John Gill's Exposition on 2 Kings 17:20

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And the Lord rejected all the seed of Israel, etc.] The ten tribes, with loathing and contempt, and wrote a “loammi” on them, rejected them from being his people, gave them a bill of divorce, and declared them no more under his care and patronage: and afflicted them; as he did before he utterly cast them off, as by famine, drought, and pestilence, (<300406>Amos 4:6-11) and delivered them into the hands of spoilers; as, first, into the hands of Hazael and Benhadad, kings of Syria, and then of Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, (<121303>2 Kings 13:3,22 15:29), until he had cast them out of his sight; by suffering them, as now, to be carried captive by Shalmaneser, (<121706>2 Kings 17:6).

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