1,2 A.M. 3274 B.C. 730 3,4 Being subdued by Shalmaneser, he conspires against him with So, king of Egypt 5-23 Samaria for sinning is led into captivity 24-41 The strange nations which were transplanted into Samaria being plagued with lions, make a mixture of religions.

A.M. 3274 B.C. 730
In the twelfth
In ch. 15:30, this is said to be `the twentieth year of Jotham,' which Calmet thus reconciles: `Hosea conspired against Pekah, the 20th year of the reign of this prince, which was the 18th of Jotham, king of Judah. Two years after this, that is, the 4th of Ahaz and the 20th of Jotham, Hosea made himself master of a part of the kingdom, according to ch. 15:30 Finally, the 12th year of Ahaz, Hosea had peaceable possession of the whole kingdom, agreeably to ch 17:1.'

Hoshea. `After an interregnum,' 2Ki 15:30 18:9

2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, but not as the kings of Israel that were before him.

but not as the kings 2Ki 3:2 10:31 13:2,11 15:9 18:24 2Ch 30:5-11

3 Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and gave him presents.

Shalmaneser This was the son and successor of Tiglath-pileser: he reigned 14 years, from A.M. 3276 to 3290 2Ki 18:9 Ho 10:14

Shalman
king of Assyria 2Ki 15:19,29 16:7 18:13 19:36,37 Isa 7:7,8 10:5,6,11,12

and Hoshea 2Ki 16:8 18:14-16,31

gave [heb] rendered
presents. or, tribute 2Sa 8:2,6

4 And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.

A.M. 3279 B.C. 725
found conspiracy 2Ki 24:1,20 Eze 17:13-19

king of Egypt 2Ki 18:21 Isa 30:1-4 31:1-3 Eze 17:15

brought 2Ki 18:14,15

bound him 2Ki 25:7 2Ch 32:11 Ps 149:7,8

5 Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.

A.M. 3281-3283 B.C. 723-721
the king 2Ki 18:9

three years 2Ki 25:1-3 Jer 52:4,5

6 In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.

A.M. 3283 B.C. 721
the king of Assyria 2Ki 18:10,11 Ho 1:6,9 13:16

foretold
carried Le 26:32,33,38 De 4:25-28 28:36,64 29:27,28 30:18 1Ki 14:15,16 Am 5:27

Halah 2Ki 19:12 1Ch 5:26 Isa 37:12,13

the Medes Isa 13:17 21:2 Da 5:28

7 For so it was, that the children of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, which had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods,

sinned De 31:16,17,29 32:15 Jos 23:16 Jud 2:14-17 2Ch 36:14-16 Ne 9:26 Ps 106:35-41 Eze 23:2 Ho 4:1-3 8:5-14

the Lord 2Ki 16:2 1Ki 11:4 15:3 2Ch 36:5

which had Ex 20:2

and had feared 2Ki 17:35 Jer 10:5

8 And walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they had made.

walked 2Ki 16:3,10 21:2 Le 18:3,27-30 De 12:30,31 18:9 1Ki 12:28 16:31-33 16:31-33 21:26 Ps 106:35 Jer 10:2

of the kings of Israel Ho 5:11 Mic 6:16

9 And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were not right against the LORD their God, and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.

secretly De 13:6 27:15 Job 31:27 Eze 8:12

from the tower 2Ki 18:8 Ho 12:11

10 And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree:

they set 2Ki 16:4 Ex 34:13 Le 26:1 1Ki 14:23 Isa 57:5

images [heb] statues
groves De 16:21 Mic 5:14

in every 2Ki 16:4 1Ki 14:23 De 12:2,3

11 And there they burnt incense in all the high places, as did the heathen whom the LORD carried away before them; and wrought wicked things to provoke the LORD to anger:

burnt 1Ki 13:1 2Ch 28:25 Jer 44:17

to provoke 2Ki 21:6 Ps 78:56-58

12 For they served idols, whereof the LORD had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing.

whereof Ex 20:3-5 34:14 Le 26:1 De 4:19 5:7-9

Ye shall not De 4:15-19,23-25 12:4

13 Yet the LORD testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets.

testified De 8:19 31:21 Ne 9:29,30 Ps 50:7 81:8,9 Jer 42:19 Ac 20:21

and against 2Ch 36:15,16 Jer 3:8-11 Ho 4:15

all [heb] the hand of all De 4:26 Jos 23:16 Jud 6:10 10:11-14 1Sa 12:7-15 Isa 1:5-15,21-24 Jer 5:29-31 Zec 1:3-6

seers 1Sa 9:9 1Ch 29:29

Turn ye Isa 1:16-20 55:6,7 Jer 7:3-7 18:11 25:4,5 35:15 Eze 18:31 Ho 14:1 2Pe 3:9

keep Jer 7:22,23 26:4-6

14 Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the LORD their God.

