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

20 Therefore the Lord cast off all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hands of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his [a]sight.

21 [b]For he cut off Israel from the house of David, and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat King: and Jeroboam drew Israel away from following the Lord, and made them sin a great sin.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 17:20 Out of the land where he showed the greatest tokens of his presence and favor.
  2. 2 Kings 17:21 That is, God cut off the ten tribes, 1 Kings 12:16, 20.

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