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They followed the practices Israel had introduced.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/2_kings/17.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />But even the people of Judah refused to obey the commands of the LORD their God, for they followed the evil practices that Israel had introduced.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/2_kings/17.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Judah also did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the customs that Israel had introduced.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/2_kings/17.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />and even Judah did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God, but lived according to the customs Israel had introduced.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/2_kings/17.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Also Judah kept not the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/2_kings/17.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Also Judah did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/2_kings/17.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Judah did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God either, but they followed the customs which Israel had introduced.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/2_kings/17.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Also Judah did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the customs which Israel had introduced.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/2_kings/17.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Also Judah did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the customs which Israel had introduced.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/2_kings/17.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Also Judah did not keep the commandments of Yahweh their God, but walked in the statutes which Israel had made.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/2_kings/17.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Judah did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God either, but walked in the customs which Israel introduced.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/2_kings/17.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Even Judah did not keep the commands of the LORD their God but lived according to the customs Israel had practiced.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/2_kings/17.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Even Judah did not keep the commands of the LORD their God but lived according to the customs Israel had introduced.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/2_kings/17.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Also Judah kept not the commandments of Jehovah their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/2_kings/17.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />but they also disobeyed the LORD's commands and acted like the Israelites. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/2_kings/17.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Also Judah kept not the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/2_kings/17.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Even Judah didn't obey the commands of the LORD their God but lived according to Israel's customs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/2_kings/17.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />But even the people of Judah did not obey the laws of the LORD their God; they imitated the customs adopted by the people of Israel. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/2_kings/17.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />But Judah, too, did not keep the commands of the LORD their God. Instead, they lived the lifestyle that Israel had chosen, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/2_kings/17.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />and even Judah did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God, but lived according to the customs Israel had introduced.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/2_kings/17.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Judah also failed to keep the commandments of the LORD their God; they followed Israel's example.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/2_kings/17.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Also Judah did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/2_kings/17.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Also Judah kept not the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/2_kings/17.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Also Judah didn’t keep the commandments of Yahweh their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/2_kings/17.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Also Judah has not kept the commands of their God YHWH, and they walk in the statutes of Israel that they had made.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/2_kings/17.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Also Judah hath not kept the commands of Jehovah their God, and they walk in the statutes of Israel that they had made.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/2_kings/17.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Also Judah watched not the commands of Jehovah their God, and they will go in the laws of Israel which they made.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/2_kings/17.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />But neither did Juda itself keep the commandments of the Lord their God: but they walked in the errors of Israel, which they had wrought. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/2_kings/17.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />But even Judah did not keep the commandments of the Lord, their God. Instead, they walked in the errors of Israel, which they had wrought.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/2_kings/17.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Even the people of Judah did not keep the commandments of the LORD, their God, but followed the rites practiced by Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/2_kings/17.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Judah also did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God but walked in the customs that Israel had introduced.