but hardened De 31:27 2Ch 36:13 Pr 29:1 Isa 48:4 Jer 7:26 Ro 2:4,5 Heb 3:7,8

did not believe De 1:32 Ps 78:22,32 106:24 Heb 3:12

15 And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen that were round about them, concerning whom the LORD had charged them, that they should not do like them.

they rejected Jer 8:9

his covenant Ex 24:6-8 De 29:10-15,25,26 Jer 31:32

testimonies De 6:17,18 2Ch 36:15,16 Ne 9:26,29,30 Jer 4:4,23

vanity De 32:21,31 1Sa 12:21 1Ki 16:13 Ps 115:8 Jer 10:8,15 Joh 2:8

became vain Jer 2:5 Ro 1:21-23 1Co 8:4

concerning whom 2Ki 17:8,11,12 De 12:30,31 2Ch 33:2,9

16 And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.

molten images Ex 32:4,8 1Ki 12:28 Ps 106:18-20 Isa 44:9,10

a grove 2Ki 17:20 1Ki 14:15,23 15:13 16:33

worshipped De 4:19 Jer 8:2

Baal 2Ki 10:18-28 11:18 1Ki 16:31 22:53

17 And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.

they caused 2Ki 16:3 21:6 Le 18:21 2Ch 28:3 Ps 106:37,38 Eze 20:26,31 23:37,39

used 2Ki 21:6 De 18:10-12 2Ch 33:6 Isa 8:19 47:9,12,13 Jer 27:9 Mic 5:12 Ac 16:16 Ga 5:26

sold 1Ki 21:20,25 Isa 50:1

in the sight 2Ki 17:11 21:6

18 Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only.

removed 2Ki 13:23 23:27 De 29:20-28 32:21-26 Jos 23:13,15 Jer 15:1 Ho 9:3

the tribe 1Ki 11:13,32,36 12:20 Ho 11:12

19 Also Judah kept not the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.

also Judah 1Ki 14:22,23 2Ch 21:11,13 Jer 2:28 3:8-11 Eze 16:51,52 22:2-16 23:4-13

walked 2Ki 8:18,27 16:3

20 And the LORD rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight.

rejected 2Ki 17:15 1Sa 15:23,26 16:1 Jer 6:30 Ro 11:1,2

all the seed 1Ch 16:13 Ne 9:2 Isa 45:25 Jer 31:36,37 33:24-26 46:28

delivered 2Ki 13:3,7 15:18-20,29 18:9 2Ch 28:5,6 Ne 9:27,28

until he had cast 2Ki 17:18 De 11:12 Jon 1:3,10 Mt 25:41 2Th 1:9

21 For he rent Israel from the house of David; and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drave Israel from following the LORD, and made them sin a great sin.

For he rent 1Ki 11:11,31 14:8 Isa 7:17

they made 1Ki 12:19,20 2Ch 10:15-19

Jeroboam drave 1Ki 12:19,20 2Ch 10:15-19

Jeroboam drave 1Ki 12:20,28-30 14:16 2Ch 11:11,15

a great sin Ge 20:9 Ex 32:21 1Sa 2:17,24 Ps 25:11 Joh 19:11

22 For the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they departed not from them;

walked in all the sins 2Ki 3:3 10:29,31 13:2,6,11 15:9

23 Until the LORD removed Israel out of his sight, as he had said by all his servants the prophets. So was Israel carried away out of their own land to Assyria unto this day.

the Lord 2Ki 17:18,20

as he had said 2Ki 17:13 1Ki 13:2 14:16 Ho 1:4-9 Am 5:27 Mic 1:6

So was Israel 2Ki 17:6 18:11,12

24 And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel: and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.

A.M. 3326 B.C. 678
the king Ezr 4:2-10

Babylon 2Ki 17:30 2Ch 33:11

Ava 2Ki 17:31 18:31 Isa 37:13

Ivah
Hamath 2Ki 19:13 Isa 10:9 36:19

in the cities thereof 2Ki 17:6 Mt 10:5

25 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.

they feared 2Ki 17:28,32,34,41 Jos 22:25 Jer 10:7 Da 6:26 Jon 1:9

the Lord sent 2Ki 2:24 1Ki 13:24 20:36 Jer 5:6 15:3 Eze 14:15,21

26 Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations which thou hast removed, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner of the God of the land: therefore he hath sent lions among them, and, behold, they slay them, because they know not the manner of the God of the land.

