ASV_Strong : 2 Kings 17
1. In the twelfth[H8147] year[H8141] of Ahaz[H271] king[H4428] of Judah[H3063] began Hoshea[H1954] the son[H1121] of Elah[H425] to reign[H4427] in Samaria[H8111] over Israel[H3478], and reigned nine[H8672] years[H8141].
2. And he did[H6213] that which was evil[H7451] in the sight[H5869] of Jehovah[H3068], yet not as the kings[H4428] of Israel[H3478] that were before him[H6440].
3. Against him came up[H5927] Shalmaneser[H8022] king[H4428] of Assyria[H804]; and Hoshea[H1954] became his servant[H5650], and brought[H7725] him tribute[H4503].
4. And the king[H4428] of Assyria[H804] found[H4672] conspiracy[H7195] in Hoshea[H1954]; for he had sent[H7971] messengers[H4397] to So[H5471] king[H4428] of Egypt[H4714], and offered[H5927] no tribute[H4503] to the king[H4428] of Assyria[H804], as he had done year[H8141] by year[H8141]: therefore the king[H4428] of Assyria[H804] shut him up[H6113], and bound[H631] him in prison[H1004].
5. Then the king[H4428] of Assyria[H804] came up[H5927] throughout all the land[H776], and went up[H5927] to Samaria[H8111], and besieged[H6696] it three[H7969] years[H8141].
6. In the ninth[H8671] year[H8141] of Hoshea[H1954] the king[H4428] of Assyria[H804] took[H3920] Samaria[H8111], and carried[H1540] Israel[H3478] away[H1540] unto Assyria[H804], and placed[H3427] them in Halah[H2477], and on the Habor[H2249], the river[H5104] of Gozan[H1470], and in the cities[H5892] of the Medes[H4074].
7. And it was so[H1121], because the children of Israel[H3478] had sinned[H2398] against Jehovah[H3068] their God[H430], who brought them up[H5927] out of the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714] from under the hand[H3027] of Pharaoh[H6547] king[H4428] of Egypt[H4714], and had feared[H3372] other[H312] gods[H430],
8. and walked[H3212] in the statutes[H2708] of the nations[H1471], whom Jehovah[H3068] cast out[H3423] from before[H6440] the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478], and of the kings[H4428] of Israel[H3478], which they made[H6213].
9. And the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] did secretly[H2644] things[H1697] that were not right against Jehovah[H3068] their God[H430]: and they built[H1129] them high places[H1116] in all their cities[H5892], from the tower[H4026] of the watchmen[H5341] to the fortified[H4013] city[H5892];
10. and they set them up[H5324] pillars[H4676] and Asherim[H842] upon every high[H1364] hill[H1389], and under every green[H7488] tree[H6086];
11. and there they burnt incense[H6999] in all the high places[H1116], as did the nations[H1471] whom Jehovah[H3068] carried away[H1540] before[H6440] them[H6213]; and they wrought wicked[H7451] things[H1697] to provoke Jehovah[H3068] to anger[H3707];
12. and they served[H5647] idols[H1544], whereof Jehovah[H3068] had said[H559] unto them[H6213], Ye shall not do this thing[H1697].
13. Yet Jehovah[H3068] testified[H5749] unto Israel[H3478], and unto Judah[H3063], by[H3027] every prophet[H5030], and every seer[H2374], saying[H559], Turn[H7725] ye from your evil[H7451] ways[H1870], and keep[H8104] my commandments[H4687] and my statutes[H2708], according to all the law[H8451] which I commanded[H6680] your fathers[H1], and which I sent[H7971] to you by[H3027] my servants[H5650] the prophets[H5030].
14. Notwithstanding[H8085], they would not hear, but hardened[H7185] their neck[H6203], like to the neck[H6203] of their fathers[H1], who believed[H539] not in Jehovah[H3068] their God[H430].
15. And they rejected[H3988] his statutes[H2706], and his covenant[H1285] that he made[H3772] with their fathers[H1], and his testimonies[H5715] which he testified[H5749] unto them[H3212]; and they followed vanity[H1892], and became vain[H1891], and went after[H310] the nations[H1471] that were round about[H5439] them[H3068], concerning whom Jehovah had charged[H6680] them that they should not do like them[H6213].
16. And they forsook[H5800] all the commandments[H4687] of Jehovah[H3068] their God[H430], and made[H6213] them molten images[H4541], even two[H8147] calves[H5695], and made[H6213] an Asherah[H842], and worshipped[H7812] all the host[H6635] of heaven[H8064], and served[H5647] Baal[H1168].
17. And they caused their sons[H1121] and their daughters[H1323] to pass[H5674] through the fire[H784], and used[H7080] divination[H7081] and enchantments[H5172], and sold[H4376] themselves to do[H6213] that which was evil[H7451] in the sight[H5869] of Jehovah[H3068], to provoke him to anger[H3707].
18. Therefore Jehovah[H3068] was very[H3966] angry[H599] with Israel[H3478], and removed[H5493] them out of his sight[H6440]: there was none left[H7604] but the tribe[H7626] of Judah only[H3063].
19. Also Judah[H3063] kept[H8104] not the commandments[H4687] of Jehovah[H3068] their God[H430], but walked[H3212] in the statutes[H2708] of Israel[H3478] which they made[H6213].
20. And Jehovah[H3068] rejected[H3988] all the seed[H2233] of Israel[H3478], and afflicted[H6031] them[H5414], and delivered them into the hand[H3027] of spoilers[H8154], until he had cast[H7993] them out of his sight[H6440].
