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2 Kings 17:22 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" The children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they didn’t depart from them "
2 Kings 17:22
Verse in Context
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20 The LORD rejected all the offspring of Israel, afflicted them, and delivered them into the hands of raiders, until he had cast them out of his sight.
21 For he tore Israel from David’s house; and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king; and Jeroboam drove Israel from following the LORD, and made them sin a great sin.
22 The children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they didn’t depart from them
23 until the LORD removed Israel out of his sight, as he said by all his servants the prophets. So Israel was carried away out of their own land to Assyria to this day.
24 The king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, from Cuthah, from Avva, and from Hamath and Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel; and they possessed Samaria and lived in its cities.
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2 Kings 17:1
"In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, Hoshea the son of Elah began to reign in Samaria over Israel for nine years."
2 Kings 17:2
"He did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, yet not as the kings of Israel who were before him."
2 Kings 17:3
"Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against him; and Hoshea became his servant, and brought him tribute."
2 Kings 17:4
"The king of Assyria discovered a conspiracy in Hoshea; for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and offered no tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year. Therefore the king of Assyria seized him, and bound him in prison."
2 Kings 17:5
"Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, 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 to Assyria, and placed them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes."
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