2 Kings 17 · Verse 19

2 Kings 17:19

Also Judah kept not the commandments of the Lord their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.
2 Kings 17:19, King James Version

2 Kings 17:19 in other translations

BSBand even Judah did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God, but lived according to the customs Israel had introduced.
WEBAlso Judah didn’t keep the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.
ASVAlso Judah kept not the commandments of Jehovah their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.
YLTAlso Judah hath not kept the commands of Jehovah their God, and they walk in the statutes of Israel that they had made.
DARBYAlso Judah kept not the commandments of Jehovah their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they had made.
BBE(But even Judah did not keep the orders of the Lord their God, but were guided by the rules which Israel had made.
WebsterAlso Judah kept not the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.

What does 2 Kings 17:19 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 17:19 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.

גַּם\־gam-alsoH1571
יְהוּדָ֕הye.hu.DahJudahH3063
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808
שָׁמַ֔רsha.Marit keptH8104
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
מִצְוֹ֖תmitz.Vot[the] commandments ofH4687
יְהוָ֣הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֑ם'e.lo.hei.HemGod theirH430
וַיֵּ֣לְכ֔וּvai.Ye.le.Khuand they walkedH1980
בְּחֻקּ֥וֹתbe.chu.Kotin [the] customs ofH2708
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH834
עָשֽׂוּ\׃'a.Suthey had doneH6213

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Cross references for 2 Kings 17:19

  • 2 Kings 16:3

    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.

  • 1 Kings 14:22-23

    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. For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.

  • 2 Chronicles 21:11

    Moreover he made high places in the mountains of Judah, and caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit fornication, and compelled Judah thereto.

  • Jeremiah 3:8-11

    And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also. And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks. And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the Lord. And the Lord said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah.

  • Ezekiel 16:51-52

    Neither hath Samaria committed half of thy sins; but thou hast multiplied thine abominations more than they, and hast justified thy sisters in all thine abominations which thou hast done. Thou also, which hast judged thy sisters, bear thine own shame for thy sins that thou hast committed more abominable than they: they are more righteous than thou: yea, be thou confounded also, and bear thy shame, in that thou hast justified thy sisters.

  • 2 Chronicles 21:13

    But hast walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and hast made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to go a whoring, like to the whoredoms of the house of Ahab, and also hast slain thy brethren of thy father’s house, which were better than thyself:

  • Ezekiel 23:4-13

    And the names of them were Aholah the elder, and Aholibah her sister: and they were mine, and they bare sons and daughters. Thus were their names; Samaria is Aholah, and Jerusalem Aholibah. And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbours, Which were clothed with blue, captains and rulers, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding upon horses. Thus she committed her whoredoms with them, with all them that were the chosen men of Assyria, and with all on whom she doted: with all their idols she defiled herself. …

  • Jeremiah 2:28

    But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.

  • 2 Kings 8:18

    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.

  • Ezekiel 22:2-16

    Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? yea, thou shalt shew her all her abominations. Then say thou, Thus saith the Lord God, The city sheddeth blood in the midst of it, that her time may come, and maketh idols against herself to defile herself. Thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed; and hast defiled thyself in thine idols which thou hast made; and thou hast caused thy days to draw near, and art come even unto thy years: therefore have I made thee a reproach unto the heathen, and a mocking to all countries. Those that be near, and those that be far from thee, shall mock thee, which art infamous and much vexed. …

  • 2 Kings 8:27

    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.

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Also Judah.
1Ki 14:22,23; 2Ch 21:11,13; Jer 2:28; 3:8-11; Eze 16:51,52
Eze 22:2-16; 23:4-13
walked.
8:18,27; 16:3

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Context

  • 2 Kings 17:18

    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.

  • 2 Kings 17:19

    Also Judah kept not the commandments of the Lord their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.

  • 2 Kings 17:20

    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.

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2 Kings 17:19 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Mas ni aun Judá guardó los mandamientos de Jehová su Dios; antes anduvieron en los estatutos de Israel, los cuales habían ellos hecho.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et Juda non plus ne garda pas les commandements de l’ Éternel, son Dieu; et ils marchèrent dans les statuts qu’Israël avait établis.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Auch Juda beobachtete nicht die Gebote Jehovas, seines Gottes; und sie wandelten in den Satzungen Israels, die es gemacht hatte.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Sed nec ipse Juda custodivit mandata Domini Dei sui: verum ambulavit in erroribus Israël, quos operatus fuerat.