My sight, just as I removed Israel. I will reject this city Jerusalem, which I chose, and the temple of which I said, ‘My Name shall be there.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/24-2.htm">2 Kings 24:2-3</a></span><br />And the LORD sent Chaldean, Aramean, Moabite, and Ammonite raiders against Jehoiakim in order to destroy Judah, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through His servants the prophets. / Surely this happened to Judah at the LORD’s command, to remove them from His presence because of the sins of Manasseh and all that he had done,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/36-16.htm">2 Chronicles 36:16-17</a></span><br />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. / So He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who put their young men to the sword in the sanctuary, sparing neither young men nor young women, neither elderly nor infirm. God gave them all into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/7-15.htm">Jeremiah 7:15</a></span><br />And I will cast you out of My presence, just as I have cast out all your brothers, all the descendants of Ephraim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/9-17.htm">Hosea 9:17</a></span><br />My God will reject them because they have not obeyed Him; and they shall be wanderers among the nations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/26-33.htm">Leviticus 26:33</a></span><br />But I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out a sword after you as your land becomes desolate and your cities are laid waste.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/28-63.htm">Deuteronomy 28:63-64</a></span><br />Just as it pleased the LORD to make you prosper and multiply, so also it will please Him to annihilate you and destroy you. And you will be uprooted from the land you are entering to possess. / Then the LORD will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/78-59.htm">Psalm 78:59-62</a></span><br />On hearing it, God was furious and rejected Israel completely. / He abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent He had pitched among men. / He delivered His strength to captivity, and His splendor to the hand of the adversary. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/42-24.htm">Isaiah 42:24-25</a></span><br />Who gave Jacob up for spoil, and Israel to the plunderers? Was it not the LORD, against whom we have sinned? They were unwilling to walk in His ways, and they would not obey His law. / So He poured out on them His furious anger and the fierceness of battle. It enveloped them in flames, but they did not understand; it consumed them, but they did not take it to heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/2-5.htm">Lamentations 2:5-7</a></span><br />The Lord is like an enemy; He has swallowed up Israel. He has swallowed up all her palaces and destroyed her strongholds. He has multiplied mourning and lamentation for the Daughter of Judah. / He has laid waste His tabernacle like a garden booth; He has destroyed His place of meeting. The LORD has made Zion forget her appointed feasts and Sabbaths. In His fierce anger He has despised both king and priest. / The Lord has rejected His altar; He has abandoned His sanctuary; He has delivered the walls of her palaces into the hand of the enemy. They have raised a shout in the house of the LORD as on the day of an appointed feast.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/23-18.htm">Ezekiel 23:18</a></span><br />When Oholibah openly prostituted herself and exposed her nakedness, I turned away from her in disgust, just as I had turned away from her sister.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/5-27.htm">Amos 5:27</a></span><br />Therefore I will send you into exile beyond Damascus,” says the LORD, whose name is the God of Hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/21-43.htm">Matthew 21:43</a></span><br />Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/21-24.htm">Luke 21:24</a></span><br />They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive into all the nations. And Jerusalem will be trodden down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And the LORD rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight.</p><p class="hdg">rejected</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/17-15.htm">2 Kings 17:15</a></b></br> And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen that <i>were</i> round about them, <i>concerning</i> whom the LORD had charged them, that they should not do like them.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/15-23.htm">1 Samuel 15:23,26</a></b></br> For rebellion <i>is as</i> the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness <i>is as</i> iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from <i>being</i> king… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/16-1.htm">1 Samuel 16:1</a></b></br> And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.</p><p class="hdg">all the seed</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_chronicles/16-13.htm">1 Chronicles 16:13</a></b></br> O ye seed of Israel his servant, ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/nehemiah/9-2.htm">Nehemiah 9:2</a></b></br> And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/45-25.htm">Isaiah 45:25</a></b></br> In the LORD shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory.