2 Kings 17:19
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 2 Kings 17:19 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
2 Kings 17:19 is a verse from the book of 2 Kings in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Also Judah kept not the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
2 Kings 17:19 — KJV
“Also Judah kept not the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.”
— 2 Kings 17:19 (KJV)
2 Kings 17:19 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 17:19
“For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin, to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities.”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 17:19: lord, god, walked
“But sought to the LORD God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 17:19: commandments, lord, god
“But hast walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and hast made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to go a whoring, like to the whoredoms of the house of Ahab, and also hast slain thy brethren of thy father's house, which were better than thyself:”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 17:19: also, judah, walked
“And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in to the LORD the collection that Moses the servant of God laid upon Israel in the wilderness. a proclamation: Heb. a voice”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 17:19: judah, lord, god
“And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, to keep the passover unto the LORD God of Israel.”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 17:19: also, judah, lord
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