2 Kings 17:20-22

Contemporary English Version

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. ²² The people kept on sinning like Jeroboam,