</p><p class="hdg">delivered</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/13-3.htm">2 Kings 13:3,7</a></b></br> And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he delivered them into the hand of Hazael king of Syria, and into the hand of Benhadad the son of Hazael, all <i>their</i> days… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/15-18.htm">2 Kings 15:18-20,29</a></b></br> And he did <i>that which was</i> evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not all his days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/18-9.htm">2 Kings 18:9</a></b></br> And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which <i>was</i> the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, <i>that</i> Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it.</p><p class="hdg">until he had cast</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/17-18.htm">2 Kings 17:18</a></b></br> Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/11-12.htm">Deuteronomy 11:12</a></b></br> A land which the LORD thy God careth for: the eyes of the LORD thy God <i>are</i> always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jonah/1-3.htm">Jonah 1:3,10</a></b></br> But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_kings/15-5.htm">Afflicted</a> <a href="/psalms/89-22.htm">Afflicteth</a> <a href="/1_samuel/14-48.htm">Attackers</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-16.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/2_kings/13-3.htm">Delivered</a> <a href="/2_kings/15-12.htm">Descendants</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-13.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/2_kings/13-16.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-19.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/proverbs/10-10.htm">Kicketh</a> <a href="/2_kings/11-1.htm">Offspring</a> <a href="/judges/2-14.htm">Plunderers</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-18.htm">Presence</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-15.htm">Rejected</a> <a href="/2_kings/11-1.htm">Seed</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-18.htm">Sight</a> <a href="/1_samuel/14-48.htm">Spoilers</a> <a href="/2_kings/4-27.htm">Thrust</a> <a href="/2_kings/14-26.htm">Trouble</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_chronicles/21-17.htm">Afflicted</a> <a href="/job/30-11.htm">Afflicteth</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/6-34.htm">Attackers</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-18.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-30.htm">Delivered</a> <a href="/2_kings/20-18.htm">Descendants</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-23.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-39.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-21.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/psalms/78-59.htm">Kicketh</a> <a href="/2_kings/20-18.htm">Offspring</a> <a href="/isaiah/17-14.htm">Plunderers</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-23.htm">Presence</a> <a href="/2_kings/23-27.htm">Rejected</a> <a href="/2_kings/25-25.htm">Seed</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-23.htm">Sight</a> <a href="/psalms/137-3.htm">Spoilers</a> <a href="/2_kings/24-20.htm">Thrust</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-3.htm">Trouble</a><div class="vheading2">2 Kings 17</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/17-1.htm">Hoshea the Last King of Israel</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/17-3.htm">Being subdued by Shalmaneser, he conspires against him with So, king of Egypt</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/17-5.htm">Samaria for sinning is led into captivity</a></span><br><span class="reftext">24. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/17-24.htm">The strange nations transplanted into Samaria make a mixture of religions.</a></span><br></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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The rejection is a culmination of persistent idolatry and disobedience to God's covenant, as detailed in the preceding chapters. Historically, this refers to the period leading up to the Assyrian conquest in 722 BC. Theologically, it reflects the consequences of breaking the covenant established at Sinai (Exodus 19-24). The rejection is not merely a temporary punishment but a severing of the special relationship, echoing the warnings given by prophets like Hosea and Amos.<p><b>He afflicted them</b><br>The affliction mentioned here can be understood as a series of calamities and hardships that befell Israel due to their unfaithfulness. This includes military defeats, economic hardships, and social turmoil. Theologically, affliction is often used as a tool for correction and repentance, as seen in <a href="/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28</a>, where blessings and curses are outlined based on Israel's obedience or disobedience.<p><b>and delivered them into the hands of plunderers,</b><br>This phrase describes the military invasions and subsequent oppression by foreign powers, primarily the Assyrians. The Assyrians were known for their brutal tactics and deportation policies, which were part of God's judgment. This aligns with the covenant curses in <a href="/leviticus/26.htm">Leviticus 26</a> and <a href="/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28</a>, where God warns of foreign domination as a consequence of disobedience. Theologically, it serves as a reminder of God's sovereignty over nations and His use of them to fulfill His purposes.<p><b>until He had banished them from His presence.</b><br>The banishment from God's presence signifies the exile of the Northern Kingdom. In biblical terms, being in God's presence is associated with blessing and protection, as seen in the temple in Jerusalem. The exile represents a loss of identity and divine favor, paralleling the expulsion from Eden (Genesis 3). This phrase also foreshadows the eventual exile of Judah and serves as a warning to remain faithful to God. Theologically, it points to the need for a new covenant, ultimately fulfilled in Jesus Christ, who restores the broken relationship between God and humanity.