2 Kings 17:20 meaning and explanation
So the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel. He afflicted them and delivered them into the hands of plunderers, until He had banished them from His presence.
2 Kings 17:20, Berean Standard Bible
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The narrator is drawing the conclusion of a long account of Israel's covenant unfaithfulness, from Jeroboam's calves to Hoshea's conspiracy with Egypt. "All the descendants of Israel" here means the northern kingdom, whose capital Samaria fell to Assyria in 722 BC.
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