2 Kings 17:20

So Yahweh rejected all the seed of Israel, and humiliated them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers,—until he had cast them out from his presence;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

19Even Judah, kept not the commandments of Yahweh their God,—but walked in the statutes of Israel, which they had made.

21for he rent Israel away from the house of David, and they made Jeroboam son of Nebat, king,—and Jeroboam thrust away Israel from following Yahweh, and caused them to commit a great sin.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 11:12a land which Yahweh thy God careth for,—continually are the eyes of Yahweh thy God upon it, from the beginning of the year, even unto the end of the year.

Joshua 23:13know, that Yahweh your God will no further drive out these nations from before you,—but they will become unto you a snare and a hook, and a goad in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye have perished from off this goodly soil, which Yahweh your God hath given unto you.

1 Samuel 15:23For, as the sin of divination, is, rebelliousness,—and, as transgression with household gods, is, stubbornness,—Because thou hast rejected the word of Yahweh, therefore hath he rejected thee from being king.

1 Samuel 16:1And Yahweh said unto Samuel—How long, art thou going to pine for Saul, seeing that, I, have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill thy horn with oil, and come! let me send thee unto Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided me, among his sons, a king.

2 Kings 13:7For he had not left remaining unto Jehoahaz a people, save only fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen,—for the king of Syria had destroyed them, and had made them like dust in threshing.

2 Kings 15:18And he did the thing that was wicked in the eyes of Yahweh,—he turned not away from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he caused, Israel, to commit, all his days.

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 17:8-24

The Wickedness of Israel. ( b. c. 730.) 7 For so it was, that the children of Israel had sinned against the Lord their God, which had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods, 8 And walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom the Lord cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they had made. 9 And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were not right against the Lord their God, and they built… Read the whole commentary →

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