Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only.
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Interpretation
Though the destruction of the kingdom of the ten tribes was but briefly related, it is in these verses largely commented upon, and the reasons of it given. It was destruction from the Almighty: the Assyrian was but the rod of his anger, Isa 10:5 .
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This thought runs through 2 Kings 17:14-18.