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Selected Verse: 2 Kings 17:13 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
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| 2Ki 17:13 |
Strong Concordance |
Yet the LORD [03068] testified [05749] against Israel [03478], and against Judah [03063], by [03027] all the prophets [05030], and by all the seers [02374], saying [0559], Turn [07725] ye from your evil [07451] ways [01870], and keep [08104] my commandments [04687] and my statutes [02708], according to all the law [08451] which I commanded [06680] your fathers [01], and which I sent [07971] to you by [03027] my servants [05650] the prophets [05030]. |
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King James |
Yet the LORD testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
God raised up a succession of prophets and seers, who repeated and enforced the warnings of the Law, and breathed into the old words a new life. Among this succession were, in Israel, Ahijah the Shilonite Kg1 14:2, Jehu the son of Hanani Kg1 16:1, Elijah, Micaiah the son of Imlah Kg1 22:8, Elisha, Jonah the son of Amittai Kg2 14:25, Oded Ch2 28:9, Amos, and Hosea; in Judah, up to this time, Shemaiah Ch2 11:2; Ch2 12:5, Iddo Ch2 12:15; Ch2 13:22, Azariah the son of Oded Ch2 15:1, Hanani Ch2 16:7, Jehu his son Ch2 19:2, Jahaziel the son of Zechariah Ch2 20:14, Eliezer the son of Dodavah (Ch2 20:37), Zechariah the son of Jehoiada Ch2 24:20, another Zechariah Ch2 26:5, Joel, Micah, and Isaiah, besides several whose names are not known. Some of these persons are called "prophets," others "seers." Occasionally, the same person has both titles (as Iddo and Jehu the son of Hanani), which seems to show that there was no very important distinction between them.
Probably the conjecture is right that "prophet" נביא nâbı̂y' in strictness designates the official members of the prophetical order only, while "seer" חזה chôzeh is applicable to all, whether members of the order or not, who receive a prophetical revelation. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Seers - To whom he declared his mind, by revelations and visions, and by whom he published it, bearing witness, from heaven to their doctrine by eminent and glorious miracles. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Yet the Lord testified against Israel - What rendered their conduct the more inexcusable was, that the Lord had preserved among them a succession of prophets, who testified against their conduct, and preached repentance to them, and the readiness of God to forgive, provided they would return unto him, and give up their idolatries. |
5 And he sought [01875] God [0430] in the days [03117] of Zechariah [02148], who had understanding [0995] in the visions [07200] of God [0430]: and as long as [03117] he sought [01875] the LORD [03068], God [0430] made him to prosper [06743].
20 And the Spirit [07307] of God [0430] came [03847] upon Zechariah [02148] the son [01121] of Jehoiada [03077] the priest [03548], which stood [05975] above the people [05971], and said [0559] unto them, Thus saith [0559] God [0430], Why transgress [05674] ye the commandments [04687] of the LORD [03068], that ye cannot prosper [06743]? because ye have forsaken [05800] the LORD [03068], he hath also forsaken [05800] you.
37 Then Eliezer [0461] the son [01121] of Dodavah [01735] of Mareshah [04762] prophesied [05012] against Jehoshaphat [03092], saying [0559], Because thou hast joined [02266] thyself with Ahaziah [0274], the LORD [03068] hath broken [06555] thy works [04639]. And the ships [0591] were broken [07665], that they were not able [06113] to go [03212] to Tarshish [08659].
14 Then upon Jahaziel [03166] the son [01121] of Zechariah [02148], the son [01121] of Benaiah [01141], the son [01121] of Jeiel [03273], the son [01121] of Mattaniah [04983], a Levite [03881] of the sons [01121] of Asaph [0623], came the Spirit [07307] of the LORD [03068] in the midst [08432] of the congregation [06951];
2 And Jehu [03058] the son [01121] of Hanani [02607] the seer [02374] went out [03318] to meet [06440] him, and said [0559] to king [04428] Jehoshaphat [03092], Shouldest thou help [05826] the ungodly [07563], and love [0157] them that hate [08130] the LORD [03068]? therefore [02063] is wrath [07110] upon thee from before [06440] the LORD [03068].
7 And at that time [06256] Hanani [02607] the seer [07200] came [0935] to Asa [0609] king [04428] of Judah [03063], and said [0559] unto him, Because thou hast relied [08172] on the king [04428] of Syria [0758], and not relied [08172] on the LORD [03068] thy God [0430], therefore is the host [02428] of the king [04428] of Syria [0758] escaped [04422] out of thine hand [03027].
1 And the Spirit [07307] of God [0430] came upon Azariah [05838] the son [01121] of Oded [05752]:
22 And the rest [03499] of the acts [01697] of Abijah [029], and his ways [01870], and his sayings [01697], are written [03789] in the story [04097] of the prophet [05030] Iddo [05714].
15 Now the acts [01697] of Rehoboam [07346], first [07223] and last [0314], are they not written [03789] in the book [01697] of Shemaiah [08098] the prophet [05030], and of Iddo [05714] the seer [02374] concerning genealogies [03187]? And there were wars [04421] between Rehoboam [07346] and Jeroboam [03379] continually [03117].
5 Then came [0935] Shemaiah [08098] the prophet [05030] to Rehoboam [07346], and to the princes [08269] of Judah [03063], that were gathered together [0622] to Jerusalem [03389] because [06440] of Shishak [07895], and said [0559] unto them, Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068], Ye have forsaken [05800] me, and therefore have I also [0637] left [05800] you in the hand [03027] of Shishak [07895].
2 But the word [01697] of the LORD [03068] came to Shemaiah [08098] the man [0376] of God [0430], saying [0559],
9 But a prophet [05030] of the LORD [03068] was there, whose name [08034] was Oded [05752]: and he went out [03318] before [06440] the host [06635] that came [0935] to Samaria [08111], and said [0559] unto them, Behold, because the LORD [03068] God [0430] of your fathers [01] was wroth [02534] with Judah [03063], he hath delivered [05414] them into your hand [03027], and ye have slain [02026] them in a rage [02197] that reacheth up [05060] unto heaven [08064].
25 He restored [07725] the coast [01366] of Israel [03478] from the entering [0935] of Hamath [02574] unto the sea [03220] of the plain [06160], according to the word [01697] of the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478], which he spake [01696] by the hand [03027] of his servant [05650] Jonah [03124], the son [01121] of Amittai [0573], the prophet [05030], which was of Gathhepher [01662].
8 And the king [04428] of Israel [03478] said [0559] unto Jehoshaphat [03092], There is yet one [0259] man [0376], Micaiah [04321] the son [01121] of Imlah [03229], by whom we may enquire [01875] of the LORD [03068]: but I hate [08130] him; for he doth not prophesy [05012] good [02896] concerning me, but evil [07451]. And Jehoshaphat [03092] said [0559], Let not the king [04428] say [0559] so.
1 Then the word [01697] of the LORD [03068] came to Jehu [03058] the son [01121] of Hanani [02607] against Baasha [01201], saying [0559],
2 And Jeroboam [03379] said [0559] to his wife [0802], Arise [06965], I pray thee, and disguise [08138] thyself, that thou be not known [03045] to be the wife [0802] of Jeroboam [03379]; and get [01980] thee to Shiloh [07887]: behold, there is Ahijah [0281] the prophet [05030], which told [01696] me that I should be king [04428] over this people [05971].