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The covenant God of Israel, who is just and righteous in His dealings with His people.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/d/descendants_of_israel.htm">Descendants of Israel</a></b><br>Refers to the Northern Kingdom of Israel, consisting of the ten tribes that separated from Judah after Solomon's reign.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/p/plunderers.htm">Plunderers</a></b><br>Invading forces, particularly the Assyrians, who were used by God as instruments of judgment against Israel.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/b/banished_from_his_presence.htm">Banished from His Presence</a></b><br>The exile of the Northern Kingdom, a significant event where the Israelites were removed from the Promised Land due to their persistent idolatry and disobedience.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/a/assyrian_exile.htm">Assyrian Exile</a></b><br>The historical event in 722 BC when the Assyrians conquered the Northern Kingdom and deported many Israelites.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_seriousness_of_idolatry.htm">The Seriousness of Idolatry</a></b><br>Idolatry is a grave sin that leads to separation from God. We must guard our hearts against modern forms of idolatry, such as materialism or self-worship.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_disobedience.htm">The Consequences of Disobedience</a></b><br>Persistent disobedience to God's commands results in His discipline. We should strive to live in obedience to God's Word to avoid spiritual and physical consequences.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_righteous_judgment.htm">God's Righteous Judgment</a></b><br>God's judgment is always just and righteous. Understanding His character helps us trust His decisions, even when they involve discipline.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_repentance.htm">The Importance of Repentance</a></b><br>Repentance is crucial in restoring our relationship with God. We should regularly examine our lives and turn away from sin.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness_to_his_covenant.htm">God's Faithfulness to His Covenant</a></b><br>Despite Israel's unfaithfulness, God remains faithful to His covenant. This encourages us to rely on His promises and faithfulness in our lives.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_kings_17.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Kings 17</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/father's_past_actions'_effects.htm">What are the consequences of a father's past actions?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/2_kings_17_34-39__why_did_god_reject_israel.htm">2 Kings 17:34–39 – If God’s covenant with Israel was everlasting, how does the text reconcile this with the assertion that He “rejected all the descendants of Israel?”</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_the_discrepancy_on_jehoshaphat's_actions.htm">In 1 Kings 22:43, why does the text imply Jehoshaphat removed high places when 2 Chronicles 20:33 suggests otherwise?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_history_confirm_edom's_lasting_hate.htm">If Ezekiel 35:5 describes Edom's 'perpetual hatred,' does historical record support such an unbroken hostility?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_kings/17.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(20) <span class= "bld">And the Lord rejected all the seed of Israel.</span>--Thenius prefers the reading of the LXX. "and rejected the Lord (as in the last clause of <a href="/2_kings/17-19.htm" title="Also Judah kept not the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.">2Kings 17:19</a>), and the Lord, was angry with all the seed of Israel," &c. It thus becomes plain that the writer goes back to <a href="/2_kings/17-18.htm" title="Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only.">2Kings 17:18</a>, after the parenthesis relating to Judah. "Israel" is used in the narrow sense in those verses.<p><span class= "bld">Into</span> <span class= "bld">the</span> <span class= "bld">hand of spoilers</span>--<span class= "ital">e.g.,</span> the Syrians (<a href="/2_kings/10-32.htm" title="In those days the LORD began to cut Israel short: and Hazael smote them in all the coasts of Israel;">2Kings 10:32</a>;) and the Assyrians (<a href="/2_kings/15-19.htm" title="And Pul the king of Assyria came against the land: and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand.">2Kings 15:19</a>; <a href="/2_kings/15-29.htm" title="In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abelbethmaachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.">2Kings 15:29</a>; <a href="/2_kings/17-3.htm" title="Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and gave him presents.">2Kings 17:3</a>. The writer probably remembered <a href="/judges/2-14.htm" title="And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies.">Judges 2:14</a>. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_kings/17.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 20.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And the Lord rejected all the seed of Israel.