2 Kings 17:20-22

Living Bible

²⁰ So the Lord rejected all the descendants of Jacob.^[a] He punished them by delivering them to their attackers until they were destroyed. ²¹ For Israel split off from the kingdom of David and chose Jeroboam I (the son of Nebat) as its king. Then Jeroboam drew Israel away from following the Lord. He made them sin a great sin, ²² and the people of Israel never quit doing the evil things that Jeroboam led them into,