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/2_kings/17.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Also the children of Judah did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel who had done that which is evil in the sight of the LORD and provoked him to anger all the days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/2_kings/17.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Also, the children of Yehuda did not keep the commandments of LORD JEHOVAH their God, and they walked in the law of Israel which had done evil before LORD JEHOVAH, and they angered him all the days<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/2_kings/17.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Also Judah kept not the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they practised.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/2_kings/17.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Nay even Juda kept not the commandments of the Lord their God, but they walked according to the customs of Israel which they practised, and rejected the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/2_kings/17-19.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FiLs3w_mMFQ?start=5893" 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">18</span>So the LORD was very angry with Israel, and He removed them from His presence. Only the tribe of Judah remained, <span class="reftext">19</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1571.htm" title="1571: gam- (Conj) -- Also, moreover, yea. ">and even</a> <a href="/hebrew/3063.htm" title="3063: yə·hū·ḏāh (N-proper-ms) -- From yadah; celebrated; Jehudah, the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory.">Judah</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.">did not</a> <a href="/hebrew/8104.htm" title="8104: šā·mar (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To keep, watch, preserve. A primitive root; properly, to hedge about, i.e. Guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.">keep</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/4687.htm" title="4687: miṣ·wōṯ (N-fpc) -- Commandment. From tsavah; a command, whether human or divine.">the commandments</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/1980.htm" title="1980: way·yê·lə·ḵū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">but lived</a> <a href="/hebrew/2708.htm" title="2708: bə·ḥuq·qō·wṯ (Prep-b:: N-fpc) -- Something prescribed, an enactment, statute. Feminine of choq, and meaning substantially the same.">according to the customs</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.">Israel</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/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.">had introduced.</a> </span><span class="reftext">20</span>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.…<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/18-12.htm">2 Kings 18:12</a></span><br />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/21-15.htm">2 Kings 21:15</a></span><br />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.’”<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_chronicles/36-14.htm">2 Chronicles 36:14-16</a></span><br />Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and the people multiplied their unfaithful deeds, following all the abominations of the nations, and they defiled the house of the LORD, which He had consecrated in Jerusalem. / 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/3-8.htm">Jeremiah 3:8-10</a></span><br />She saw that because faithless Israel had committed adultery, I gave her a certificate of divorce and sent her away. Yet that unfaithful sister Judah had no fear and prostituted herself as well. / Indifferent to her own infidelity, Israel had defiled the land and committed adultery with stones and trees. / Yet in spite of all this, her unfaithful sister Judah did not return to Me with all her heart, but only in pretense,” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/7-24.htm">Jeremiah 7:24-26</a></span><br />Yet they did not listen or incline their ear, but they followed the stubborn inclinations of their own evil hearts. They went backward and not forward. / From the day your fathers came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have sent you all My servants the prophets again and again. / Yet they would not listen to Me or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and did more evil than their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/11-10.htm">Jeremiah 11:10</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/13-10.htm">Jeremiah 13:10</a></span><br />These evil people, who refuse to listen to My words, who follow the stubbornness of their own hearts, and who go after other gods to serve and worship them, they will be like this loincloth—of no use at all.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/16-11.htm">Jeremiah 16:11-13</a></span><br />Then you are to answer them: ‘It is because your fathers have forsaken Me, declares the LORD, and followed other gods, and served and worshiped them. They abandoned Me and did not keep My instruction. / And you have done more evil than your fathers. See how each of you follows the stubbornness of his evil heart instead of obeying Me. / So I will cast you out of this land into a land that neither you nor your fathers have known. There you will serve other gods day and night, for I will show you no favor.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/23-11.htm">Ezekiel 23:11</a></span><br />Her sister Oholibah saw this, yet in her lust and prostitution she was more depraved than her sister.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/4-15.htm">Hosea 4:15-17</a></span><br />Though you prostitute yourself, O Israel, may Judah avoid such guilt! Do not journey to Gilgal, do not go up to Beth-aven, and do not swear on oath, ‘As surely as the LORD lives!’ / For Israel is as obstinate as a stubborn heifer. Can the LORD now shepherd them like lambs in an open meadow? / Ephraim is joined to idols; leave him alone!