2 Kings 17:13
2 Kings · Old Testament · Chapter 17
“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.”2 Kings 17:13
What Does 2 Kings 17:13 Mean?
2 Kings 17:13 is found in the book of 2 Kings, chapter 17, verse 13 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Law, Obedience, and Repentance.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to 2 Kings 17:13 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Jeremiah 18:11“Now therefore go to, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return ye now every one from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good.”1 Samuel 9:9“(Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to enquire of God, thus he spake, Come, and let us go to the seer: for he that is now called a Prophet was beforetime called a Seer.)”2 Kings 17:23“Until the LORD removed Israel out of his sight, as he had said by all his servants the prophets. So was Israel carried away out of their own land to Assyria unto this day.”Nehemiah 9:30“Yet many years didst thou forbear them, and testifiedst against them by thy spirit in thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the people of the lands.”Jeremiah 35:15“I have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Return ye now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve them, and ye shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers: but ye have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened unto me.”Hosea 11:5“He shall not return into the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be his king, because they refused to return.”Hosea 12:10“I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets.”2 Kings 18:6“For he clave to the LORD, and departed not from following him, but kept his commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses.”Deuteronomy 31:21“And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are befallen them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination which they go about, even now, before I have brought them into the land which I sware.”Nehemiah 9:29“And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, (which if a man do, he shall live in them;) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.”Nehemiah 9:34“Neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept thy law, nor hearkened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies, wherewith thou didst testify against them.”Job 36:10“He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.”Jeremiah 34:14“At the end of seven years let ye go every man his brother an Hebrew, which hath been sold unto thee; and when he hath served thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee: but your fathers hearkened not unto me, neither inclined their ear.”Daniel 9:6“Neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, which spake in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.”Daniel 9:10“Neither have we obeyed the voice of the LORD our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets.”Hosea 11:2“As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.”Mark 12:2“And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.”Luke 20:10“And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the husbandmen beat him, and sent him away empty.”Deuteronomy 4:26“I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.”Deuteronomy 8:19“And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the LORD thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish.”
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