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2 Kings 17:21

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For he rent Israel from the house of David; and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drave Israel from following the Lord, and made them sin a great sin.

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  1. 2 Kings 17:19

    Also Judah kept not the commandments of the Lord their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.

  2. 2 Kings 17:20

    And the Lord rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight.

  3. 2 Kings 17:22

    For the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they departed not from them;

  4. 2 Kings 17:23

    Until the Lord removed Israel out of his sight, as he had said by all his servants the prophets. So was Israel carried away out of their own land to Assyria unto this day.

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