So Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David to this day.
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.
- BSB So to this day Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David.
- 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 17:21For he tore Israel from David’s house; and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king; and Jeroboam drove Israel from following Yahweh, and made them sin a great sin.
- 2 Chr 10:19So Israel rebelled against David’s house to this day.
- 2 Chr 13:5–7Ought you not to know that Yahweh, the God of Israel, gave the kingdom over Israel to David forever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt?
- Josh 4:9Joshua set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests who bore the ark of the covenant stood; and they are there to this day.
- 1 Sam 10:19But you have today rejected your God, who himself saves you out of all your calamities and your distresses; and you have said to him, ‘No! Set a king over us.’ Now therefore present yourselves before Yahweh by your tribes, and by your thousands.”
- 2 Chr 13:17Abijah and his people killed them with a great slaughter, so five hundred thousand chosen men of Israel fell down slain.
- Heb 6:6and then fell away, it is impossible to renew them again to repentance; seeing they crucify the Son of God for themselves again, and put him to open shame.
- Isa 7:17Yahweh will bring on you, on your people, and on your father’s house, days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah; even the king of Assyria.
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