The Meaning of 2 Kings 17:18 Explained

2 Kings 17:18

KJV: Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only.

YLT: That Jehovah sheweth himself very angry against Israel, and turneth them aside from His presence; none hath been left, only the tribe of Judah by itself.

Darby: Therefore Jehovah was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there remained but the tribe of Judah only.

ASV: Therefore Jehovah was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Therefore the LORD  was very  angry  with Israel,  and removed  them out of his sight:  there was none left  but the tribe  of Judah  only. 

What does 2 Kings 17:18 Mean?

Context Summary

2 Kings 17:13-26 - The End Of Stiff-Necked Disobedience
There are three leading counts in this terrible indictment against Judah and Israel: (1) idolatry; (2) the ignoring of the Law; and (3) disregard of the many warnings brought them by prophets and seers. And all were aggravated by the fact that they sinned against the Lord their God, who had brought them up out of the land of Egypt. How greatly the complexion of our sins is deepened, when we remember the anguish by which we have been redeemed!
Interwoven with the black catalogue of sin are golden threads of tender love, 2 Kings 17:13. But note the remarkable expression of 2 Kings 17:15, that we resemble the objects we adore, Psalms 115:8. Israel, as we have seen, was never restored. Those that returned to Judah with Ezra were for the most part Jews. Yet many Hebrews became believers in Christ, and were added to the Church at Pentecost and afterward, 1 Peter 1:1-2. Paul gives us a far horizon in Romans 11:25-27; and who can tell, in these days when the Turkish Empire is trembling to its foundations, whether we are not very near that hour of the restoration of Israel and the restitution of all things! [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 17:18 mean?

Therefore was angry Yahweh very with Israel and removed them from His sight none there was left but the tribe of Judah only
וַיִּתְאַנַּ֨ף יְהוָ֤ה מְאֹד֙ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וַיְסִרֵ֖ם מֵעַ֣ל פָּנָ֑יו לֹ֣א נִשְׁאַ֔ר רַ֛ק שֵׁ֥בֶט יְהוּדָ֖ה לְבַדּֽוֹ

וַיִּתְאַנַּ֨ף  Therefore  was  angry 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hitpael, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אָנַף  
Sense: to be angry, to be displeased, to breathe hard.
יְהוָ֤ה  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
מְאֹד֙  very 
Parse: Adverb
Root: מְאֹד  
Sense: exceedingly, much subst.
בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל  with  Israel 
Parse: Preposition-b, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יִשְׂרָאֵל  
Sense: the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel.
וַיְסִרֵ֖ם  and  removed  them 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular, third person masculine plural
Root: סוּר 
Sense: to turn aside, depart.
פָּנָ֑יו  His  sight 
Parse: Noun, common plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: לִפְנֵי 
Sense: face.
לֹ֣א  none 
Parse: Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
נִשְׁאַ֔ר  there  was  left 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: שָׁאַר  
Sense: to remain, be left over, be left behind.
שֵׁ֥בֶט  the  tribe 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: שֵׁבֶט  
Sense: rod, staff, branch, offshoot, club, sceptre, tribe.
יְהוּדָ֖ה  of  Judah 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יְהוּדָה  
Sense: the son of Jacob by Leah.
לְבַדּֽוֹ  only 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: בַּד 
Sense: alone, by itself, besides, a part, separation, being alone.