¹ In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years.

² And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, but not as the kings of Israel that were before him.

³ Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and gave him presents.

⁴ And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.

⁵ Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.

⁶ In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.

⁷ For so it was, that the children of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, which had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods,

⁸ And walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they had made.

⁹ And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were not right against the LORD their God, and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.

¹⁰ And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree:

¹¹ And there they burnt incense in all the high places, as did the heathen whom the LORD carried away before them; and wrought wicked things to provoke the LORD to anger:

¹² For they served idols, whereof the LORD had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing.

¹³ Yet the LORD testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets.

¹⁴ Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the LORD their God.

¹⁵ And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen that were round about them, concerning whom the LORD had charged them, that they should not do like them.

¹⁶ And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.

¹⁷ And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.

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.

¹⁹ Also Judah kept not the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.

²⁰ And the LORD rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight.

²¹ For he rent Israel from the house of David; and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drave Israel from following the LORD, and made them sin a great sin.

²² For the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they departed not from them;

²³ Until the LORD removed Israel out of his sight, as he had said by all his servants the prophets. So was Israel carried away out of their own land to Assyria unto this day.

²⁴ And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel: and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.

²⁵ And so it was at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they feared not the LORD: therefore the LORD sent lions among them, which slew some of them.

²⁶ Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations which thou hast removed, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner of the God of the land: therefore he hath sent lions among them, and, behold, they slay them, because they know not the manner of the God of the land.

²⁷ Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry thither one of the priests whom ye brought from thence; and let them go and dwell there, and let him teach them the manner of the God of the land.

²⁸ Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelt in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear the LORD.

²⁹ Howbeit every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities wherein they dwelt.

³⁰ And the men of Babylon made Succothbenoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima,

³¹ And the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt their children in fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.

³² So they feared the LORD, and made unto themselves of the lowest of them priests of the high places, which sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places.

³³ They feared the LORD, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations whom they carried away from thence.

³⁴ Unto this day they do after the former manners: they fear not the LORD, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law and commandment which the LORD commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel;

³⁵ With whom the LORD had made a covenant, and charged them, saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them:

³⁶ But the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power and a stretched out arm, him shall ye fear, and him shall ye worship, and to him shall ye do sacrifice.

³⁷ And the statutes, and the ordinances, and the law, and the commandment, which he wrote for you, ye shall observe to do for evermore; and ye shall not fear other gods.

³⁸ And the covenant that I have made with you ye shall not forget; neither shall ye fear other gods.

³⁹ But the LORD your God ye shall fear; and he shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.

⁴⁰ Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner.

⁴¹ So these nations feared the LORD, and served their graven images, both their children, and their children's children: as did their fathers, so do they unto this day.

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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 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 not as the kings ^H4428 of Israel ^H3478 that were before ^H6440 him.

³ Against him came up ^H5927 Shalmaneser ^H8022 king ^H4428 of Assyria; ^H804 and Hoshea ^H1954 became 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 So ^H5471 king ^H4428 of Egypt, ^H4714 and brought ^H5927 no 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 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 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, that the children ^H1121 of Israel ^H3478 had sinned ^H2398 against the LORD ^H3068 their God, ^H430 which had 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 heathen, ^H1471 whom the LORD ^H3068 cast out ^H3423 from before ^H6440 the children ^H1121 of Israel, ^H3478 and of the kings ^H4428 of Israel, ^H3478 which they had made. ^H6213

⁹ And the children ^H1121 of Israel ^H3478 did secretly ^H2644 those things ^H1697 that were not right against the LORD ^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 fenced ^H4013 city. ^H5892

¹⁰ And they set them up ^H5324 images ^H4676 and groves ^H842 in 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 heathen ^H1471 whom the LORD ^H3068 carried away ^H1540 before ^H6440 them; and wrought ^H6213 wicked ^H7451 things ^H1697 to provoke the LORD ^H3068 to anger: ^H3707

