2 Kings 17:1
In the twelfth year of Achaz king of Juda, Osee the son of Ela reigned in Samaria over Israel nine years.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
2And he did evil before the Lord: but not as the kings of Israel that had been before him.
Cross References
2 Kings 16:1In the seventeenth year of Phacee the son of Romelia reigned Achaz the son of Joatham king of Juda.
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 →