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/5-5.htm">Hosea 5:5</a></span><br />Israel’s arrogance testifies against them; Israel and Ephraim stumble in their iniquity; even Judah stumbles with them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/6-10.htm">Hosea 6:10</a></span><br />In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing: Ephraim practices prostitution there, and Israel is defiled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/8-14.htm">Hosea 8:14</a></span><br />Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; Judah has multiplied its fortified cities. But I will send fire upon their cities, and it will consume their citadels.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-37.htm">Matthew 23:37</a></span><br />O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Also Judah kept not the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.</p><p class="hdg">also Judah</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/14-22.htm">1 Kings 14:22,23</a></b></br> And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all that their fathers had done… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_chronicles/21-11.htm">2 Chronicles 21:11,13</a></b></br> Moreover he made high places in the mountains of Judah, and caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit fornication, and compelled Judah <i>thereto</i>… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/2-28.htm">Jeremiah 2:28</a></b></br> But where <i>are</i> thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for <i>according to</i> the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.</p><p class="hdg">walked</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/8-18.htm">2 Kings 8:18,27</a></b></br> And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife: and he did evil in the sight of the LORD… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/16-3.htm">2 Kings 16:3</a></b></br> But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_kings/17-16.htm">Commandments</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-16.htm">Commands</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-8.htm">Customs</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-15.htm">Followed</a> <a href="/2_kings/12-2.htm">Guided</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-8.htm">Introduced</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-18.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-18.htm">Judah</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-18.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/2_kings/5-13.htm">Orders</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-8.htm">Practices</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-8.htm">Practised</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-8.htm">Rules</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-15.htm">Statutes</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-8.htm">Walk</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-8.htm">Walked</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_kings/17-34.htm">Commandments</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-37.htm">Commands</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-33.htm">Customs</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/8-30.htm">Followed</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/32-22.htm">Guided</a> <a href="/acts/24-2.htm">Introduced</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-20.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-1.htm">Judah</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-6.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-35.htm">Orders</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-40.htm">Practices</a> <a href="/2_kings/21-6.htm">Practised</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-37.htm">Rules</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-34.htm">Statutes</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-22.htm">Walk</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-22.htm">Walked</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'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading"><a href="/study/2_kings/17.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></div><b>and even Judah</b><br />The phrase "and even Judah" highlights the surprising and disappointing nature of Judah's actions. Historically, Judah was the southern kingdom, often seen as more faithful compared to the northern kingdom of Israel. The Hebrew word for Judah, "יְהוּדָה" (Yehudah), means "praised" or "celebrated," which adds a layer of irony to their failure. This phrase sets the stage for understanding that Judah, despite its heritage and the presence of the Temple in Jerusalem, was not immune to the same spiritual failings as Israel.<p><b>did not keep</b><br />The phrase "did not keep" is derived from the Hebrew word "שָׁמַר" (shamar), meaning to guard, watch, or preserve. This word implies a deliberate neglect or failure to protect something valuable. In this context, it underscores Judah's failure to guard the commandments, which were meant to be a source of life and blessing. The use of "did not keep" suggests a conscious choice to abandon their covenantal responsibilities.<p><b>the commandments of the LORD their God</b><br />This phrase refers to the divine laws given by God to the Israelites, encapsulated in the Torah. The Hebrew word for commandments, "מִצְוֹת" (mitzvot), signifies directives meant to guide the moral and spiritual life of the people. The use of "the LORD their God" emphasizes the personal relationship and covenant between God (YHWH) and Judah. It is a reminder of the unique identity and calling of the people of Judah, who were to be a light to the nations through their obedience.<p><b>but walked in the customs</b><br />The phrase "but walked in the customs" indicates a lifestyle or habitual practice. The Hebrew word for "walked," "הָלַךְ" (halak), often signifies one's manner of life or conduct. This suggests that Judah adopted a way of life contrary to God's commandments. The term "customs" refers to practices or traditions, often associated with the surrounding pagan nations. This highlights the influence of cultural assimilation and the abandonment of distinctiveness as God's people.<p><b>Israel had introduced</b><br />This phrase points to the northern kingdom of Israel, which had established its own religious practices contrary to God's commandments. The Hebrew word for "introduced," "עָשָׂה" (asah), means to make or do, indicating that these customs were actively created and implemented. Historically, Israel's introduction of idolatrous practices, such as the worship of golden calves, set a precedent that Judah unfortunately followed. This serves as a cautionary tale about the dangers of compromising one's faith and the ripple effect of disobedience.