19 and even Judah did not keep the commands of the Lord their God. They followed the practices Israel had introduced.
19 Also Judah kept not the commandments of the Lord their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.
19 Judah also did not keep the commandments of the Lord their God, but walked in the customs that Israel had introduced.
19 (Judah, actually, wasn't much better, for Judah also failed to keep God's commands, falling into the same way of life that Israel had adopted.)
19 Also Judah did not keep the commandments of the Lord their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.
19 But even the people of Judah refused to obey the commands of the Lord their God, for they followed the evil practices that Israel had introduced.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 2 Kings 17:19
Commentary on 2 Kings 17:7-23
(Read 2 Kings 17:7-23)
Though the destruction of the kingdom of the ten tribes was but briefly related, it is in these verses largely commented upon, and the reasons of it given. It was destruction from the Almighty: the Assyrian was but the rod of his anger, Isaiah 10:5. Those that bring sin into a country or family, bring a plague into it, and will have to answer for all the mischief that follows. And vast as the outward wickedness of the world is, the secret sins, evil thoughts, desires, and purposes of mankind are much greater. There are outward sins which are marked by infamy; but ingratitude, neglect, and enmity to God, and the idolatry and impiety which proceed therefrom, are far more malignant. Without turning from every evil way, and keeping God's statutes, there can be no true godliness; but this must spring from belief of his testimony, as to wrath against all ungodliness and unrighteousness, and his mercy in Christ Jesus.