2 Kings 17:23

until that Yahweh removed Israel from his presence, according as he spake through all his servants the prophets,—and so Israel was driven away from off their own soil, to Assyria, until this day.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

22And the sons of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he had committed,—they turned not away therefrom;

24And the king of Assyria brought [men] from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Avvah, and from Hamath, and [from] Sepharvaim, and caused them to dwell in the cities of Samaria, instead of the sons of Israel,—so they took possession of Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:20So he said:—I will hide my face from them, I will see what will be their hereafter,—For a generation given to intrigue, they are, Sons, whom there is no trusting;

Judges 18:30And the sons of Dan set up for themselves the graven image,—and, Jonathan, son of Gershom, son of Moses, he and his sons, became priests to the tribe of the Danites, until the day of the captivity of the land.

1 Kings 13:2And he made proclamation against the altar, by the word of Yahweh, and said, O altar! altar! Thus, saith Yahweh,—Lo! a son to be born unto the house of David, Josiah his name, who shall sacrifice upon thee the priests of the high-places, who are making a perfume upon thee, and, human bones, shall be burned upon thee;

2 Kings 3:3nevertheless, unto the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat which he caused Israel to commit, he did cleave,—he turned not away therefrom

2 Kings 17:6In the ninth year of Hoshea, did the king of Assyria capture Samaria, and carried Israel away captive to Assyria,—and settled them in Halah, and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and the mountains of Media.

2 Kings 17:18So Yahweh shewed himself exceeding angry with Israel, and removed them from his presence,—there was none left, save the tribe of Judah, alone.

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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