2-Kings - 17:18



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

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Explanation and meaning of 2-Kings 17:18.

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And the Lord was very angry with Israel, and removed them from his sight, and there remained only the tribe of Juda.
Therefore Jehovah was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there remained but the tribe of Judah only.
That Jehovah sheweth himself very angry against Israel, and turneth them aside from His presence; none hath been left, only the tribe of Judah by itself.
So the Lord was very angry with Israel, and his face was turned away from them: only the tribe of Judah kept its place.
And the Lord became vehemently angry with Israel, and he took them away from his sight. And there remained no one, except the tribe of Judah alone.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

Removed them out of his sight - Banished them from the promised land, from the temple, and from every ordinance of righteousness, as wholly unworthy of any kind of good.
None left but the tribe of Judah only - Under this name all those of Benjamin and Levi, and the Israelites, who abandoned their idolatries and joined with Judah, are comprised. It was the ten tribes that were carried away by the Assyrians.

Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah (k) only.
(k) No whole tribe was left but Judah, and they of Benjamin and Levi who remained were counted with Judah.

Therefore the Lord was very angry with Israel,.... Nothing being more provoking to him than idolatry:
and removed them out of his sight; not out of the reach of his all seeing eye, but from all tokens of his favour, from the good land he had given them, and all the benefits and privileges of it:
there was none left but the tribe of Judah only; and part of Benjamin, which was annexed to it, and incorporated in it, and made one kingdom, and maintained the same worship; and there was the lot of Simeon, which was within the tribe of Judah; and the priests and the Levites, and various individuals of the several tribes, that came and settled among them for the sake of worship; but no perfect, distinct, tribe besides.

Judah only - And the greatest part of the tribe of Benjamin, with those of the tribes of Simeon and Levi who were incorporated with them.

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