¹² For they served ^H5647 idols, ^H1544 whereof the LORD ^H3068 had said ^H559 unto them, Ye shall not do ^H6213 this thing. ^H1697

¹³ Yet the LORD ^H3068 testified ^H5749 against Israel, ^H3478 and against Judah, ^H3063 by ^H3027 all the prophets, ^H5030 and by all the seers, ^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 they would not hear, ^H8085 but hardened ^H7185 their necks, ^H6203 like to the neck ^H6203 of their fathers, ^H1 that did not believe ^H539 in the LORD ^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 against them; and they followed ^{H3212 H310} vanity, ^H1892 and became vain, ^H1891 and went after ^H310 the heathen ^H1471 that were round about ^H5439 them, concerning whom the LORD ^H3068 had charged ^H6680 them, that they should not do ^H6213 like them.

¹⁶ And they left ^H5800 all 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 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 evil ^H7451 in the sight ^H5869 of the LORD, ^H3068 to provoke him to anger. ^H3707

¹⁸ Therefore the LORD ^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 ^H3063 only.

¹⁹ Also Judah ^H3063 kept ^H8104 not the commandments ^H4687 of the LORD ^H3068 their God, ^H430 but walked ^H3212 in the statutes ^H2708 of Israel ^H3478 which they made. ^H6213

²⁰ And the LORD ^H3068 rejected ^H3988 all the seed ^H2233 of Israel, ^H3478 and afflicted ^H6031 them, and delivered ^H5414 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 drave ^{H5080 H5077} Israel ^H3478 from following ^H310 the LORD, ^H3068 and made them sin ^H2398 a great ^H1419 sin. ^H2401

²² For the children ^H1121 of Israel ^H3478 walked ^H3212 in all the sins ^H2403 of Jeroboam ^H3379 which he did; ^H6213 they departed ^H5493 not from them;

²³ Until the LORD ^H3068 removed ^H5493 Israel ^H3478 out of his sight, ^H6440 as he had said ^H1696 by ^H3027 all his servants ^H5650 the prophets. ^H5030 So was Israel ^H3478 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 Ava, ^H5755 and from Hamath, ^H2574 and from 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 ^H5892 thereof.

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

²⁶ Wherefore they spake ^H559 to the king ^H4428 of Assyria, ^H804 saying, ^H559 The nations ^H1471 which thou hast removed, ^H1540 and placed ^H3427 in the cities ^H5892 of Samaria, ^H8111 know ^H3045 not the manner ^H4941 of the God ^H430 of the land: ^H776 therefore he hath sent ^H7971 lions ^H738 among them, and, behold, they slay ^H4191 them, because they know ^H3045 not the manner ^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; and let them go ^H3212 and dwell ^H3427 there, and let him teach ^H3384 them the manner ^H4941 of the God ^H430 of the land. ^H776

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

²⁹ Howbeit every nation ^H1471 made ^H6213 gods ^H430 of their own, and put ^H3240 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 Succothbenoth, ^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 Avites ^H5757 made ^H6213 Nibhaz ^H5026 and Tartak, ^H8662 and the Sepharvites ^H5616 burnt ^H8313 their children ^H1121 in fire ^H784 to Adrammelech ^H152 and Anammelech, ^H6048 the gods ^H430 of Sepharvaim. ^H5617

³² So they feared ^H3373 the LORD, ^H3068 and made ^H6213 unto themselves of the lowest ^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 ^H3373 the LORD, ^H3068 and served ^H5647 their own gods, ^H430 after the manner ^H4941 of the nations ^H1471 whom they carried away ^H1540 from thence.

