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2 Kings 17:4 (RV) Revised Version

1 In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel, {cf15i and reigned} nine years.
2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, 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 presents.
4 And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea; for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and offered 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 unto Assyria, and placed them in Halah, and in Habor, {cf15i on} the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
7 And it was so, because the children of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, which 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 the LORD 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 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 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 the LORD carried away before them; and wrought wicked things to provoke the LORD to anger:
12 and they served idols, whereof the LORD had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing.
13 Yet the LORD testified unto Israel, and unto Judah, by the hand of every prophet, and of 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 the hand of 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 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 unto them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and {cf15i went} after the nations that were round about them, concerning whom the LORD had charged them that they should not do like them.
16 And they forsook all the commandments of the LORD 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 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 And 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 spake by the hand of 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 the LORD: therefore the LORD 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 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 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 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 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 the LORD, and made unto them from among themselves 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 from among whom they had been carried away.
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 or after the 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 with a stretched out 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 the LORD your God shall ye 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; their children likewise, and their children-s children, as did their fathers, so do they unto this day.
1 In the twelfth H8147 MFS year H8141 B-CFS of Ahaz H271 king H4428 NMS of Judah H3063 began Hoshea H1954 the son H1121 of Elah H425 to reign H4427 in Samaria H8111 over H5921 PREP Israel H3478 nine H8672 MFS years H8141 B-CFS .
2 And he did H6213 W-VQY3MS that which was evil H7451 in the sight H5869 B-CMP of the LORD H3068 EDS , but H7535 ADV not H3808 NADV as the kings H4428 of Israel H3478 that H834 RPRO were H1961 VQQ3MP before H6440 him .
3 Against H5921 PREP-3MS him came up H5927 Shalmaneser H8022 king H4428 NMS of Assyria H804 GFS ; and Hoshea H1954 became H1961 W-VPY3MS his servant H5650 NMS , and gave H7725 W-VHY3MS him presents H4503 .
4 And the king H4428 NMS of Assyria H804 GFS found H4672 W-VQY3MS conspiracy H7195 in Hoshea H1954 : for he had sent H7971 VQQ3MS messengers H4397 to H413 PREP So H5471 king H4428 NMS of Egypt H4714 EFS , and brought H5927 no H3808 W-NPAR present H4503 NFS to the king H4428 NMS of Assyria H804 GFS , as he had done year H8141 by year H8141 : therefore the king H4428 NMS of Assyria H804 GFS shut him up H6113 , and bound H631 him in prison H1004 CMS .
5 Then the king H4428 NMS of Assyria H804 GFS came up H5927 W-VHY3MS throughout all H3605 B-CMS the land H776 D-GFS , and went up H5927 W-VHY3MS to Samaria H8111 , and besieged H6696 it three H7969 MFS years H8141 .
6 In the ninth H8671 year H8141 B-CFS of Hoshea H1954 the king H4428 NMS of Assyria H804 GFS took H3920 Samaria H8111 , and carried Israel 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 H1961 W-VQY3MS , that H3588 CONJ the children H1121 of Israel H3478 had sinned H2398 VQQ3MP against the LORD H3068 L-EDS their God H430 NAME-4MP , which had brought them up H5927 out of the land H776 M-NFS of Egypt H4714 EFS , from under H8478 M-CFS the hand H3027 CFS of Pharaoh H6547 EMS king H4428 NMS of Egypt H4714 , and had feared H3372 W-VQY3MP other H312 gods H430 EDP ,
8 And walked H1980 W-VQY3MP in the statutes H2708 of the heathen H1471 D-NMP , whom H834 RPRO the LORD H3068 EDS cast out H3423 from before H6440 M-CMP the children H1121 of Israel H3478 , and of the kings H4428 of Israel H3478 , which H834 RPRO they had made H6213 .
9 And the children H1121 of Israel H3478 did secretly H2644 those things H1697 NMP that H834 RPRO were not H3808 NADV right H3651 ADV against H5921 PREP the LORD H3068 EDS their God H430 , and they built H1129 them high places H1116 in all H3605 B-CMS their cities H5892 , from the tower H4026 of the watchmen H5341 to H5704 PREP the fenced H4013 city H5892 GFS .
10 And they set them up H5324 images H4676 and groves H842 in H5921 PREP every H3605 NMS high H1364 hill H1389 , and under H8478 every H3605 NMS green H7488 tree H6086 NMS :
11 And there H8033 ADV they burnt incense H6999 in all H3605 B-CMS the high places H1116 , as did the heathen H1471 whom H834 RPRO the LORD H3068 EDS carried away H1540 before H6440 M-CMP-3MP them ; and wrought H6213 W-EMS wicked H7451 AMP things H1697 NMP to provoke H3707 the LORD H3068 NAME-4MS to anger :
12 For they served H5647 idols H1544 , whereof H834 RPRO the LORD H3068 EDS had said H559 VQQ3MS unto them , Ye shall not H3808 NADV do H6213 this H2088 D-PMS thing H1697 D-NMS .
13 Yet the LORD H3068 EDS testified H5749 against Israel H3478 , and against Judah H3063 , by H3027 B-CFS all H3605 NMS the prophets H5030 , and by all H3605 NMS the seers H2374 , saying H559 L-VQFC , Turn H7725 ye from your evil ways H1870 , and keep H8104 my commandments H4687 and my statutes H2708 , according to all H3605 NMS the law H8451 which H834 RPRO I commanded H6680 your fathers H1 , and which H834 RPRO I sent H7971 to H413 you by H3027 B-CFS my servants H5650 the prophets H5030 .
