King James Version
2 Kings 17:14 in the King James Version says “Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe i...” — study this verse from 2 Kings chapter 17 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the LORD their God.”
2 Kings 17:14 · KJV
For they served idols, whereof the LORD had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing.
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. by: Heb. by the hand of
Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the LORD their God.
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.
And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.
KJV Study — Public Domain
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“Notwithstanding they would not hear”
H8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
“but hardened”
H7185properly, to be dense, i.e., tough or severe (in various applications)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“like to the neck”
H6203the nape or back of the neck (as declining); hence, the back generally (whether literal or figurative)
“like to the neck”
H6203the nape or back of the neck (as declining); hence, the back generally (whether literal or figurative)
“of their fathers”
H1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“that did not believe”
H539properly, to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanen
“in the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“their God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
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