Sirach 47:22-24

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

²² But the Lord will never give up his mercy,
    or cause any of his works to perish;
he will never blot out the descendants of his chosen one,
    or destroy the family line of him who loved him.
So he gave a remnant to Jacob,
    and to David a root from his own family.

²³ Solomon rested with his ancestors,
    and left behind him one of his sons,
broad in^[a] folly and lacking in sense,
    Rehoboam, whose policy drove the people to revolt.
Then Jeroboam son of Nebat led Israel into sin
    and started Ephraim on its sinful ways.
²⁴ Their sins increased more and more,
    until they were exiled from their land.