and placed 2Ki 17:24

know not 2Ki 17:27 1Sa 8:9 10:25 Am 8:14

27 Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry thither one of the priests whom ye brought from thence; and let them go and dwell there, and let him teach them the manner of the God of the land.

one of the priests Jud 17:13 1Ki 12:31 13:2 2Ch 11:15

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.

in Bethel 1Ki 12:29-32

taught them Isa 29:13 Mt 15:14

29 Howbeit every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities wherein they dwelt.

made gods Ps 115:4-8 135:15-18 Isa 44:9-20 Jer 10:3-5 Ho 8:5,6 Mic 4:5 Ro 1:23

30 And the men of Babylon made Succothbenoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima,

Babylon 2Ki 17:24

Succoth benoth Succoth benoth, literally `the tents of the daughters'

Cuth Cuth is probably the Cush watered by the Gihon, or Araxes, now Aras (Ge 2:13) the ancient country of the Scythians, where we meet with Quittians, Coethians, of Coetae, and Cytheans, and the cities of Cotatis, Cetemane, Dythanum, Cyta, Cethena, etc.

Nergal Supposed to denote the solar orb; the emblem of which, according to the Rabbins, was a cock.

Ashima Jarchi says this idol was of the form of a goat.

31 And the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt their children in fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.

the Avites 2Ki 17:24 Ezr 4:9

Nibhaz Supposed to be the same as the Anubis of the Egyptians; and was in form partly a dog and partly a man.

burnt their children 2Ki 17:17 Le 18:21 De 12:28,31

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.

made unto themselves 1Ki 12:31 13:33

the houses 2Ki 17:29 23:19 1Ki 13:31

33 They feared the LORD, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations whom they carried away from thence.

They feared 2Ki 17:41 1Ki 18:21 Ho 10:2 Zep 1:5 Mt 6:24 Lu 16:13

whom they carried, etc. or, who carried them away from thence. The new inhabitants of the land imitated the idolatrous Israelites, by associating their idols with jehovah, as the objects of worship. The remainder, however, of the verses seem to relate to the Israelites after they were carried captive. They still persevered in idolatry and disobedience; and not being purified, were left to be consumed in the furnace. it is said that the Israelites `did not fear the Lord,' yet the heathens, who followed their example, are said `to have feared the Lord.' The Israelites did not so much as fear the wrath of Almighty god; but, on the other hand, the poor pagans feared the power of his wrath, and to avert it paid some ignorant worship, according to the wretched instructions given them. as this was an external acknowledgement of his power and God-head, and a homage paid to him,he was pleased in consequence to withdraw his judgements from them.--SCOTT

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;

fear not 2Ki 17:25,27,28,33

whom he named israel Ge 32:28 33:20 35:10 1Ki 11:31 18:11 Isa 48:11

35 With whom the LORD had made a covenant, and charged them, saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them:

With whom 2Ki 17:15 Ex 19:5,6 24:6-8 De 29:10-15 Jer 31:31-34 Heb 8:6-13

charged them Ex 20:4,5 34:12-17 De 4:23-27 13:1 Jos 23:7,16

fear other gods Jud 6:10 Jer 10:5

36 But the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power and a stretched out arm, him shall ye fear, and him shall ye worship, and to him shall ye do sacrifice.

a stretched Ex 6:6 9:15 Jer 32:21 Ac 4:30

him shall ye fear Le 19:32 De 6:13 10:20 12:5,6,11,12 Mt 10:28 Re 15:4

37 And the statutes, and the ordinances, and the law, and the commandment, which he wrote for you, ye shall observe to do for evermore; and ye shall not fear other gods.

the statutes Le 19:37 De 4:4,45 5:31-33 6:1,2 12:32 1Ch 29:19 Ps 19:8-11 105:44,45

wrote for you De 31:9,11 Ne 9:13,14

and ye shall not 2Ki 17:35

38 And the covenant that I have made with you ye shall not forget; neither shall ye fear other gods.

ye shall not forget De 4:23 6:12 8:14-18

39 But the LORD your God ye shall fear; and he shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.

the Lord 2Ki 17:36 1Sa 12:24 Isa 8:12-14 Jer 10:7 Mt 10:28 Lu 1:50

he shall deliver Ne 9:27 Lu 1:71,74,75

40 Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner.

they did not Jer 13:23

but they did 2Ki 17:8,12,34 De 4:28

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.

these nations 2Ki 17:32,33 Jos 24:14-20 1Ki 18:21 Zep 1:5 Mt 6:24 Re 3:15,16

unto this day Ezr 4:1-3