</span> God is no respecter of persons. As he had rejected the ten tribes on account of certain transgressions, which have been enumerated (vers. 8-17), so, when Judah committed the self-same sins, and transgressed equally, Judah had equally to be rejected. "<span class="accented">All</span> the seed of Israel" is the entire nation - Israel in the widest sense, made up of Judah and of Israel in the narrow sense. So Keil, rightly. <span class="cmt_word">And afflicted them</span> - by the hands of Sargon, and Sennacherib, and Esarhaddon (<a href="/2_chronicles/33-11.htm">2 Chronicles 33:11</a>), and Pharaoh-Nechoh, and others - <span class="cmt_word">and delivered them into the hands of spoilers.</span> The "spoilers" intended are probably, first, the "bands of the Chaldees, and of the Syrians, and of the Moabites, and of the children of Ammon," who were let loose upon Judaea by Nebuchadnezzar when Jehoiakim rebelled against him (<a href="/2_kings/24-2.htm">2 Kings 24:2</a>), and secondly Nebuchadnezzar himself and Nebuzaradan, who completed the spoliation of the country, and plundered Jerusalem itself, to punish the revolts of Jehoiachid and Zedekiah (<a href="/2_kings/24-13.htm">2 Kings 24:13-16</a> and 2 Kings 25:8-21), when all the treasures of the temple were carried off. <span class="cmt_word">Until he had cast them out of his sight</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> until he had punished Judah as he had previously punished Israel (ver. 18), which was what justice required. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/2_kings/17-20.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">So the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֜ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">rejected</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּמְאַ֨ס</span> <span class="translit">(way·yim·’as)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3988.htm">Strong's 3988: </a> </span><span class="str2">To spurn, to disappear</span><br /><br /><span class="word">all</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּכָל־</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ḵāl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the descendants</span><br /><span class="heb">זֶ֤רַע</span> <span class="translit">(ze·ra‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2233.htm">Strong's 2233: </a> </span><span class="str2">Seed, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Israel.</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׂרָאֵל֙</span> <span class="translit">(yiś·rā·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> </span><span class="str2">Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc</span><br /><br /><span class="word">He afflicted them</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיְעַנֵּ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(way·‘an·nêm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6031.htm">Strong's 6031: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be bowed down or afflicted</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and delivered them</span><br /><span class="heb">וַֽיִּתְּנֵ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(way·yit·tə·nêm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> </span><span class="str2">To give, put, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">into the hands</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּיַד־</span> <span class="translit">(bə·yaḏ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> </span><span class="str2">A hand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of plunderers,</span><br /><span class="heb">שֹׁסִ֑ים</span> <span class="translit">(šō·sîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8154.htm">Strong's 8154: </a> </span><span class="str2">To spoil, plunder</span><br /><br /><span class="word">until</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁ֥ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">He had banished them</span><br /><span class="heb">הִשְׁלִיכָ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(hiš·lî·ḵām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7993.htm">Strong's 7993: </a> </span><span class="str2">To throw out, down, away</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from His presence.</span><br /><span class="heb">מִפָּנָֽיו׃</span> <span class="translit">(mip·pā·nāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> </span><span class="str2">The face</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_kings/17-20.htm">2 Kings 17:20 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/2_kings/17-20.htm">2 Kings 17:20 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/2_kings/17-20.htm">2 Kings 17:20 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/2_kings/17-20.htm">2 Kings 17:20 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/2_kings/17-20.htm">2 Kings 17:20 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/2_kings/17-20.htm">2 Kings 17:20 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_kings/17-20.htm">2 Kings 17:20 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_kings/17-20.htm">2 Kings 17:20 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/2_kings/17-20.htm">2 Kings 17:20 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/2_kings/17-20.htm">2 Kings 17:20 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/2_kings/17-20.htm">OT History: 2 Kings 17:20 Yahweh rejected all the seed of Israel (2Ki iiKi ii ki 2 kg 2kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_kings/17-19.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Kings 17:19"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Kings 17:19" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_kings/17-21.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Kings 17:21"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Kings 17:21" /></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>