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Wisdom of Ben Sira 47:21-23
New Catholic Bible
Wisdom of Ben Sira 47:21-23
New Catholic Bible
21 because the empire was split in two,
and in Ephraim a rebel kingdom arose.
22 But the Lord never ceases his mercy
or allows any of his works to perish.
He will never wipe out the posterity of his chosen one
or destroy the line of the one who loved him.
And so he gave a remnant to Jacob
and let one root of David survive.
Rehoboam and Jeroboam[a]
23 Solomon finally rested with his ancestors
and left behind to succeed him one of his sons,
prone to folly and lacking in sense,
Rehoboam, whose policies caused the people to revolt.
Then Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, led Israel into sin
and provided Ephraim with its wicked course.
Footnotes
- Wisdom of Ben Sira 47:23 Solomon’s son and his rival Jeroboam consummated the division facilitated by the despotic needs of Solomon (1 Ki 12). Moreover, because of David, the Lord keeps his promise to his descendants. The impiety of Jeroboam and his successors led to the ruin of the northern kingdom in 721 B.C.