³⁴ Unto this day ^H3117 they do ^H6213 after the former ^H7223 manners: ^H4941 they fear ^H3373 not the LORD, ^H3068 neither do ^H6213 they after their statutes, ^H2708 or after their ordinances, ^H4941 or after the law ^H8451 and commandment ^H4687 which the LORD ^H3068 commanded ^H6680 the children ^H1121 of Jacob, ^H3290 whom he named ^{H7760 H8034} Israel; ^H3478

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

³⁶ But the LORD, ^H3068 who brought you up ^H5927 out of the land ^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 he wrote ^H3789 for you, ye shall observe ^H8104 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 the LORD ^H3068 your God ^H430 ye shall fear; ^H3372 and he shall 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 the LORD, ^H3068 and served ^H5647 their graven images, ^H6456 both their children, ^H1121 and their children's ^H1121 children: ^H1121 as did ^H6213 their fathers, ^H1 so do ^H6213 they unto this day. ^H3117

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¹ In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel, `and reigned' nine years.

² And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, yet not as the kings of Israel that were before him.

³ Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and brought him tribute.

⁴ And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea; for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and offered no tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.

⁵ Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.

⁶ In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away unto Assyria, and placed them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.

⁷ And it was so, because the children of Israel had sinned against Jehovah their God, who brought them up out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods,

⁸ and walked in the statutes of the nations, whom Jehovah cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they made.

⁹ And the children of Israel did secretly things that were not right against Jehovah their God: and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city;

¹⁰ and they set them up pillars and Asherim upon every high hill, and under every green tree;

¹¹ and there they burnt incense in all the high places, as did the nations whom Jehovah carried away before them; and they wrought wicked things to provoke Jehovah to anger;

¹² and they served idols, whereof Jehovah had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing.

¹³ Yet Jehovah testified unto Israel, and unto Judah, by every prophet, and every seer, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets.

¹⁴ Notwithstanding, they would not hear, but hardened their neck, like to the neck of their fathers, who believed not in Jehovah their God.

¹⁵ And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified unto them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and `went' after the nations that were round about them, concerning whom Jehovah had charged them that they should not do like them.

¹⁶ And they forsook all the commandments of Jehovah their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made an Asherah, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.

¹⁷ And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger.

¹⁸ Therefore Jehovah was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only.

¹⁹ Also Judah kept not the commandments of Jehovah their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.

²⁰ And Jehovah rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight.

²¹ For he rent Israel from the house of David; and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drove Israel from following Jehovah, and made them sin a great sin.

²² And the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they departed not from them;

²³ until Jehovah removed Israel out of his sight, as he spake by all his servants the prophets. So Israel was carried away out of their own land to Assyria unto this day.

²⁴ And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Avva, and from Hamath and Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel; and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.

²⁵ And so it was, at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they feared not Jehovah: therefore Jehovah sent lions among them, which killed some of them.

²⁶ Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations which thou hast carried away, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the law of the god of the land: therefore he hath sent lions among them, and, behold, they slay them, because they know not the law of the god of the land.

²⁷ Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry thither one of the priests whom ye brought from thence; and let them go and dwell there, and let him teach them the law of the god of the land.

²⁸ So one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelt in Beth-el, and taught them how they should fear Jehovah.

²⁹ Howbeit every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities wherein they dwelt.

³⁰ And the men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima,

³¹ and the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak; and the Sepharvites burnt their children in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.

³² So they feared Jehovah, and made unto them from among themselves priests of the high places, who sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places.

³³ They feared Jehovah, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations from among whom they had been carried away.

³⁴ Unto this day they do after the former manner: they fear not Jehovah, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law or after the commandment which Jehovah commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel;

³⁵ with whom Jehovah had made a covenant, and charged them, saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them:

³⁶ but Jehovah, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power and with an outstretched arm, him shall ye fear, and unto him shall ye bow yourselves, and to him shall ye sacrifice:

³⁷ and the statutes and the ordinances, and the law and the commandment, which he wrote for you, ye shall observe to do for evermore; and ye shall not fear other gods:

³⁸ and the covenant that I have made with you ye shall not forget; neither shall ye fear other gods:

³⁹ but Jehovah your God shall ye fear; and he will deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.

