2 Kings 17:25
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 2 Kings 17:25 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
2 Kings 17:25 is a verse from the book of 2 Kings in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "And so it was at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they feared not the LORD: therefore the LORD sent lions amo..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
2 Kings 17:25 — KJV
“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.”
— 2 Kings 17:25 (KJV)
2 Kings 17:25 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 17:25
“Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.”
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“He that feared the word of the LORD among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his cattle flee into the houses:”
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“And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that the LORD slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all that openeth the matrix, being males; but all the firstborn of my children I redeem.”
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“Therefore every one that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, because he hath profaned the hallowed thing of the LORD: and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.”
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“But even a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you: because that ye have despised the LORD which is among you, and have wept before him, saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt? whole...: Heb. month of days”
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