2 Kings 17:21

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For he rent Israel from the house of David; and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drave Israel from following the LORD, and made them sin a great sin.

For he rent

1 Kings 11:11

1 Kings 14:8

Isaiah 7:17

They made

1 Kings 12:19

2 Chronicles 10:15

Jeroboam drave

1 Kings 12:20

1 Kings 14:16

2 Chronicles 11:11

A great sin

John 19:11

Bible References

For he rent

And Jehovah said to Solomon, Forasmuch as this is done by thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes which I commanded thee, I will certainly rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant:

and rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it thee; and thou hast not been as my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do only that which is right in my sight;

Jehovah will bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy father's house, days which have not come since the day when Ephraim turned away from Judah even the king of Assyria.

They made

And Israel rebelled against the house of David, unto this day.

So the king hearkened not to the people; for it was brought about by God, that Jehovah might give effect to his word, which he spoke through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

Jeroboam drave

And it came to pass when all Israel heard that Jeroboam had come back, that they sent and called him to the assembly, and made him king over all Israel: none followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.

And he will give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, wherewith he has sinned, and made Israel to sin.

And he fortified the strongholds, and put captains in them, and stores of victuals, and of oil and wine;

A great sin

And Abimelech called Abraham and said to him, What hast thou done to us? And in what have I sinned against thee, that thou hast brought on me, and on my kingdom, a great sin? Thou hast done to me deeds that ought not to be done.

And Moses said to Aaron, What has this people done to thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin on them?

And the sin of the young men was very great before Jehovah, for men despised the offering of Jehovah.

For thy name's sake, O Jehovah, thou wilt indeed pardon mine iniquity; for it is great.

Jesus answered, Thou hadst no authority whatever against me if it were not given to thee from above. On this account he that has delivered me up to thee has the greater sin.