⁴⁰ Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner.

⁴¹ So these nations feared Jehovah, and served their graven images; their children likewise, and their children's children, as did their fathers, so do they unto this day.

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¹ In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah reigned hath Hoshea son of Elah in Samaria, over Israel -- nine years,

² and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, only, not as the kings of Israel who were before him;

³ against him came up Shalmaneser king of Asshur, and Hoshea is to him a servant, and doth render to him a present.

⁴ And the king of Asshur findeth in Hoshea a conspiracy, in that he hath sent messengers unto So king of Egypt, and hath not caused a present to go up to the king of Asshur, as year by year, and the king of Asshur restraineth him, and bindeth him in a house of restraint.

⁵ And the king of Asshur goeth up into all the land, and he goeth up to Samaria, and layeth siege against it three years;

⁶ in the ninth year of Hoshea hath the king of Asshur captured Samaria, and removeth Israel to Asshur, and causeth them to dwell in Halah, and in Habor, `by' the river Gozan, and `in' the cities of the Medes.

⁷ And it cometh to pass, because the sons of Israel have sinned against Jehovah their God -- who bringeth them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt -- and fear other gods,

⁸ and walk in the statutes of the nations that Jehovah dispossessed from the presence of the sons of Israel, and of the kings of Israel that they made;

⁹ and the sons of Israel do covertly things that `are' not right against Jehovah their God, and build for them high places in all their cities, from a tower of the watchers unto the fenced city,

¹⁰ and set up for them standing-pillars and shrines on every high height, and under every green tree,

¹¹ and make perfume there in all high places, like the nations that Jehovah removed from their presence, and do evil things to provoke Jehovah,

¹² and serve the idols, of which Jehovah said to them, `Ye do not do this thing;'

¹³ And Jehovah testifieth against Israel, and against Judah, by the hand of every prophet, and every seer, saying, `Turn back from your evil ways, and keep My commands, My statutes, according to all the law that I commanded your fathers, and that I sent unto you by the hand of My servants the prophets;'

¹⁴ and they have not hearkened, and harden their neck, like the neck of their fathers, who did not remain stedfast in Jehovah their God,

¹⁵ and reject His statutes and His covenant that He made with their fathers, and His testimonies that He testified against them, and go after the vain thing, and become vain, and after the nations that are round about them, of whom Jehovah commanded them not to do like them;

¹⁶ And they forsake all the commands of Jehovah their God, and make to them a molten image -- two calves, and make a shrine, and bow themselves to all the host of the heavens, and serve Baal,

¹⁷ and cause their sons and their daughters to pass over through fire, and divine divinations, and use enchantments, and sell themselves to do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, to provoke Him;

¹⁸ That Jehovah sheweth himself very angry against Israel, and turneth them aside from His presence; none hath been left, only the tribe of Judah by itself.

¹⁹ Also Judah hath not kept the commands of Jehovah their God, and they walk in the statutes of Israel that they had made.

²⁰ And Jehovah kicketh against all the seed of Israel, and afflicteth them, and giveth them into the hand of spoilers, till that He hath cast them out of His presence,

²¹ for He hath rent Israel from the house of David, and they make Jeroboam son of Nebat king, and Jeroboam driveth Israel from after Jehovah, and hath caused them to sin a great sin,

²² and the sons of Israel walk in all the sins of Jeroboam that he did, they have not turned aside therefrom,

²³ till that Jehovah hath turned Israel aside from His presence, as He spake by the hand of all His servants the prophets, and Israel is removed from off its land to Asshur, unto this day.

²⁴ And the king of Asshur bringeth in from Babylon and from Cutha, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and Sepharvaim, and causeth `them' to dwell in the cities of Samaria instead of the sons of Israel, and they possess Samaria, and dwell in its cities;

²⁵ and it cometh to pass, at the commencement of their dwelling there, they have not feared Jehovah, and Jehovah doth send among them the lions, and they are destroying among them.

