2 Kings 17:21 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
2 Kings 17:21 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
2 Kings 17:21 in 6 Bible Translations
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2 Kings 17:21 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“For he tore Israel from David’s house; and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king; and Jeroboam drove Israel from following Yahweh, and made them sin a great sin.”
2 Kings 17:21 — World English Bible
2 Kings 17:21 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“For he rent Israel from the house of David; and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drove Israel from following Jehovah, and made them sin a great sin. ”
2 Kings 17:21 — American Standard Version
2 Kings 17:21 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“for He hath rent Israel from the house of David, and they make Jeroboam son of Nebat king, and Jeroboam driveth Israel from after Jehovah, and hath caused them to sin a great sin,”
2 Kings 17:21 — Young's Literal Translation
2 Kings 17:21 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“For Israel had rent [the kingdom] from the house of David; and they had made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king; and Jeroboam violently turned Israel from following Jehovah, and made them sin a great sin. ”
2 Kings 17:21 — Darby Translation
2 Kings 17:21 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“For he cut off Israel from the house of Dauid, and they made Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat King: and Ieroboam drewe Israel away from following the Lord, and made them sinne a great sinne.”
2 Kings 17:21 — Geneva Bible
2 Kings 17:21 in Context — 2 Kings 17
19 Also Judah kept not the commandments of the Lord their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.
20 And the Lord rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight.
21 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.
22 For the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they departed not from them;
23 Until the Lord removed Israel out of his sight, as he had said by all his servants the prophets. So was Israel carried away out of their own land to Assyria unto this day.
What Does 2 Kings 17:21 Mean?
2 Kings 17:21 is a verse from the Book of 2 Kings, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 2 Kings chapter 17. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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