2 Kings 17:20-23

17:20 So the Lord rejected all of Israel’s descendants; he humiliated ¹  them and handed them over to robbers, until he had thrown them from his presence. 17:21 He tore Israel away from David’s dynasty, and Jeroboam son of Nebat became their king. ²  Jeroboam drove Israel away ³  from the Lord and encouraged them to commit a serious sin. ⁴  17:22 The Israelites followed in the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat and did not repudiate ⁵  them. 17:23 Finally ⁶  the Lord rejected Israel ⁷  just as he had warned he would do ⁸  through all his servants the prophets. Israel was deported from its land to Assyria and remains there to this very day.

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¹ tn Or “afflicted.”

² tn Heb “and they made Jeroboam son of Nebat king.”

³ tc The consonantal text (Kethib) assumes the verb is נָדָא (nada’), an alternate form of נָדָה (nadah), “push away.” The marginal reading (Qere) assumes the verb נָדָח (nadakh), “drive away.”

⁴ tn Heb “a great sin.”

⁵ tn Heb “turn away from.”

⁶ tn Heb “until.”

⁷ tn Heb “the Lord turned Israel away from his face.”

⁸ tn Heb “just as he said.”