2 Kings 17 · Verse 12

2 Kings 17:12

For they served idols, whereof the Lord had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing.
2 Kings 17:12, King James Version

2 Kings 17:12 in other translations

BSBThey served idols, although the LORD had told them, “You shall not do this thing.”
WEBand they served idols, of which the LORD had said to them, “You shall not do this thing.”
ASVand they served idols, whereof Jehovah had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing.
YLTand serve the idols, of which Jehovah said to them, ‘Ye do not do this thing;'
DARBYand they served idols, as to which Jehovah had said to them, Ye shall not do this thing.
BBEAnd they made themselves servants of disgusting things, though the Lord had said, You are not to do this.
WebsterFor they served idols, of which the LORD had said to them, Ye shall not do this thing.

What does 2 Kings 17:12 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Kings 17:7-23

Though the destruction of the kingdom of the ten tribes was but briefly related, it is in these verses largely commented upon, and the reasons of it given. It was destruction from the Almighty: the Assyrian was but the rod of his anger, Is 10:5. Those that bring sin into a country or family, bring a plague into it, and will have to answer for all the mischief that follows. And vast as the outward wickedness of the…

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2 Kings 17:12 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיַּֽעַבְד֖וּvai.ya.'av.Duand they servedH5647
הַגִּלֻּלִ֑יםha.gi.lu.Limthe idolsH1544
אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherwhichH834
אָמַ֤ר'a.Marhe had saidH559
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3068
לָהֶ֔םla.Hemto them
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808
תַעֲשׂ֖וּta.'a.Suyou must doH6213
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַדָּבָ֥רha.da.Varthe thingH1697
הַזֶּֽה\׃ha.Zeh<the> thisH2088

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Kings 17:12

  • Exodus 20:3-5

    Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;

  • Deuteronomy 4:23-25

    Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the Lord your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which the Lord thy God hath forbidden thee. For the Lord thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God. When thou shalt beget children, and children’s children, and ye shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, and shall do evil in the sight of the Lord thy God, to provoke him to anger:

  • Deuteronomy 12:4

    Ye shall not do so unto the Lord your God.

  • Leviticus 26:1

    Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the Lord your God.

  • Exodus 34:14

    For thou shalt worship no other god: for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:

  • Deuteronomy 4:15-19

    Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the Lord spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire: Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female, The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air, The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth: …

  • Deuteronomy 5:7-9

    Thou shalt have none other gods before me. Thou shalt not make thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth: Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me,

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whereof.
Ex 20:3-5; 34:14; Le 26:1; De 4:19; 5:7-9
Ye shall not.
De 4:15-19,23-25; 12:4

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Context

  • 2 Kings 17:11

    And there they burnt incense in all the high places, as did the heathen whom the Lord carried away before them; and wrought wicked things to provoke the Lord to anger:

  • 2 Kings 17:12

    For they served idols, whereof the Lord had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing.

  • 2 Kings 17:13

    Yet the Lord testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets.

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2 Kings 17:12 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Pues servían á los ídolos, de los cuales Jehová les había dicho: Vosotros no habéis de hacer esto;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et ils servirent les idoles, au sujet desquelles l’ Éternel leur avait dit: Vous ne ferez point cela.
German
Elberfelder 1871		und sie dienten den Götzen, von denen Jehova ihnen gesagt hatte: Solches sollt ihr nicht tun!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et coluerunt immunditias de quibus præcepit eis Dominus ne facerent verbum hoc.