24. But God will not abandon his mercy, nor will he corrupt or abolish his own works. And he will not perish the stock of the descendents of his elect. And he will not destroy the offspring of him who loves the Lord.
25. Therefore, he left behind a remnant for Jacob and for David, from the same stock.
26. And Solomon had his end with his fathers.
27. And he left behind himself some of his offspring, as the folly of the nation:
28. both Rehoboam, who had little prudence, and who turned away the people by his counsel,
29. and Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin, and who provided a way of sin to Ephraim. And their sins were multiplied exceedingly.
30. They thoroughly turned them away from their own land.
31. And they sought every kind of wickedness, even until punishment overwhelmed them, and freed them from every kind of sin.