2 Kings 17:21
When the LORD had torn Israel away from the house of David, they made Jeroboam son of Nebat king, and Jeroboam led Israel away from following the LORD and caused them to commit a great sin.
Cross References
1 Kings 11:11
Then the LORD said to Solomon, "Because you have done this and have not kept My covenant and My statutes, which I have commanded you, I will tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant.

1 Kings 11:31
and said to Jeroboam, "Take ten pieces for yourself, for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: 'Behold, I will tear the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and I will give you ten tribes.

1 Kings 12:19
So to this day Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David.

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.

1 Kings 12:28
After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves and said to the people, "Going to Jerusalem is too much for you. Here, O Israel, are your gods, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt."

1 Kings 12:30
And this thing became a sin; the people walked as far as Dan to worship before one of the calves.

1 Kings 13:34
And this was the sin of the house of Jeroboam that led to its extermination and destruction from the face of the earth.

2 Kings 17:22
The Israelites persisted in all the sins that Jeroboam committed and did not turn away from them.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

For he rent

1 Kings 11:11, 31
Then the LORD said to Solomon, "Because you have done this and have not kept My covenant and My statutes, which I have commanded you, I will tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant. . . .

1 Kings 14:8
I tore the kingdom away from the house of David and gave it to you. But you were not like My servant David, who kept My commandments and followed Me with all his heart, doing only what was right in My eyes.

Isaiah 7:17
The LORD will bring on you and on your people and on the house of your father a time unlike any since the day Ephraim separated from Judah--He will bring the king of Assyria."

they made

1 Kings 12:19, 20
So to this day Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David. . . .

2 Chronicles 10:15-19
So the king did not listen to the people, and indeed this turn of events was from God, in order that the LORD might fulfill the word that He had spoken through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat. . . .

Jeroboam drave

1 Kings 12:19, 20
So to this day Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David. . . .

2 Chronicles 10:15-19
So the king did not listen to the people, and indeed this turn of events was from God, in order that the LORD might fulfill the word that He had spoken through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat. . . .

Jeroboam drave

1 Kings 12:20, 28-30
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. . . .

1 Kings 14:16
And He will give Israel over on account of the sins Jeroboam has committed and has caused Israel to commit."

2 Chronicles 11:11, 15
He strengthened their fortresses and put officers in them, with supplies of food, oil, and wine. . . .

a great sin

Genesis 20:9
Then Abimelech called Abraham and asked, "What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought such tremendous guilt upon me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should not be done."

Exodus 32:21
"What did this people do to you, " Moses asked Aaron, "that you have led them into so great a sin?"

1 Samuel 2:17, 24
Thus the sin of these young men was severe in the sight of the LORD, for they were treating the LORD's offering with contempt. . . .

Psalm 25:11
For the sake of Your name, O LORD, forgive my iniquity, for it is great.

John 19:11
Jesus answered, "You would have no authority over Me if it were not given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed Me over to you is guilty of greater sin."

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