17. They caused their sons and daughters to pass through the fire, used divination and omens, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the Lord to anger Him.
18. Therefore the Lord was very angry with Israel and removed them from His presence. None remained except the tribe of Judah.
19. Judah also did not keep the commandments of the Lord their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.
20. The Lord rejected all the seed of Israel, afflicted them, and gave them into the hand of plunderers until He had cast them out of His presence.
21. For He had torn Israel from the house of David, and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king. Jeroboam diverted Israel from following the Lord and caused them to sin greatly.
22. For the children of Israel walked in all the sins which Jeroboam committed. They did not turn aside from them