King James Version (KJV) With Strong Codes

1. In the twelfth[H8147] [H6240] 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[H5921] Israel[H3478] nine[H8672] years.[H8141]

2. And he did[H6213] that which was evil[H7451] in the sight[H5869] of the LORD,[H3068] but[H7535] not[H3808] as the kings[H4428] of Israel[H3478] that[H834] were[H1961] before[H6440] him.

3. Against[H5921] him came up[H5927] Shalmaneser[H8022] king[H4428] of Assyria;[H804] and Hoshea[H1954] became[H1961] his servant,[H5650] and gave[H7725] him presents.[H4503]

4. And the king[H4428] of Assyria[H804] found[H4672] conspiracy[H7195] in Hoshea:[H1954] for he had sent[H7971] messengers[H4397] to[H413] So[H5471] king[H4428] of Egypt,[H4714] and brought[H5927] no[H3808] present[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] [H3608]

5. Then the king[H4428] of Assyria[H804] came up[H5927] throughout all[H3605] the land,[H776] and went up[H5927] to Samaria,[H8111] and besieged[H6696] [H5921] it three[H7969] years.[H8141]

6. In the ninth[H8671] year[H8141] of Hoshea[H1954] the king[H4428] of Assyria[H804] took[H3920] [H853] Samaria,[H8111] and carried Israel away[H1540] [H853] [H3478] into Assyria,[H804] and placed[H3427] them in Halah[H2477] and in Habor[H2249] by the river[H5104] of Gozan,[H1470] and in the cities[H5892] of the Medes.[H4074]

7. For so it was,[H1961] that[H3588] the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] had sinned[H2398] against the LORD[H3068] their God,[H430] which had brought them up[H5927] [H853] out of the land[H4480] [H776] of Egypt,[H4714] from under[H4480] [H8478] the hand[H3027] of Pharaoh[H6547] king[H4428] of Egypt,[H4714] and had feared[H3372] other[H312] gods,[H430]

8. And walked[H1980] in the statutes[H2708] of the heathen,[H1471] whom[H834] the LORD[H3068] cast out[H3423] from before[H4480] [H6440] the children[H1121] of Israel,[H3478] and of the kings[H4428] of Israel,[H3478] which[H834] they had made.[H6213]

9. And the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] did secretly[H2644] those things[H1697] that[H834] were not[H3808] right[H3651] against[H5921] the LORD[H3068] their God,[H430] and they built[H1129] them high places[H1116] in all[H3605] their cities,[H5892] from the tower[H4480] [H4026] of the watchmen[H5341] to[H5704] the fenced[H4013] city.[H5892]

10. And they set them up[H5324] images[H4676] and groves[H842] in[H5921] every[H3605] high[H1364] hill,[H1389] and under[H8478] every[H3605] green[H7488] tree: [H6086]

11. And there[H8033] they burnt incense[H6999] in all[H3605] the high places,[H1116] as did the heathen[H1471] whom[H834] the LORD[H3068] carried away[H1540] before[H4480] [H6440] them; and wrought[H6213] wicked[H7451] things[H1697] to provoke[H3707] [H853] the LORD[H3068] to anger:

12. For they served[H5647] idols,[H1544] whereof[H834] the LORD[H3068] had said[H559] unto them, Ye shall not[H3808] do[H6213] [H853] this[H2088] thing.[H1697]

13. Yet the LORD[H3068] testified[H5749] against Israel,[H3478] and against Judah,[H3063] by[H3027] all[H3605] the prophets,[H5030] and by all[H3605] the seers,[H2374] saying,[H559] Turn[H7725] ye from your evil ways,[H4480] [H1870] [H7451] and keep[H8104] my commandments[H4687] and my statutes,[H2708] according to all[H3605] the law[H8451] which[H834] I commanded[H6680] [H853] your fathers,[H1] and which[H834] I sent[H7971] to[H413] you by[H3027] my servants[H5650] the prophets.[H5030]

14. Notwithstanding they would not[H3808] hear,[H8085] but hardened[H7185] [H853] their necks,[H6203] like to the neck[H6203] of their fathers,[H1] that[H834] did not[H3808] believe[H539] in the LORD[H3068] their God.[H430]

15. And they rejected[H3988] [H853] his statutes,[H2706] and his covenant[H1285] that[H834] he made[H3772] with[H854] their fathers,[H1] and his testimonies[H5715] which[H834] he testified[H5749] against them; and they followed[H1980] [H310] vanity,[H1892] and became vain,[H1891] and went after[H310] the heathen[H1471] that[H834] were round about[H5439] them, concerning whom[H834] the LORD[H3068] had charged[H6680] them, that they should not[H1115] do[H6213] like them.

