So to this day Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David.
Parallel translations
- WEB So Israel rebelled against David’s house to this day.
- KJV So Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day.
- NKJV So Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David to this day.
- NASB So Israel has broken with the house of David to this day.
- NLT And to this day the northern tribes of Israel have refused to be ruled by a descendant of David.
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Quick answer
Israel's rebellion against David's house persists to the writer's day. The division becomes permanent.
Overview
This summary notes that the breach endured to this day, underscoring its lasting consequence for the nation. The split between Israel and Judah would shape the rest of the Old Testament story. Only in the Messiah, the true Son of David, is the hope of a reunited and restored people of God ultimately realized.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- 2 Kgs 17:21When 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.
- 2 Chr 10:19So to this day Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David.
- 2 Chr 13:5–7Do you not know that the LORD, the God of Israel, has given the kingship of Israel to David and his descendants forever by a covenant of salt?
- Josh 4:9Joshua also set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan, in the place where the priests who carried the ark of the covenant stood. And the stones are there to this day.
- 1 Sam 10:19But today you have rejected your God, who saves you from all your troubles and afflictions, and you have said to Him, ‘No, set a king over us.’ Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes and clans.”
- 2 Chr 13:17Then Abijah and his people struck them with a mighty blow, and 500,000 chosen men of Israel fell slain.
- Heb 6:6and then have fallen away—to be restored to repentance, because they themselves are crucifying the Son of God all over again and subjecting Him to open shame.
- Isa 7:17The 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.”
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