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21 He ripped them away from the heritage of David, even as the people[a] appointed Nebat’s son Jeroboam to be king. Jeroboam drove Israel away from following the Lord and made them commit great sin.

22 The Israelis practiced[b] all the sins that Jeroboam had practiced, and never wavered from them 23 until the Lord removed Israel from his presence,[c] just as he had warned through[d] all of his prophets who served him. So Israel was carried off into exile from their own land into Assyria, where they remain to this day.[e]

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  1. 2 Kings 17:21 Lit. David, and they
  2. 2 Kings 17:22 Lit. Israelis walked in
  3. 2 Kings 17:23 Lit. sight
  4. 2 Kings 17:23 Lit. spoken by the hand of
  5. 2 Kings 17:23 I.e. c. during the late Babylonian captivity or slightly after that time