16. And they left[H5800] [H853] all[H3605] the commandments[H4687] of the LORD[H3068] their God,[H430] and made[H6213] them molten images,[H4541] even two[H8147] calves,[H5695] and made[H6213] a grove,[H842] and worshiped[H7812] all[H3605] the host[H6635] of heaven,[H8064] and served[H5647] [H853] Baal.[H1168]

17. And they caused[H853] their sons[H1121] and their daughters[H1323] to pass through[H5674] the fire,[H784] and used[H7080] divination[H7081] and enchantments,[H5172] and sold themselves[H4376] to do[H6213] evil[H7451] in the sight[H5869] of the LORD,[H3068] to provoke him to anger.[H3707]

18. Therefore the LORD[H3068] was very angry[H599] [H3966] with Israel,[H3478] and removed[H5493] them out of[H4480] [H5921] his sight:[H6440] there was none[H3808] left[H7604] but[H7535] the tribe[H7626] of Judah[H3063] only.[H905]

19. Also[H1571] Judah[H3063] kept[H8104] not[H3808] [H853] the commandments[H4687] of the LORD[H3068] their God,[H430] but walked[H1980] in the statutes[H2708] of Israel[H3478] which[H834] they made.[H6213]

20. And the LORD[H3068] rejected[H3988] all[H3605] the seed[H2233] of Israel,[H3478] and afflicted[H6031] them, and delivered[H5414] them into the hand[H3027] of spoilers,[H8154] until[H5704] [H834] he had cast them out[H7993] of his sight.[H4480] [H6440]

21. For[H3588] he rent[H7167] Israel[H3478] from[H4480] [H5921] the house[H1004] of David;[H1732] and they made[H853] Jeroboam[H3379] the son[H1121] of Nebat[H5028] king:[H4427] and Jeroboam[H3379] drove[H5080] [H853] Israel[H3478] from following[H4480] [H310] the LORD,[H3068] and made them sin[H2398] a great[H1419] sin.[H2401]

22. For the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] walked[H1980] in all[H3605] the sins[H2403] of Jeroboam[H3379] which[H834] he did;[H6213] they departed[H5493] not[H3808] from[H4480] them;

23. Until[H5704] [H834] the LORD[H3068] removed[H5493] [H853] Israel[H3478] out of[H4480] [H5921] his sight,[H6440] as[H834] he had said[H1696] by[H3027] all[H3605] his servants[H5650] the prophets.[H5030] So was Israel[H3478] carried away[H1540] out of[H4480] [H5921] their own land[H127] to Assyria[H804] unto[H5704] this[H2088] day.[H3117]

24. And the king[H4428] of Assyria[H804] brought[H935] men from Babylon,[H4480] [H894] and from Cuthah,[H4480] [H3575] and from Ava,[H4480] [H5755] and from Hamath,[H4480] [H2574] and from Sepharvaim,[H5617] and placed[H3427] them in the cities[H5892] of Samaria[H8111] instead[H8478] of the children[H1121] of Israel:[H3478] and they possessed[H3423] [H853] Samaria,[H8111] and dwelt[H3427] in the cities[H5892] thereof.

25. And so it was[H1961] at the beginning[H8462] of their dwelling[H3427] there,[H8033] that they feared[H3372] not[H3808] [H853] the LORD:[H3068] therefore the LORD[H3068] sent[H7971] [H853] lions[H738] among them, which slew[H2026] some of them.

26. Wherefore they spoke[H559] to the king[H4428] of Assyria,[H804] saying,[H559] The nations[H1471] which[H834] thou hast removed,[H1540] and placed[H3427] in the cities[H5892] of Samaria,[H8111] know[H3045] not[H3808] [H853] the manner[H4941] of the God[H430] of the land:[H776] therefore he hath sent[H7971] [H853] lions[H738] among them, and, behold,[H2009] they slay[H4191] them, because[H834] they know[H3045] not[H369] [H853] the manner[H4941] of the God[H430] of the land.[H776]

27. Then the king[H4428] of Assyria[H804] commanded,[H6680] saying,[H559] Carry[H1980] thither[H8033] one[H259] of the priests[H4480] [H3548] whom[H834] ye brought[H1540] from thence;[H4480] [H8033] and let them go[H1980] and dwell[H3427] there,[H8033] and let him teach[H3384] them[H853] the manner[H4941] of the God[H430] of the land.[H776]

