2 Kings 17:22

22 The people of Israel continued in all the sins that Jeroboam committed; they did not depart from them

2 Kings 17:22 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 17:22

For the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam
which he did
They observed his injunction, not to go to Jerusalem to worship, and they worshipped the calves he did:

they departed not from them:
in all succeeding reigns, until the time of their captivity.

2 Kings 17:22 In-Context

20 The Lord rejected all the descendants of Israel; he punished them and gave them into the hand of plunderers, until he had banished them from his presence.

21 When he had torn Israel from the house of David, they made Jeroboam son of Nebat king. Jeroboam drove Israel from following the Lord and made them commit great sin.

22 The people of Israel continued in all the sins that Jeroboam committed; they did not depart from them

23 until the Lord removed Israel out of his sight, as he had foretold through all his servants the prophets. So Israel was exiled from their own land to Assyria until this day.

24 The king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria in place of the people of Israel; they took possession of Samaria, and settled in its cities.