Footnote
b By allowing the destruction of Jerusalem, Jehovah expressed his judgment against not only the two-tribe kingdom of Judah but also the ten-tribe kingdom of Israel. (Jer. 11:17; Ezek. 9:9, 10) See Insight on the Scriptures, Vol. 1, p. 462, “Chronology—From 997 B.C.E. to Desolation of Jerusalem.”