2 Kings 17:15
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 2 Kings 17:15 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
2 Kings 17:15 is a verse from the book of 2 Kings in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
2 Kings 17:15 — KJV
“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.”
— 2 Kings 17:15 (KJV)
2 Kings 17:15 in Context — About the Book of 2 Kings
2 Kings races through the divided kingdom's final centuries — Elisha's double-portion miracles, kings good and evil, and finally exile to Assyria and Babylon. Yet miracles keep breaking in: floating axe heads, healed lepers, resurrection. God stays powerfully present even in national decline.
Cross-References for 2 Kings 17:15
“And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant which are written in this book.”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 17:15: statutes, covenant, made
“And ye shall know that I am the LORD: for ye have not walked in my statutes, neither executed my judgments, but have done after the manners of the heathen that are round about you. for ye...: or, which have not walked”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 17:15: statutes, after, heathen
“And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all their heart and all their soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant.”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 17:15: statutes, covenant, made
“And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them. sleep: Heb. lie down”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 17:15: covenant, made, fathers
“And they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and provoked the LORD to anger.”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 17:15: fathers, followed, round
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