²⁶ And they speak to the king of Asshur, saying, `The nations that thou hast removed, and dost place in the cities of Samaria, have not known the custom of the God of the land, and He sendeth among them the lions, and lo, they are destroying them, as they do not know the custom of the God of the land.'

²⁷ And the king of Asshur commandeth, saying, `Cause to go thither one of the priests whom ye removed thence, and they go and dwell there, and he doth teach them the custom of the God of the land.'

²⁸ And one of the priests whom they removed from Samaria cometh in, and dwelleth in Beth-El, and he is teaching them how they do fear Jehovah,

²⁹ and they are making each nation its gods, and place `them' in the houses of the high places that the Samaritans have made, each nation in their cities where they are dwelling.

³⁰ And the men of Babylon have made Succoth-Benoth, and the men of Cuth have made Nergal, and the men of Hamath have made Ashima,

³¹ and the Avites have made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites are burning their sons with fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, gods of Sepharvim.

³² And they are fearing Jehovah, and make to themselves from their extremities priests of high places, and they are acting for them in the house of the high places.

³³ Jehovah they are fearing, and their gods they are serving, according to the custom of the nations whence they removed them.

³⁴ Unto this day they are doing according to the former customs -- they are not fearing Jehovah, and are not doing according to their statutes, and according to their ordinances, and according to the law, and according to the command, that Jehovah commanded the sons of Jacob whose name He made Israel,

³⁵ and Jehovah maketh with them a covenant, and chargeth them, saying, `Ye do not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them,

³⁶ but Jehovah who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a stretched-out arm, Him ye do fear, and to Him ye bow yourselves, and to Him ye do sacrifice;

³⁷ and the statutes, and the judgments, and the law, and the command, that He wrote for you, ye observe to do all the days, and ye do not fear other gods;

³⁸ and the covenant that I have made with you ye do not forget, and ye do not fear other gods;

³⁹ but Jehovah your God ye do fear, and He doth deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies;'

⁴⁰ and they have not hearkened, but according to their former custom they are doing,

⁴¹ and these nations are fearing Jehovah, and their graven images they have served, both their sons and their sons' sons; as their fathers did, they are doing unto this day.

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¹ In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, Hoshea the son of Elah began to reign in Samaria over Israel, for nine years.

² And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah, but not as the kings of Israel that had been before him.

³ Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria, and Hoshea became his servant, and tendered him presents.

⁴ But the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea; for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and sent up no present to the king of Assyria as [he had done] from year to year. And the king of Assyria shut him up and bound him in prison.

⁵ And the king of Assyria overran the whole land, and went up against Samaria, and besieged it three years.

⁶ In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and by the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.

⁷ And so it was, because the children of Israel had sinned against Jehovah their God, who had brought them up out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods;

⁸ and they walked in the statutes of the nations that Jehovah had dispossessed from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they had made.

⁹ And the children of Israel did secretly against Jehovah their God things that were not right; and they built them high places in all their cities, from the watchmen's tower to the fortified city.

¹⁰ And they set them up columns and Asherahs on every high hill and under every green tree;

¹¹ and there they burned incense on all the high places, as did the nations that Jehovah had carried away from before them, and they wrought wicked things to provoke Jehovah to anger;

¹² and they served idols, as to which Jehovah had said to them, Ye shall not do this thing.

¹³ And Jehovah testified against Israel and against Judah, by all the prophets, all the seers, saying, Turn from your evil ways, and keep my commandments, my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you through my servants the prophets.

¹⁴ But they would not hear, and hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, who did not believe in Jehovah their God.

¹⁵ And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant which he had made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he had testified unto them; and they followed vanity and became vain, and [went] after the nations that were round about them, concerning whom Jehovah had charged them that they should not do like them.