28. Then one[H259] of the priests[H4480] [H3548] whom[H834] they had carried away[H1540] from Samaria[H4480] [H8111] came[H935] and dwelt[H3427] in Bethel,[H1008] and taught[H3384] them how[H349] they should fear[H3372] [H853] the LORD.[H3068]

29. Howbeit every nation[H1471] [H1471] made[H6213] gods[H430] of their own, and put[H5117] them in the houses[H1004] of the high places[H1116] which[H834] the Samaritans[H8118] had made,[H6213] every nation[H1471] [H1471] in their cities[H5892] wherein[H834] [H8033] they[H1992] dwelt.[H3427]

30. And the men[H376] of Babylon[H894] made[H6213] [H853] Succothbenoth,[H5524] and the men[H376] of Cuth[H3575] made[H6213] [H853] Nergal,[H5370] and the men[H376] of Hamath[H2574] made[H6213] [H853] Ashima,[H807]

31. And the Avites[H5761] made[H6213] Nibhaz[H5026] and Tartak,[H8662] and the Sepharvites[H5617] burnt[H8313] [H853] their children[H1121] in fire[H784] to Adrammelech[H152] and Anammelech,[H6048] the gods[H430] of Sepharvaim.[H5617]

32. So they feared[H1961] [H3372] [H853] the LORD,[H3068] and made[H6213] unto themselves of the lowest[H4480] [H7098] of them priests[H3548] of the high places,[H1116] which sacrificed[H6213] for them in the houses[H1004] of the high places.[H1116]

33. They feared[H1961] [H3372] [H853] the LORD,[H3068] and served[H1961] [H5647] their own gods,[H430] after the manner[H4941] of the nations[H1471] whom[H834] [H853] they carried away[H1540] from thence.[H4480] [H8033]

34. Unto[H5704] this[H2088] day[H3117] they[H1992] do[H6213] after the former[H7223] manners:[H4941] they fear[H3372] not[H369] [H853] the LORD,[H3068] neither[H369] do[H6213] they after their statutes,[H2708] or after their ordinances,[H4941] or after the law[H8451] and commandment[H4687] which[H834] the LORD[H3068] commanded[H6680] [H853] the children[H1121] of Jacob,[H3290] whom[H834] he named[H7760] [H8034] Israel;[H3478]

35. With[H854] whom the LORD[H3068] had made[H3772] a covenant,[H1285] and charged[H6680] them, saying,[H559] Ye shall not[H3808] fear[H3372] other[H312] gods,[H430] nor[H3808] bow yourselves[H7812] to them, nor[H3808] serve[H5647] them, nor[H3808] sacrifice[H2076] to them:

36. But[H3588] [H518] [H853] the LORD,[H3068] who[H834] brought you up[H5927] [H853] out of the land[H4480] [H776] of Egypt[H4714] with great[H1419] power[H3581] and a stretched out[H5186] arm,[H2220] him shall ye fear,[H3372] and him shall ye worship,[H7812] and to him shall ye do sacrifice.[H2076]

37. And the statutes,[H2706] and the ordinances,[H4941] and the law,[H8451] and the commandment,[H4687] which[H834] he wrote[H3789] for you, ye shall observe[H8104] to do[H6213] forevermore;[H3605] [H3117] and ye shall not[H3808] fear[H3372] other[H312] gods.[H430]

38. And the covenant[H1285] that[H834] I have made[H3772] with[H854] you ye shall not[H3808] forget;[H7911] neither[H3808] shall ye fear[H3372] other[H312] gods.[H430]

39. But[H3588] [H518] [H853] the LORD[H3068] your God[H430] ye shall fear;[H3372] and he[H1931] shall deliver[H5337] you out of the hand[H4480] [H3027] of all[H3605] your enemies.[H341]

40. Howbeit they did not[H3808] hearken,[H8085] but[H3588] [H518] they[H1992] did[H6213] after their former[H7223] manner.[H4941]

41. So these[H428] nations[H1471] feared[H1961] [H3372] [H853] the LORD,[H3068] and served[H5647] their graven images,[H6456] both[H1571] their children,[H1121] and their children's[H1121] children:[H1121] as[H834] did[H6213] their fathers,[H1] so do[H6213] they[H1992] unto[H5704] this[H2088] day.[H3117]