2 Kings 17:18-23

17:18 So the Lord was furious ¹  with Israel and rejected them; ²  only the tribe of Judah was left. 17:19 Judah also failed to keep the commandments of the Lord their God; they followed Israel’s example. ³  17:20 So the Lord rejected all of Israel’s descendants; he humiliated ⁴  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. ⁵  Jeroboam drove Israel away ⁶  from the Lord and encouraged them to commit a serious sin. ⁷  17:22 The Israelites followed in the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat and did not repudiate ⁸  them. 17:23 Finally ⁹  the Lord rejected Israel ¹⁰  just as he had warned he would do ¹¹  through all his servants the prophets. Israel was deported from its land to Assyria and remains there to this very day.

[17:18]  ¹ tn Heb “very angry.”

[17:18]  ² tn Heb “turned them away from his face.”

[17:19]  ³ tn Heb “they walked in the practices of Israel which they did.”

[17:20]  ⁴ tn Or “afflicted.”

[17:21]  ⁵ tn Heb “and they made Jeroboam son of Nebat king.”

[17:21]  ⁶ 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.”

[17:21]  ⁷ tn Heb “a great sin.”

[17:22]  ⁸ tn Heb “turn away from.”

[17:23]  ⁹ tn Heb “until.”

[17:23]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “the Lord turned Israel away from his face.”

[17:23]  ¹¹ tn Heb “just as he said.”