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_kings/17.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(19) <span class= "bld">Also Judah kept not</span> <span class= "bld">. . .</span>--Judah was no real or permanent exception to the sins and punishment of Israel; she imitated the apostasy of her sister-kingdom, and was visited with a similar penalty.<p><span class= "bld">The statutes of Israel which they made.</span>--See Note on <a href="/2_kings/17-8.htm" title="And walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they had made.">2Kings 17:8</a> <span class= "ital">supra,</span> and comp. <a href="/micah/6-16.htm" title="For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and you walk in their counsels; that I should make you a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore you shall bear the reproach of my people.">Micah 6:16</a>, "the statutes of Omri." According to <a href="/2_kings/8-27.htm" title="And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil in the sight of the LORD, as did the house of Ahab: for he was the son in law of the house of Ahab.">2Kings 8:27</a>; <a href="/2_kings/16-3.htm" title="But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yes, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel.">2Kings 16:3</a>, Ahaziah and Ahaz especially favoured the idolatry practised in the northern kingdom. The example of her more powerful neighbour exercised a fatally powerful spell upon Judah.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_kings/17.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 19.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Also Judah kept not the commandments of the Lord their God.</span> The sharp contrast which the writer has drawn between Israel and Judah in ver. 18 reminds him that the difference was only for a time. Judah followed in Israel's sins, and ultimately shared in her punishment. This verso and the next are parenthetic. <span class="cmt_word">But walked in the statutes of Israel which they made</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> followed Israel in all her evil courses, first in her Baal-worship, under Jehoram, Ahaziah, and Athaliah; then in her other malpractices under Ahaz (<a href="/2_kings/16-3.htm">2 Kings 16:3, 4</a>), Manasseh (<a href="/2_kings/21-2.htm">2 Kings 21:2-9</a>), and Amen (<a href="/2_kings/21-20.htm">2 Kings 21:20-22</a>). Of course, the calf-worship is excepted, Judah having no temptation to follow Israel in that. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/2_kings/17-19.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">and even</span><br /><span class="heb">גַּם־</span> <span class="translit">(gam-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1571.htm">Strong's 1571: </a> </span><span class="str2">Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Judah</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוּדָ֕ה</span> <span class="translit">(yə·hū·ḏāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3063.htm">Strong's 3063: </a> </span><span class="str2">Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites</span><br /><br /><span class="word">did not</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹ֣א</span> <span class="translit">(lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">keep</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁמַ֔ר</span> <span class="translit">(šā·mar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8104.htm">Strong's 8104: </a> </span><span class="str2">To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the commandments</span><br /><span class="heb">מִצְוֺ֖ת</span> <span class="translit">(miṣ·wōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4687.htm">Strong's 4687: </a> </span><span class="str2">Commandment</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֣ה</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">their God,</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·lō·hê·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><br /><span class="word">but lived</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיֵּ֣לְכ֔וּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yê·lə·ḵū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, come, walk</span><br /><br /><span class="word">according to the customs</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּחֻקּ֥וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ḥuq·qō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2708.htm">Strong's 2708: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something prescribed, an enactment, statute</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Israel</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל</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">had introduced.</span><br /><span class="heb">עָשֽׂוּ׃</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·śū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_kings/17-19.htm">2 Kings 17:19 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/2_kings/17-19.htm">2 Kings 17:19 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/2_kings/17-19.htm">2 Kings 17:19 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/2_kings/17-19.htm">2 Kings 17:19 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/2_kings/17-19.htm">2 Kings 17:19 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/2_kings/17-19.htm">2 Kings 17:19 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_kings/17-19.htm">2 Kings 17:19 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_kings/17-19.htm">2 Kings 17:19 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/2_kings/17-19.htm">2 Kings 17:19 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/2_kings/17-19.htm">2 Kings 17:19 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/2_kings/17-19.htm">OT History: 2 Kings 17:19 Also Judah didn't keep the commandments (2Ki iiKi ii ki 2 kg 2kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_kings/17-18.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Kings 17:18"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Kings 17:18" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_kings/17-20.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Kings 17:20"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Kings 17:20" /></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>