2 Kings - 17:1 Meaning
“In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years.”
King James Version (KJV)
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
17:1-6 When the measure of sin is filled up, the Lord will forbear no longer. The inhabitants of Samaria must have endured great affliction. Some of the poor Israelites were left in the land. Those who were carried captives to a great distance, were mostly lost among the nations.
“Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily.”
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