2 Kings 17:1

2Ki 17:1-6. Hoshea's Wicked Reign. 1. In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, began Hoshea ... to reign--The statement in 2Ki 15:30 may be reconciled with the present passage in the following manner: Hoshea conspired against Pekah in the twentieth year of the latter, which was the eighteenth of Jotham's reign. It was two years before Hoshea was acknowledged king of Israel, that is, in the fourth of Ahaz, and twentieth of Jotham. In the twelfth year of Ahaz his reign began to be tranquil and prosperous [Calmet].

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Introduction

Hoshea's wicked reign, 2Kgs 17:1, 2Kgs 17:2. Shalmaneser comes up against him, makes him tributary, and then casts him into prison, 2Kgs 17:3, 2Kgs 17:4. He besieges Samaria three years; and at last takes it, and carries Israel captive into Assyria, and places them in different cities of the Assyrians and Medes, 2Kgs 17:5, 2Kgs 17:6. The reason why Israel was thus afflicted; their idolatry, obstinacy, divination, etc., 2Kgs 17:7-18. Judah copies the misconduct of Israel, 2Kgs 17:19. The Lord rejects all the seed of Israel, 2Kgs 17:20-23. The king of Assyria brings different nations and places them in Samaria, and the cities from which the Israelites had been led away into captivity, 2Kgs 17:24. Many of these strange people are destroyed by lions, 2Kgs 17:25. The king of Assyria sends back some of the Israelitish priests to teach these nations the worship of Jehovah; which worship they incorporate with their own idolatry, 2Kgs 17:26-33. The state of the Israelites, and strange nations in the land of Israel, 2Kgs 17:34-41.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

When the measure of sin is filled up, the Lord will forbear no longer. The inhabitants of Samaria must have endured great affliction. Some of the poor Israelites were left in the land. Those who were carried captives to a great distance, were mostly lost among the nations.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain