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2 Kings 17:23

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23 1until * the LORD removed Israel from His sight, 2as He spoke through all His servants the prophets. 3So Israel was carried away into exile from their own land to Assyria until this day.
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2 Kings 17:23 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 17:23

Until the Lord removed Israel out of his sight
Suffered them to be carried captive into the land of Assyria:

as he had said by all his servants the prophets;
by Hosea, Amos, Micah, and others; see their prophecies, and also ( 1 Kings 13:32 ) ( 1 Kings 14:15 1 Kings 14:16 ) ,

so was Israel carried away out of their own land to Assyria, unto this
day;
the time of the writing this book; nor have they returned unto our days, nearly 2,800 years later.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

2 Kings 17:23 In-Context

21 When He had torn Israel from the house of David, they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king. Then Jeroboam drove Israel away from following the LORD and made them commit a great sin.
22 The sons of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they did not depart from them
23 until the LORD removed Israel from His sight, as He spoke through all His servants the prophets. So Israel was carried away into exile from their own land to Assyria until this day.
24 The king of Assyria brought men from Babylon and from Cuthah and from Avva and from Hamath and Sephar-vaim, and settled them in the cities of Samaria in place of the sons of Israel. So they possessed Samaria and lived in its cities.
25 At the beginning of their living there, they did not fear the LORD ; therefore the LORD sent lions among them which killed some of them.

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