Holy Scripture

2 Kings 17:20

A church father on this verse
“"Faithless Israel has shown itself less guilty than false Judah." The letter of the text just read has something unclear that we need to understand first. Then, after this, if God wills, we shall know his mystical plan. He wants us then to know in these words, just as it is written in Kings, that the people were divid…”
Origen of Alexandria, 3th c. — HOMILIES ON JEREMIAH 4.1.1-2

Source: Septuagint

Original

20And the Lord was angry with the whole seed of Israel, and troubled them, and gave them into the hand of them that spoiled them, until he cast them out of his presence.

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In context

18And the Lord was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight; and there was only left the tribe of Judah quite alone.

19Nay even Judah kept not the commandments of the Lord their God, but they walked according to the customs of Israel which they practiced, and rejected the Lord.

— 2 Kings 17:20 —

21Forasmuch as Israel revolted from the house of David, and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drew off Israel from following the Lord, and led them to sin a great sin.

22And the children of Israel walked in all the sin of Jeroboam which he committed; they departed not from it,

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