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J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

2 Kings 17:19

Even Judah, kept not the commandments of Yahweh their God, - but walked in the statutes of Israel, which they had made.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Assyria;   Babylon;   Judgments;   Scofield Reference Index - Israel;   The Topic Concordance - Disobedience;   Fear;   Following;   Idolatry;   Rejection;   Unbelief;   Vanity;   Worship;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Idolatry;   Sins, National;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Captivity;   Egypt;   Shalmaneser;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Amos, Theology of;   Persecution;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Samaritans;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Idol;   Kings, the Books of;   Phoenice;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Dan;   High Place;   Host of Heaven;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Israel;   Samaria;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Shalmanezer;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Captivity;   Hezekiah;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Israel;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Kings, Books of;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Even Judah did not keep the commands of the Lord their God but lived according to the customs Israel had practiced.
Hebrew Names Version
Also Yehudah didn't keep the mitzvot of the LORD their God, but walked in the statutes of Yisra'el which they made.
King James Version
Also Judah kept not the commandments of the Lord their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.
English Standard Version
Judah also did not keep the commandments of the Lord their God, but walked in the customs that Israel had introduced.
New Century Version
But even Judah did not obey the commands of the Lord their God. They did what the Israelites had done,
New English Translation
Judah also failed to keep the commandments of the Lord their God; they followed Israel's example.
Amplified Bible
Judah did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God either, but walked in the customs which Israel introduced.
New American Standard Bible
Judah did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God either, but they followed the customs which Israel had introduced.
World English Bible
Also Judah didn't keep the commandments of Yahweh their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Yet Iudah kept not the commandements of the Lord their God, but walked according to the facion of Israel, which they vsed.
Legacy Standard Bible
Also Judah did not keep the commandments of Yahweh their God, but walked in the statutes which Israel had made.
Berean Standard Bible
and even Judah did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God, but lived according to the customs Israel had introduced.
Contemporary English Version
but they also disobeyed the Lord 's commands and acted like the Israelites.
Complete Jewish Bible
(However, neither did Y'hudah obey the mitzvot of Adonai their God; rather they lived according to the customs of Isra'el.)
Darby Translation
Also Judah kept not the commandments of Jehovah their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they had made.
Easy-to-Read Version
But even the people of Judah did not obey the commands of the Lord their God. They lived just as the Israelites had.
George Lamsa Translation
Also the children of Judah did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel who had done that which is evil in the sight of the LORD and provoked him to anger all the days.
Good News Translation
But even the people of Judah did not obey the laws of the Lord their God; they imitated the customs adopted by the people of Israel.
Lexham English Bible
Even Judah did not keep the commands of Yahweh their God, and they walked in the customs of Israel which they introduced,
Literal Translation
Also Judah did not keep the commands of Jehovah their God, and they walked in the statutes of Israel that they had made.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Nether dyd Iuda kepe the commaundemetes of the LORDE their God, but walked after the customes of Israel, which they dyd.
American Standard Version
Also Judah kept not the commandments of Jehovah their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.
Bible in Basic English
(But even Judah did not keep the orders of the Lord their God, but were guided by the rules which Israel had made.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Neuerthelesse, Iuda also kept not the commaundementes of the Lorde their God, but walked in the ceremonies of Israel whiche they made.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Also Judah kept not the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they practised.
King James Version (1611)
Also Iudah kept not the Commandements of the Lord their God, but walked in the Statutes of Israel which they made.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Nay even Juda kept not the commandments of the Lord their God, but they walked according to the customs of Israel which they practised, and rejected the Lord.
English Revised Version
Also Judah kept not the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But nether Juda hym silf kepte the heestis of `his Lord God, netheles he erride, and yede in the errour of Israel, whiche it wrouyte.
Young's Literal Translation
Also Judah hath not kept the commands of Jehovah their God, and they walk in the statutes of Israel that they had made.
Update Bible Version
Also Judah did not keep the commandments of Yahweh their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.
Webster's Bible Translation
Also Judah kept not the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.
New King James Version
Also Judah did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.
New Living Translation
But even the people of Judah refused to obey the commands of the Lord their God, for they followed the evil practices that Israel had introduced.
New Life Bible
Even Judah did not keep the Laws of the Lord their God. They walked in the ways which Israel had started.
New Revised Standard
Judah also did not keep the commandments of the Lord their God but walked in the customs that Israel had introduced.
Douay-Rheims Bible
But neither did Juda itself keep the commandments of the Lord, their God: but they walked in the errors of Israel, which they had wrought.
Revised Standard Version
Judah also did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the customs which Israel had introduced.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Also Judah did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the customs which Israel had introduced.

