2 Kings 17:25 KJV
And so it was at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they feared not the LORD: therefore the LORD sent lions among them, which slew some of them.
Matthew Henry
- The nations placed in the land of IsraelThe terror of the Almighty will sometimes produce a forced or feigned submission in unconverted men; like those brought from different countries to inhabit...
Thompson Chains
- GodlessSee the chain from Job 34:9 · 10 links
- God's JudgmentsSee the chain from Exodus 6:6 · 10 links
- Lions (1)See the chain from Judges 14:5 · 6 links
Cross References
- 2 Kings 17:32 So they feared the LORD, and made unto themselves of the lowest of them priests of the high places, which sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places.
- 2 Kings 17:34 Unto this day they do after the former manners: they fear not the LORD, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law and commandment which the LORD commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel;
- 2 Kings 17:41 So these nations feared the LORD, and served their graven images, both their children, and their children's children: as did their fathers, so do they unto this day.
- Joshua 22:25 For the LORD hath made Jordan a border between us and you, ye children of Reuben and children of Gad; ye have no part in the LORD: so shall your children make our children cease from fearing the LORD.
- 1 Kings 13:24 And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him: and his carcase was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, the lion also stood by the carcase.
- 1 Kings 20:36 Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of the LORD, behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion shall slay thee. And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and slew him.
- 2 Kings 2:24 And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.
- 2 Kings 17:28 Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelt in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear the LORD.
- Jeremiah 5:6 Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.
- Jeremiah 10:7 Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee.
- Jeremiah 15:3 And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the LORD: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy.
- Ezekiel 14:15 If I cause noisome beasts to pass through the land, and they spoil it, so that it be desolate, that no man may pass through because of the beasts:
- Ezekiel 14:21 For thus saith the Lord GOD; How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast?
- Daniel 6:26 I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God, and stedfast for ever, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed, and his dominion shall be even unto the end.
- Jonah 1:9 And he said unto them, I am an Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the God of heaven, which hath made the sea and the dry land.
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Topics
- Apharsachites General scriptures concerning Apharsachites
- Apharsathchites General scriptures concerning Apharsathchites
- Apharsites General scriptures concerning Apharsites
- Assyria Shalmaneser
- Cuth A district of Asia, from which colonists were transported to Samaria
- Israel The city of Samaria captured, and the people carried to Assyria
- Judgments Into the hands of the Assyrians
- Lion Sent as judgment upon the Samaritans
- Samaria Foreign colonies distributed among the cities of, by the king of Assyria
Kings of Israel & Judah
- HosheaKing of Israel · 731–721 BC
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible721 BC · Samaria Taken
Bible Dictionary
- LordThere are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered.
Hebrew and Strong’s
- And so it was at the beginning וַיְהִי wayhî Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine singular · with and בִּתְחִלַּת bitḥillat תְּחִלָּה Noun · feminine singular construct · with preposition
- of their dwelling שִׁבְתָּם šibtām יָשַׁב Verb · qal infinitive construct · with suffix: third person masculine plural
- there, that they feared שָׁם šām Adverb יָרְאוּ yārĕʾww יָרֵא Verb · qal perfect, third person common plural
- not the LORD לֹא lōʾ Negative אֶת ʾet Object marker יְהוָה yhwh יְהֹוָה Proper name
- therefore the LORD יְהוָה yhwh יְהֹוָה Proper name
- sent וַיְשַׁלַּח wayšallaḥ שָׁלַח Verb · piel sequential imperfect, third person masculine singular · with and
- lions בָּהֶם bāhem Preposition · with suffix: third person masculine plural אֶת ʾet Object marker הָאֲרָיוֹת hāʾărāyôt אֲרִי Noun · masculine plural · with the
- among them, which slew וַיִּהְיוּ wayyihyû Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine plural · with and הֹרְגִים hōrĕgîm הָרַג Verb · qal active participle, masculine plural בָּהֶם bāhem Preposition · with suffix: third person masculine plural
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