2 Kings 17:19-21

Contemporary English Version

¹⁹ but they also disobeyed the Lord's commands and acted like the Israelites. ²⁰ So the Lord turned his back on everyone in Israel and let them be punished and defeated until no one was left.

²¹ Earlier, when the Lord took the northern tribes away from David's family,^[a] the people living in northern Israel chose Jeroboam son of Nebat as their king. Jeroboam caused the Israelites to sin and to stop worshiping the Lord.