21. For he rent[H7167] Israel[H3478] from the house[H1004] of David[H1732]; and they made Jeroboam[H3379] the son[H1121] of Nebat[H5028] king[H4427]: and Jeroboam[H3379] drove[H5080] Israel[H3478] from following[H310] Jehovah[H3068], and made them sin[H2398] a great[H1419] sin[H2401].
22. And the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] walked[H3212] in all the sins[H2403] of Jeroboam[H3379] which he did[H6213]; they departed not from them[H5493];
23. until Jehovah[H3068] removed[H5493] Israel[H3478] out of his sight[H6440], as he spake[H1696] by[H3027] all his servants[H5650] the prophets[H5030]. So Israel[H3478] was carried away[H1540] out of their own land[H127] to Assyria[H804] unto this day[H3117].
24. And the king[H4428] of Assyria[H804] brought[H935] men from Babylon[H894], and from Cuthah[H3575], and from Avva[H5755], and from Hamath[H2574] and Sepharvaim[H5617], and placed[H3427] them in the cities[H5892] of Samaria[H8111] instead of the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478]; and they possessed[H3423] Samaria[H8111], and dwelt[H3427] in the cities thereof[H5892].
25. And so it was[H8462], at the beginning of their dwelling[H3427] there[H3372], that they feared not Jehovah[H3068]: therefore Jehovah[H3068] sent[H7971] lions[H738] among them[H2026], which killed some of them.
26. Wherefore they spake[H559] to the king[H4428] of Assyria[H804], saying[H559], The nations[H1471] which thou hast carried[H1540] away[H3427], and placed in the cities[H5892] of Samaria[H8111], know[H3045] not the law[H4941] of the god[H430] of the land[H776]: therefore he hath sent[H7971] lions[H738] among them[H4191], and, behold, they slay them[H3045], because they know not the law[H4941] of the god[H430] of the land[H776].
27. Then the king[H4428] of Assyria[H804] commanded[H6680], saying[H559], Carry[H3212] thither one[H259] of the priests[H3548] whom ye brought[H1540] from thence[H3212]; and let them go and dwell[H3427] there[H3384], and let him teach them the law[H4941] of the god[H430] of the land[H776].
28. So one[H259] of the priests[H3548] whom they had carried away[H1540] from Samaria[H8111] came[H935] and dwelt[H3427] in Beth-el[H1008], and taught[H3384] them how they should fear[H3372] Jehovah[H3068].
29. Howbeit every nation[H1471] made[H6213] gods[H430] of their own[H3240], and put them in the houses[H1004] of the high places[H1116] which the Samaritans[H8118] had made[H6213], every nation[H1471] in their cities[H5892] wherein they dwelt[H3427].
30. And the men[H582] of Babylon[H894] made[H6213] Succoth-benoth[H5524], and the men[H582] of Cuth[H3575] made[H6213] Nergal[H5370], and the men[H582] of Hamath[H2574] made[H6213] Ashima[H807],
31. and the Avvites[H5757] made[H6213] Nibhaz[H5026] and Tartak[H8662]; and the Sepharvites[H5616] burnt[H8313] their children[H1121] in the fire[H784] to Adrammelech[H152] and Anammelech[H6048], the gods[H430] of Sepharvaim[H5617].
32. So they feared[H3373] Jehovah[H3068], and made[H6213] unto them from among themselves[H7098] priests[H3548] of the high places[H1116], who sacrificed[H6213] for them in the houses[H1004] of the high places[H1116].
33. They feared[H3373] Jehovah[H3068], and served[H5647] their own gods[H430], after the manner[H4941] of the nations[H1471] from among whom they had been carried away[H1540].
34. Unto this day[H3117] they do[H6213] after the former[H7223] manner[H4941]: they fear[H3373] not Jehovah[H3068], neither do[H6213] they after their statutes[H2708], or after their ordinances[H4941], or after the law[H8451] or after the commandment[H4687] which Jehovah[H3068] commanded[H6680] the children[H1121] of Jacob[H3290], whom he named[H7760] Israel[H3478];
35. with whom Jehovah[H3068] had made[H3772] a covenant[H1285], and charged[H6680] them[H559], saying, Ye shall not fear[H3372] other[H312] gods[H430], nor bow[H7812] yourselves to them[H5647], nor serve them[H2076], nor sacrifice to them:
36. but Jehovah[H3068], who brought you up[H5927] out of the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714] with great[H1419] power[H3581] and with an outstretched[H5186] arm[H2220], him shall ye fear[H3372], and unto him shall ye bow[H7812] yourselves[H2076], and to him shall ye sacrifice:
37. and the statutes[H2706] and the ordinances[H4941], and the law[H8451] and the commandment[H4687], which he wrote[H3789] for you[H8104], ye shall observe to do[H6213] for evermore[H3117]; and ye shall not fear[H3372] other[H312] gods[H430]:
38. and the covenant[H1285] that I have made[H3772] with you ye shall not forget[H7911]; neither shall ye fear[H3372] other[H312] gods[H430]:
39. but Jehovah[H3068] your God[H430] shall ye fear[H3372]; and he will deliver[H5337] you out of the hand[H3027] of all your enemies[H341].
40. Howbeit they did not hearken[H8085], but they did[H6213] after their former[H7223] manner[H4941].
41. So these nations[H1471] feared[H3373] Jehovah[H3068], and served[H5647] their graven images[H6456]; their children[H1121] likewise[H1121], and their children's children[H1121], as did[H6213] their fathers[H1], so do[H6213] they unto this day[H3117].
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