Ben Sira 47:22-24
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
22 But God does not withdraw his mercy,
nor permit even one of his promises to fail.
He does not uproot the posterity of the chosen,
nor destroy the offspring of his friends.
So he gave to Jacob a remnant,
to David a root from his own family.(A)
Rehoboam and Jeroboam
23 Solomon finally slept with his ancestors,
and left behind him one of his sons,
Broad[a] in folly, narrow in sense,
whose policy made the people rebel.
Then arose the one who should not be remembered,
the sinner who led Israel into sin,(B)
Who brought ruin to Ephraim
24 and caused them to be exiled from their land.
Footnotes
- 47:23 Broad: the name Rehoboam means “the people is broad, or expansive,” that is, widespread. The sinner: Jeroboam; cf. 1 Kgs 12:1, 20, 26–32.
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