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2 Kings 17:12

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What does 2 Kings 17:12 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “and they served idols, whereof Jehovah had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

and they served idols, whereof Jehovah had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing.
2 Kings 17:12 — American Standard Version

Context — 2 Kings 17

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
9And the children of Israel did secretly things that were not right against Jehovah their God: and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city;
10and they set them up pillars and Asherim upon every high hill, and under every green tree;
11and there they burnt incense in all the high places, as did the nations whom Jehovah carried away before them; and they wrought wicked things to provoke Jehovah to anger;
12and they served idols, whereof Jehovah had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing.
13Yet Jehovah testified unto Israel, and unto Judah, by every prophet, and every seer, 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.
14Notwithstanding, they would not hear, but hardened their neck, like to the neck of their fathers, who believed not in Jehovah their God.
15And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified unto them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and [went] after the nations that were round about them, concerning whom Jehovah had charged them that they should not do like them.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“For they served idols, etc.] Baalim, as the Targum; dunghill gods, as the word signifies, as they are often called in Scripture; and Sterculius was one of the names of Saturn, an Heathen deity, which he had, as is supposed, by his finding out the method of making land fruitful with dung f204 : whereof the Lord said unto them, ye shall not do this thing; (see <022003> Exodus 20:3-5,23).”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“whereof: Exo 20:3-5, Exo 34:14; Lev 26:1; Deu 4:19, Deu 5:7-9 Ye shall not: Deu 4:15-19, Deu 4:23-25, Deu 12:4 4 Kings (2 Kings) 17:13”
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