2 Kings 17:1
In the twelfth year of Ahaz, king of Judah, Hoshea, the son of Elah, became king over Israel in Samaria, ruling for nine years.
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2He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, though not like the kings of Israel before him.
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2 Kings 16:1In the seventeenth year of Pekah, the son of Remaliah, Ahaz, the son of Jotham, became king of Judah.
Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 17:1
This chapter gives us an account of the captivity of the ten tribes, and so finishes the history of that kingdom, after it had continued about 265 years, from the setting up of Jeroboam the son of Nebat. In it we have, I. A short narrative of this destruction, ver. 1-6 . II. Remarks upon it, and the causes of it, for the justifying of God in it and for warning to others, ver. 7-23 . III. An account of the nations which succeeded them in the possession of their land, and the mongrel religion set up among them, ver.… Read the whole commentary →