2 Kings 17

2. There is but one omnipotent power. If there be two omnipotents, then we must always suppose a contest between these two; that which one would do, the other power being equal would oppose, and so all things would be brought into a confusion. If a ship should have two pilots of…

Nor can the Amorites or Canaanites plead herein any hard measure. For, the same God, dealt afterward in the same justice with his own people, giving the kingdom of Judah to the Chaldeans, and Israel to the Assyrians: and the cause is laid down most memorably in the story; When t…

This is one of the external acts, whereby the idolater shows the esteem of his heart, so (Jeremiah 2:27), saying to a stock, you are my Father; and to a stone, you have brought me forth. So under serving sacrifice is comprehended (2 Kings 17:35). You shall not fear other gods, n…

We need not stand to debate much about the verb 'To gather,' because it signifies nothing else but that the slaughter shall be like a harvest, which being once ended, others are permitted to glean the ears which lie scattered. For after that the ten tribes had been led captives,…

13. Where is the King of Hamath, and the King of Arpad, and the King of the Cities of Sepharvaim, Henah, and Ivah? Mention is made of Gozan, in (2 Kings 17:6). And from there we may gather that it was a city of the Medes, although others affirm that it was situated in another co…

For after Ahaz had called the Assyrians to help him, Rezin was slain by them (2 Kings 16:9). Pekah king of Israel died soon after, that is to wit, in the twelfth year of king Ahaz: and Hoshea the son of Ela reigned in his stead (2 Kings 17:1). Before the children then which shou…

Where he says "before, and behind," it answers to the common manner of speech, so as we need not seek a new or strange exposition. Let us learn by this example what it is to put confidence in the power of men, and in confederacies with princes, and especially when we grow secure…

So of godly Sorrow for Sin, as in Pharaoh, Saul, and Ahab, and the Children of Israel in the Wilderness; Exodus 9:27, 1 Samuel 24:16, 17, and 26:21, 1 Kings 21:27, Numbers 14:39, 40. And of the Fear of God, as in the Samaritans, who feared the Lord, and served their own Gods at…

The Church of Israel was continually prone to these Abominations; so that scarcely a Generation passed, or very few, wherein the Body of the People did not more or less defile themselves with them. To wean and recover them from this Sin was the Principal End of the Preaching of…

And sometimes in an extraordinary way it breaks forth for their supply. So you find in 2 Kings 17. 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14. the Cruse and Barrel sail not. Mr. Samuel Clarke, in the Life of that painful and humble servant of Christ Mr. John Fox, records a memorable Instance of Prov…

Secondly, That we must have the Lord Jehovah for our God: Which forbids idolatry. Thirdly, That we must have the only true God the Lord Jehovah alone for our God: And this forbids Polytheism, or the worshipping of many gods; and Samaritanism, or the worshipping of false gods tog…

But God does make account, that that soul is not at all for him, that is not altogether for him, and not for another. Those nations feared not the Lord that joined their serving idols, with fearing the true God (2 Kings 17:33-34). There can no more be two chief delights in one h…

"I will not rend away all the kingdom: but will give one tribe to thy son, for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake, which I have chosen," and so verses 32, 36. So when the ten tribes were carried captive, it is said, there was none left but the tribe of Judah only:…

And now I have done my endeavor to give your former Mercies and Promises a Resurrection in your Consciences; Oh that you would sit down and pause s[•] while upon these things, and then reflect upon the past Mercies of your lives, and on what has past between God and your Souls,…

Section 24. Thus God who himself began the writing of the Word with his own finger, Exodus 31:11; after he had spoken it Exodus 20; appointing or approving the writing of the rest that followed, Deuteronomy 31:12; Joshua 23:6; 1 Kings 2:3; 2 Kings 14:6; 2 Kings 17:13; 1 Chronicl…

Now this obedience is no obedience, for as he that does not love God above all, does not love God at all; so he that does not obey all the commands universally, cannot be said to obey any command truly. It is said of those in Samaria, that they feared the Lord, and served their…

The heart will apologize for sin, masking over bad transactions with golden pretences. The heart will tell a man he may keep his sin and keep his religion too (2 Kings 17:33): they feared the Lord and served their own gods. The heart will secretly suggest that as long as a man g…