Removed them out of his sight. — By banishing them from his land (2 Kings 17:23) — an expression founded upon the old local conceptions of deity.
The tribe — i.e., the kingdom. (Comp. 1 Kings 11:36.)
Related Commentaries of 2 Kings 17:18
2 Kings 17:18
18 Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only.