¹⁶ And they forsook all the commandments of Jehovah their God, and made them molten images, two calves, and made an Asherah, and worshipped all the host of the heavens, and served Baal;

¹⁷ and they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger.

¹⁸ Therefore Jehovah was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there remained but the tribe of Judah only.

¹⁹ Also Judah kept not the commandments of Jehovah their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they had made.

²⁰ And Jehovah rejected all the seed of Israel; and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight.

²¹ For Israel had rent [the kingdom] from the house of David; and they had made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king; and Jeroboam violently turned Israel from following Jehovah, and made them sin a great sin.

²² And the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they did not depart from them:

²³ until Jehovah had removed Israel out of his sight, as he had said through all his servants the prophets; and Israel was carried away out of their own land to Assyria, unto this day.

²⁴ And the king of Assyria brought [people] from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Avva, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and made them dwell in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel; and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in its cities.

²⁵ And so it was, at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they feared not Jehovah; and Jehovah sent lions among them, which killed [some] of them.

²⁶ And they spoke to the king of Assyria saying, The nations that thou hast removed and made to dwell in the cities of Samaria know not the manner of the god of the land; therefore he has sent lions among them, and behold, they slay them, because they know not the manner of the god of the land.

²⁷ And the king of Assyria commanded saying, Carry thither one of the priests whom ye have brought away from thence; and let them go and abide there, and let him teach them the manner of the god of the land.

²⁸ Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and abode in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear Jehovah.

²⁹ And every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places that the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities in which they dwelt.

³⁰ And the people of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, and the people of Cuth made Nergal, and the people of Hamath made Ashima,

³¹ and the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burned their children in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech the gods of Sepharvaim.

³² So they feared Jehovah, and made to themselves from all classes of them priests of the high places, who offered [sacrifices] for them in the houses of the high places.

³³ They feared Jehovah, and served their own gods after the manner of the nations, whence they had been carried away.

³⁴ To this day they do after their former customs: they fear not Jehovah, neither do they after their statutes or after their ordinances, nor after the law and commandment that Jehovah commanded the sons of Jacob, whom he named Israel.

³⁵ And Jehovah had made a covenant with them, and charged them saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow down yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them;

³⁶ but Jehovah alone, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power and a stretched-out arm, him shall ye fear, and him shall ye worship, and to him shall ye do sacrifice.

³⁷ And the statutes and the ordinances and the law, and the commandment which he wrote for you, ye shall observe to do for evermore; and ye shall not fear other gods.

³⁸ And ye shall not forget the covenant that I have made with you, neither shall ye fear other gods;

³⁹ but ye shall fear Jehovah your God, and he shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.

⁴⁰ And they did not hearken, but did after their former customs.

⁴¹ And these nations feared Jehovah, and served their graven images, both their children and their children's children: as did their fathers, so do they, unto this day.

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¹ In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel, [and reigned] nine years.

² He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, yet not as the kings of Israel who were before him.

³ Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and brought him tribute.

⁴ The king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea; for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and offered no tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.

⁵ Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.

⁶ In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away to Assyria, and placed them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.

⁷ It was so, because the children of Israel had sinned against Yahweh their God, who brought them up out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods,

⁸ and walked in the statutes of the nations, whom Yahweh cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they made.

⁹ The children of Israel did secretly things that were not right against Yahweh their God: and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city;

¹⁰ and they set them up pillars and Asherim on every high hill, and under every green tree;

¹¹ and there they burnt incense in all the high places, as did the nations whom Yahweh carried away before them; and they worked wicked things to provoke Yahweh to anger;

¹² and they served idols, of which Yahweh had said to them, You shall not do this thing.

¹³ Yet Yahweh testified to Israel, and to Judah, by every prophet, and every seer, saying, Turn you from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets.

¹⁴ Notwithstanding, they would not hear, but hardened their neck, like the neck of their fathers, who didn't believe in Yahweh their God.