Contextual Overview

7 And thus it came to pass that Israel sinned against Yahweh their God, who brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, - yea they did reverence to other gods; 8 and walked in the statutes of the nations, whom Yahweh had dispossessed from before the sons of Israel, - and in the statutes of the kings of Israel, which they had made. 9 And the sons of Israel did, secretly, things which were not right, against Yahweh their God, - and built for themselves high places in all their cities, from the watchmen's tower, to the fortified city. 10 And they set up for themselves pillars and Sacred Stems, upon every high hill, and under every green tree; 11 and burned incense there, in all the high places, like the nations whom Yahweh drave out from before them, - and did things that were wicked, so as to provoke Yahweh to anger; 12 and they served the manufactured gods, as to which Yahweh had said to them, Ye shall not do this thing. 13 And Yahweh testified against Israel and against Judah, through all his prophets - every one who had a vision, saying - Turn ye from your wicked ways, and keep my commandments, my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers; and which I sent unto you through my servants the prophets. 14 Howbeit they hearkened not, - but stiffened their neck, like the neck of their fathers, who trusted not in Yahweh their God; 15 but rejected his statutes, and his covenant, which he solemnised with their fathers, and his testimonies wherewith he testified against them, - and followed vanity, and became vain, and followed the nations that were round about them, as to whom Yahweh charged them, so that they should not do like them. 16 But they forsook all the commandments of Yahweh their God, and made for themselves something molten - two calves, and made a Sacred Stem, and bowed themselves down to all the army of the heavens, and served Baal;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Also Judah: 1 Kings 14:22, 1 Kings 14:23, 2 Chronicles 21:11, 2 Chronicles 21:13, Jeremiah 2:28, Jeremiah 3:8-11, Ezekiel 16:51, Ezekiel 16:52, Ezekiel 22:2-16, Ezekiel 23:4-13

walked: 2 Kings 8:18, 2 Kings 8:27, 2 Kings 16:3

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 27:15 - and putteth 2 Kings 18:6 - kept 2 Chronicles 12:1 - all Israel 2 Chronicles 17:4 - not after Jeremiah 14:19 - utterly Ezekiel 23:13 - that they Hosea 4:15 - yet Hosea 5:5 - Judah Hosea 12:2 - and will Amos 2:4 - Judah

Cross-References

Genesis 17:2
That I may set my covenant betwixt me and thee, And may multiply thee, exceedingly.
Genesis 17:3
And Abram fell on his face, - and God spake with him, saying:
Genesis 17:6
And I will make thee fruitful, exceedingly, and grant thee to be nations, - Yea kings, out of thee, shall come forth;
Genesis 17:9
And God said unto Abraham, But, as for thee, my covenant, must thou keep, thou and thy seed after thee, to their generations: -
Genesis 17:10
This, is my covenant which ye shall keep, betwixt me and you, and thy seed after thee, - To circumcise to you every male:
Genesis 17:13
He must surely be circumcised, born of thy house or bought with thy silver, - So shall my covenant be in your flesh for an age-abiding covenant.
Genesis 17:14
But, as for the uncircumcised male who shall not be circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, - that person shall be cut off from among his people, - my covenant, hath he made void.
Genesis 17:16
and I will bless her, yea moreover will give - from her - to thee, a son, - And I will bless her, and she shall become nations. Kings of peoples, from her, shall arise.
Genesis 17:17
And Abraham fell on his face and laughed, - and said in his heart To one a hundred years old, shall a child be born? And shall even Sarah, who is ninety years old, give birth?
Genesis 17:20
Yet as for Ishmael, I have heard thee; o! I have blessed trim and will make him fruitful, and multiply him, exceedingly, - twelve princes, shall he beget, and I will grant him to be a great nation;

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Also Judah kept not the commandments of the Lord their God,.... But were infected with the idolatry of the ten tribes, and drawn into it by their example, and persisted therein, notwithstanding what befell the ten tribes; which are aggravations of the sins of them both, see Jeremiah 3:7,

but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made; worshipping the calves as they did, particularly in the times of Ahaz, he setting the example, see 2 Kings 16:3.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

This verse and the next are parenthetical. Here again, as in 2 Kings 17:13, the writer is led on from his account of the sins and punishment of the Israelites to glance at the similar sins and similar punishment of the Jews.

It was the worst reproach which could be urged against any Jewish king, that he “walked in the way of the kings of Israel” 2Ki 8:18; 2 Kings 16:3; 2 Chronicles 21:6; 2 Chronicles 28:2. The Baal worship is generally the special sin at which the phrase is leveled; but the meaning here seems to be wider. Compare Micah 6:16.


 
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