19 (A)Judah also did not keep the commandments of the Lord their God, but walked in the customs that Israel had introduced. 20 And the Lord rejected all the descendants of Israel and afflicted them (B)and gave them into the hand of plunderers, until he had cast them out of his sight.

21 (C)When he had torn Israel from the house of David, (D)they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king. And Jeroboam drove Israel from following the Lord (E)and made them commit great sin.

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