The Meaning of 2 Kings 17:38 Explained

2 Kings 17:38

KJV: And the covenant that I have made with you ye shall not forget; neither shall ye fear other gods.

YLT: and the covenant that I have made with you ye do not forget, and ye do not fear other gods;

Darby: And ye shall not forget the covenant that I have made with you, neither shall ye fear other gods;

ASV: and the covenant that I have made with you ye shall not forget; neither shall ye fear other gods:

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the covenant  that I have made  with you ye shall not forget;  neither shall ye fear  other  gods. 

What does 2 Kings 17:38 Mean?

Context Summary

2 Kings 17:27-41 - They Feared The Lord And Served Their Own Gods
The policy of peopling Israel with other races was intended to keep the land under cultivation, and to break the ties of fatherland, which are the spring of patriotism. Men will not fight for a land which does not pull at their heart-strings. These newly-imported peoples believed that each country was under the care of its own local deity. They therefore deemed it advisable, that, without renouncing their own gods, they should give the God of Israel some sort of recognition. Samaritan religion of this kind is still very popular. Too many people feel that they ought to do something to show their respect for God. They attend to the outward forms of worship, lest they should lose caste; but in their hearts they enthrone worldly and worthless ideals.
The Jews, as we learn from John 4:9, hated the Samaritans, as a kind of mongrel race. But how generous was the Savior, ministering to the woman of Sychar, healing the Samaritan leper, and making one of this despised people the central figure in his parable of mercy, thus compelling the world to speak of the good Samaritan! [source]

Chapter Summary: 2 Kings 17

1  Hoshea the Last King of Israel
3  Being subdued by Shalmaneser, he conspires against him with So, king of Egypt
5  Samaria for sinning is led into captivity
24  The strange nations transplanted into Samaria make a mixture of religions

What do the individual words in 2 Kings 17:38 mean?

And the covenant that I have made with you not you shall forget nor shall you fear gods other
וְהַבְּרִ֛ית אֲשֶׁר־ כָּרַ֥תִּי אִתְּכֶ֖ם לֹ֣א תִשְׁכָּ֑חוּ וְלֹ֥א תִֽירְא֖וּ אֱלֹהִ֥ים אֲחֵרִֽים

וְהַבְּרִ֛ית  And  the  covenant 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: בְּרִית  
Sense: covenant, alliance, pledge.
אֲשֶׁר־  that 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
כָּרַ֥תִּי  I  have  made 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, first person common singular
Root: כָּרַת  
Sense: to cut, cut off, cut down, cut off a body part, cut out, eliminate, kill, cut a covenant.
אִתְּכֶ֖ם  with  you 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine plural
Root: אֵת 
Sense: with, near, together with.
תִשְׁכָּ֑חוּ  you  shall  forget 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine plural
Root: כָּשַׁח 
Sense: to forget, ignore, wither.
וְלֹ֥א  nor 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
תִֽירְא֖וּ  shall  you  fear 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine plural
Root: יָרֵא 
Sense: to fear, revere, be afraid.
אֱלֹהִ֥ים  gods 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: אֱלֹהִים  
Sense: (plural).
אֲחֵרִֽים  other 
Parse: Adjective, masculine plural
Root: אַחֵר  
Sense: another, other, following.

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