¹⁵ They rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified to them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and [went] after the nations that were round about them, concerning whom Yahweh had charged those who they should not do like them.

¹⁶ They forsook all the commandments of Yahweh their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made an Asherah, and worshiped all the host of the sky, and served Baal.

¹⁷ They caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, to provoke him to anger.

¹⁸ Therefore Yahweh was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only.

¹⁹ Also Judah didn't keep the commandments of Yahweh their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.

²⁰ Yahweh rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight.

²¹ For he tore Israel from the house of David; and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drove Israel from following Yahweh, and made them sin a great sin.

²² The children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they didn't depart from them;

²³ until Yahweh removed Israel out of his sight, as he spoke by all his servants the prophets. So Israel was carried away out of their own land to Assyria to this day.

²⁴ The king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Avva, and from Hamath and Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel; and they possessed Samaria, and lived in the cities of it.

²⁵ So it was, at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they didn't fear Yahweh: therefore Yahweh sent lions among them, which killed some of them.

²⁶ Therefore they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations which you have carried away, and placed in the cities of Samaria, don't know the law of the god of the land: therefore he has sent lions among them, and, behold, they kill them, because they don't know the law of the god of the land.

²⁷ Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry there one of the priests whom you brought from there; and let them go and dwell there, and let him teach them the law of the god of the land.

²⁸ So one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and lived in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear Yahweh.

²⁹ However every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities in which they lived.

³⁰ The men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima,

³¹ and the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak; and the Sepharvites burnt their children in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.

³² So they feared Yahweh, and made to them from among themselves priests of the high places, who sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places.

³³ They feared Yahweh, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations from among whom they had been carried away.

³⁴ To this day they do after the former manner: they don't fear Yahweh, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law or after the commandment which Yahweh commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel;

³⁵ with whom Yahweh had made a covenant, and charged them, saying, You shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them:

³⁶ but Yahweh, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power and with an outstretched arm, him shall you fear, and to him shall you bow yourselves, and to him shall you sacrifice:

³⁷ and the statutes and the ordinances, and the law and the commandment, which he wrote for you, you shall observe to do forevermore; and you shall not fear other gods:

³⁸ and the covenant that I have made with you you shall not forget; neither shall you fear other gods:

³⁹ but Yahweh your God shall you fear; and he will deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.

⁴⁰ However they did not listen, but they did after their former manner.

⁴¹ So these nations feared Yahweh, and served their engraved images; their children likewise, and their children's children, as did their fathers, so do they to this day.

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¹ In the twelfth year of Ahaz, king of Judah, Hoshea, the son of Elah, became king over Israel in Samaria, ruling for nine years.

² He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, though not like the kings of Israel before him.

³ Against him came up Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, and Hoshea became his servant and sent him offerings.

⁴ But Hoshea's broken faith became clear to the king of Assyria because he had sent representatives to So, king of Egypt, and did not send his offering to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: so the king of Assyria had him shut up in prison and put in chains.

⁵ Then the king of Assyria went through all the land and came up to Samaria, shutting it in with his forces for three years.

⁶ In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria, and took Israel away to Assyria, placing them in Halah and in Habor on the river Gozan, and in the towns of the Medes.

⁷ And the wrath of the Lord came on Israel because they had done evil against the Lord their God, who took them out of the land of Egypt from under the yoke of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and had become worshippers of other gods,

⁸ Living by the rules of the nations whom the Lord had sent out from before the children of Israel.

⁹ And the children of Israel did secretly against the Lord their God things which were not right, building high places for themselves in all their towns, from the tower of the watchmen to the walled town.

¹⁰ They put up pillars of stone and wood on every high hill and under every green tree:

¹¹ Burning their offerings in all the high places, as those nations did whom the Lord sent away from before them; they did evil things, moving the Lord to wrath;

¹² And they made themselves servants of disgusting things, though the Lord had said, You are not to do this.

