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22 The Israelites followed in the sinful ways of Jeroboam and did not repudiate[a] them. 23 Finally[b] the Lord rejected Israel[c] just as he had warned he would do[d] through all his servants the prophets. Israel was deported from its land to Assyria and remains there to this very day.

The King of Assyria Populates Israel with Foreigners

24 The king of Assyria brought foreigners[e] from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim and settled them in the cities of Samaria[f] in place of the Israelites. They took possession of Samaria and lived in its cities.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 17:22 tn Heb “turn away from.”
  2. 2 Kings 17:23 tn Heb “until.”
  3. 2 Kings 17:23 tn Heb “the Lord turned Israel away from his face.”
  4. 2 Kings 17:23 tn Heb “just as he said.”
  5. 2 Kings 17:24 tn The object is supplied in the translation.
  6. 2 Kings 17:24 sn In vv. 24-29 Samaria stands for the entire northern kingdom of Israel.