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2 Reyes 17:9
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Y los hijos de Israel secretamente hicieron cosas que no eran rectas contra el Señor su Dios. Además se edificaron lugares altos en todas sus ciudades, desde las torres de atalaya hasta las ciudades fortificadas.
Kings 17:9"> 9 Y como los hijos de Israel paliasen cosas no rectas contra Jehová su Dios, edificándose altos en todas sus ciudades, desde las torres de las atalayas hasta las ciudades fuertes,
y como los hijos de Israel paliasen cosas no rectas contra el SEÑOR su Dios, edificándose altos en todas sus ciudades, desde las torres de las atalayas hasta las ciudades fuertes,
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
secretly: Deuteronomy 13:6, Deuteronomy 27:15, Job 31:27, Ezekiel 8:12
from the tower: 2 Kings 18:8, Hosea 12:11
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 14:23 - groves 2 Kings 23:19 - the houses Jeremiah 32:30 - children Ezekiel 33:29 - because Habakkuk 2:1 - tower
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were not right against the Lord their God,.... As being partly conscious to themselves that they were not right, and ashamed to commit them openly; and partly as foolishly imagining, that, being done privately, they were not seen and observed of God, having imbibed some atheistical notions of him, that he was not omniscient, or saw not, and had forsaken the earth; or they "covered" g these actions of theirs under reigned and plausible pretences, that what they did they were obliged to by their kings, and with political views, and that they worshipped the true God in the calves; but these were coverings too thin not to be seen through:
and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city; not content with those built in former times, they built new ones; and these not in their metropolis only, but in all the cities of the kingdom; and not in large cities only, but in every town and village between one fortified city and another; even wherever there was a watch tower erected, either for shepherds to watch their flocks, or for keepers of gardens, orchards, and vineyards, to watch the fruits of them, that they were not taken away.
g ××פ×× "occultaverunt", Montanus, Vatablus, Grotius; "palliaverunt", Piscator.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Literally, the words run thus - âAnd the children of Israel concealed (or âdissembledâ) words which were not so concerning the Lord their God;â the true meaning of which probably is, the Israelites cloaked or covered their idolatry with the pretence that it was a worship of Yahweh: they glossed it over and dissembled toward God, instead of openly acknowledging their apostasy.
From the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city - This phrase was probably a proverbial expression for universality, meaning strictly; âalike in the most populous and in the most desolate regions.â âTowers of watchmenâ were built for the protection of the flocks and herds which were pastured in waste and desert places 2Ch 26:10; 2 Chronicles 27:4.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 2 Kings 17:9. Did secretly those things — There was much hidden iniquity and private idolatry among them, as well as public and notorious crimes.
From the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city. — That is, the idolatry was universal; every place was made a place for some idolatrous rite or act of worship; from the largest city to the smallest village, and from the public watchtower to the shepherd's cot.
