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.
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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."

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
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.

King James Bible
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When the LORD tore Israel from the house of David, Israel made Jeroboam son of Nebat king. Then Jeroboam led Israel away from following the LORD and caused them to commit great sin.

International Standard Version
He ripped them away from the heritage of David, even as the people appointed Nebat's son Jeroboam to be king. Jeroboam drove Israel away from following the LORD and made them commit great sin.

NET Bible
He tore Israel away from David's dynasty, and Jeroboam son of Nebat became their king. Jeroboam drove Israel away from the LORD and encouraged them to commit a serious sin.
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