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2 Kings 17:20 — Meaning and Application
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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. "
2 Kings 17:20
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Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only.
Also Judah kept not the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.
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.
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.
For the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they departed not from them;
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2 Kings 17:1
"In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years."
2 Kings 17:2
"And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, but not as the kings of Israel that were before him."
2 Kings 17:3
"Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and gave him presents."
2 Kings 17:4
"And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison."
2 Kings 17:5
"Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years."
2 Kings 17:6
"In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried ➔ Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes."
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