¹³ And he gave witness to Israel and Judah, by every prophet and seer, saying, Come back from your evil ways, and do my orders and keep my rules, and be guided by the law which I gave to your fathers and sent to you by my servants the prophets.

¹⁴ And they did not give ear, but became stiff-necked, like their fathers who had no faith in the Lord their God.

¹⁵ And they went against his rules, and the agreement which he made with their fathers, and his laws which he gave them; they gave themselves up to things without sense or value, and became foolish like the nations round them, of whom the Lord had said, Do not as they do.

¹⁶ And turning their backs on all the orders which the Lord had given them, they made for themselves images of metal, and the image of Asherah, worshipping all the stars of heaven and becoming servants to Baal.

¹⁷ And they made their sons and their daughters go through the fire, and they made use of secret arts and unnatural powers, and gave themselves up to doing evil in the eyes of the Lord, till he was moved to wrath.

¹⁸ So the Lord was very angry with Israel, and his face was turned away from them: only the tribe of Judah kept its place.

¹⁹ (But even Judah did not keep the orders of the Lord their God, but were guided by the rules which Israel had made.

²⁰ So the Lord would have nothing to do with all the offspring of Israel, and sent trouble on them, and gave them up into the hands of their attackers, till he had sent them away from before his face.)

²¹ For Israel was broken off from the family of David, and they made Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, king, who, driving them away from the laws of the Lord, made them do a great sin.

²² And the children of Israel went on with all the sins which Jeroboam did; they did not keep themselves from them;

²³ Till the Lord put Israel away from before his face, as he had said by all his servants the prophets. So Israel was taken away from their land to Assyria, to this day.

²⁴ Then the king of Assyria took men from Babylon and from Cuthah and Avva and Hamath and Sepharvaim, and put them in the towns of Samaria in place of the children of Israel; so they got Samaria for their heritage, living in its towns.

²⁵ Now when first they were living there they did not give worship to the Lord. So the Lord sent lions among them, causing the death of some of them.

²⁶ So they said to the king of Assyria, The nations whom you have taken as prisoners and put in the towns of Samaria, have no knowledge of the way of the god of the land: so he has sent lions among them, causing their death, because they have no knowledge of his way.

²⁷ Then the king of Assyria gave orders, saying, Send there one of the priests whom you took away, and let him be living there and teaching the people the way of the god of the land.

²⁸ So one of the priests whom they had taken away as a prisoner from Samaria came back, and, living in Beth-el, became their teacher in the worship of the Lord.

²⁹ And every nation made gods for themselves, and put them in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in the towns where they were living.

³⁰ The men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima,

³¹ The Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites gave their children to be burned in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.

³² So they went on worshipping the Lord, and made for themselves, from among all the people, priests for the high places, to make offerings for them in the houses of the high places.

³³ They gave worship to the Lord, but they gave honour to their gods like the nations did from whom they had been taken as prisoners.

³⁴ So to this day they go on in their old ways, not worshipping the Lord or keeping his orders or his ways or the law and the rule which the Lord gave to the children of Jacob, to whom he gave the name Israel;

³⁵ And the Lord made an agreement with them and gave them orders, saying, You are to have no other gods; you are not to give worship to them or be their servants or make them offerings:

³⁶ But the Lord, who took you out of the land of Egypt with his great power and his outstretched arm, he is your God, to whom you are to give worship and make offerings:

³⁷ And the rules and the orders and the law which he put in writing for you, you are to keep and do for ever; you are to have no other gods.

³⁸ And you are to keep in memory the agreement which I have made with you; and you are to have no other gods.

³⁹ And you are to give worship to the Lord your God; for it is he who will give you salvation from the hands of all who are against you.

⁴⁰ But they gave no attention, but went on in their old way.

⁴¹ So these nations, worshipping the Lord, still were servants to the images they had made; their children and their children's children did the same; as their fathers did, so do they, to this day.