17 And they made their sons and their daughters [a]pass through the fire, and used witchcraft and enchantments, yea, [b]sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the Lord, to anger him.

18 Therefore the Lord was exceedingly wroth with Israel, and put them out of his sight, and none was left but the tribe of Judah [c]only.

19 Yet Judah kept not the commandments of the Lord their God, but walked according to the fashion of Israel, which they used.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 17:17 Read 2 Kings 16:3.
  2. 2 Kings 17:17 Read of this phrase, 1 Kings 21:20, 25.
  3. 2 Kings 17:18 No whole tribe was left but Judah, and they of Benjamin and Levi, which remained, were counted with Judah.

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