2 Kings 17:18

¹⁶ They abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves two cast idols of calves and an Asherah pole. They bowed down to all the host of heaven and served Baal.

¹⁷ They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire and practiced divination and soothsaying. They devoted themselves to doing evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.

So the LORD was very angry with Israel, and He removed them from His presence. Only the tribe of Judah remained,

¹⁹ and even Judah did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God, but lived according to the customs Israel had introduced.

²⁰ 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.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: So the LORD was very angry with Israel, and He removed them from His presence. Only the tribe of Judah remained,
KJV: Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only.
WEB: Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight. There was none left but the tribe of Judah only.
ASV: Therefore Jehovah was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only.
DARBY: Therefore Jehovah was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there remained but the tribe of Judah only.
BLB: And YHWH was very angry with Israel, and He turned them aside from His presence. There was none left but the tribe of Judah by itself.

ÅB: Da ble Herren såre vred på Israel og støtte dem bort fra sitt åsyn; det ble ingen tilbake uten Juda stamme alene.
OTB: Så Herren ble meget vred på Israel og fjernet dem fra sitt åsyn; ingen ble igjen unntatt Juda stamme alene.
B1930: Da blev Herren såre vred på Israel og støtte dem bort fra sitt åsyn; det blev ingen tilbake uten Juda stamme alene.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

1 Kings 11:13
Yet I will not tear the whole kingdom away from him. I will give one tribe to your son for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, which I have chosen.”
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1 Kings 12:20
When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they summoned him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. Only the tribe of Judah followed the house of David.
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Hosea 11:12
Ephraim surrounds Me with lies, the house of Israel with deceit; but Judah still walks with God and is faithful to the Holy One.
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1 Kings 11:32
But one tribe will remain for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel.
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1 Kings 11:36
I will give one tribe to his son, so that My servant David will always have a lamp before Me in Jerusalem, the city where I chose to put My Name.
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Deuteronomy 32:21–26
They have provoked My jealousy by that which is not God; they have enraged Me with their worthless idols. So I will make them jealous by those who are not a people; I will make them angry by a nation without understanding.
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2 Kings 23:27
For the LORD had said, “I will remove Judah from My sight, just as I removed Israel. I will reject this city Jerusalem, which I chose, and the temple of which I said, ‘My Name shall be there.’”
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Hosea 9:3
They will not remain in the land of the LORD; Ephraim will return to Egypt and eat unclean food in Assyria.
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