2 Kings 17:7

A Summary of Israel’s Sinful History

17:7 This happened because the Israelites sinned against the Lord their God, who brought them up from the land of Egypt and freed them from the power of ¹  Pharaoh king of Egypt. They worshiped ²  other gods;

2 Kings 18:12

18:12 This happened because they did not obey ³  the Lord their God and broke his agreement with them. ⁴  They did not pay attention to and obey all that Moses, the Lord’s servant, had commanded. ⁵ 

2 Kings 24:20

24:20 What follows is a record of what happened to Jerusalem and Judah because of the Lord’s anger; he finally threw them out of his presence. ⁶  Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

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¹ tn Heb “and from under the hand of.” The words “freed them” are added in the translation for stylistic reasons.

² tn Heb “feared.”

³ tn Heb “listen to the voice of.”

⁴ tn Heb “his covenant.”

⁵ tn Heb “all that Moses, the Lord’s servant, had commanded, and they did not listen and they did not act.”

⁶ tn Heb “Surely [or, ‘for’] because of the anger of the Lord this happened in Jerusalem and Judah until he threw them out from upon his face.”