14 Notwithstanding they would not H3808 W-NPAR hear H8085 , but hardened H7185 their necks H6203 , like to the neck H6203 of their fathers H1 CMP-3MP , that H834 RPRO did not H3808 W-NPAR believe H539 in the LORD H3068 their God H430 .
15 And they rejected H3988 his statutes H2706 , and his covenant H1285 that H834 RPRO he made H3772 with H854 PREP their fathers H1 CMP-3MP , and his testimonies H5715 which H834 RPRO he testified H5749 against them ; and they followed H1980 W-VQY3MP vanity H1892 , and became vain H1891 , and went after H310 PREP the heathen H1471 D-NMP that H834 RPRO were round about H5439 them , concerning whom H834 RPRO the LORD H3068 EDS had charged H6680 VPQ3MS them , that they should not H1115 L-NPAR do H6213 VQFC like them .
16 And they left H5800 all H3605 NMS the commandments H4687 of the LORD H3068 EDS their God H430 , and made H6213 W-VQY3MP them molten images H4541 , even two H8147 calves H5695 , and made H6213 W-VQY3MP a grove H842 , and worshiped H7812 all H3605 NMS the host H6635 of heaven H8064 D-NMD , and served H5647 Baal H1168 .
17 And they caused 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 L-VQFC evil H7451 in the sight H5869 B-CMP of the LORD H3068 EDS , to provoke him to anger H3707 .
18 Therefore the LORD H3068 EDS was very angry H599 with Israel H3478 , and removed H5493 them out of M-PREP his sight H6440 CMP-3MS : there was none H3808 NADV left H7604 VNQ3MS but H7535 ADV the tribe H7626 CMS of Judah H3063 only H905 .
19 Also H1571 CONJ Judah H3063 kept H8104 not H3808 NADV the commandments H4687 of the LORD H3068 EDS their God H430 , but walked H1980 W-VQY3MP in the statutes H2708 of Israel H3478 which H834 RPRO they made H6213 .
20 And the LORD H3068 EDS rejected H3988 all H3605 B-CMS the seed H2233 NMS of Israel H3478 , and afflicted H6031 them , and delivered H5414 them into the hand H3027 B-CFS of spoilers H8154 , until H5704 PREP he had cast them out H7993 of his sight H6440 .
21 For H3588 CONJ he rent H7167 Israel H3478 from M-PREP the house H1004 CMS of David H1732 MMS ; and they made Jeroboam H3379 the son H1121 of Nebat H5028 king H4427 : and Jeroboam H3379 drove H5080 Israel H3478 from following H310 the LORD H3068 EDS , and made them sin H2398 a great H1419 AFS sin H2401 .
22 For the children H1121 of Israel H3478 walked H1980 W-VQY3MP in all H3605 B-CMS the sins H2403 of Jeroboam H3379 which H834 RPRO he did H6213 VQQ3MS ; they departed H5493 VQQ3MP not H3808 NADV from H4480 PREP-3FS them ;
23 Until H5704 PREP the LORD H3068 EDS removed H5493 VHQ3MS Israel H3478 out of M-PREP his sight H6440 CMP-3MS , as H834 RPRO he had said H1696 VPQ3MS by H3027 B-CFS all H3605 NMS his servants H5650 the prophets H5030 . So was Israel H3478 carried away H1540 W-VQY3MS out of M-PREP their own land H127 to Assyria H804 unto H5704 PREP this H2088 D-PMS day H3117 D-AMS .
24 And the king H4428 NMS of Assyria H804 GFS brought H935 W-VHY3MS 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 B-CFP of Samaria H8111 instead H8478 NMS 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 H1961 W-VQY3MS at the beginning H8462 of their dwelling H3427 there H8033 ADV , that they feared H3372 not H3808 NADV the LORD H3068 EDS : therefore the LORD H3068 EDS sent H7971 W-VPY3MS lions H738 among them , which slew H2026 some of them .
26 Wherefore they spoke H559 W-VQY3MP to the king H4428 L-CMS of Assyria H804 GFS , saying H559 L-VQFC , The nations H1471 D-NMP which H834 RPRO thou hast removed H1540 , and placed H3427 in the cities H5892 B-CFP of Samaria H8111 , know H3045 not H3808 NADV the manner H4941 CMS of the God H430 CDP of the land H776 D-GFS : therefore he hath sent H7971 W-VPY3MS lions H738 among them , and , behold H2009 , they slay H4191 them , because H834 RPRO they know H3045 not H369 the manner H4941 CMS of the God H430 CDP of the land H776 D-GFS .
27 Then the king H4428 NMS of Assyria H804 GFS commanded H6680 W-VPY3MS , saying H559 L-VQFC , Carry H1980 thither H8033 ADV-3FS one H259 MMS of the priests H3548 whom H834 RPRO ye brought H1540 from thence H8033 M-ADV ; and let them go H1980 and dwell H3427 there H8033 ADV , and let him teach H3384 them the manner H4941 CMS of the God H430 CDP of the land H776 D-GFS .
28 Then one H259 MMS of the priests H3548 whom H834 RPRO they had carried away H1540 from Samaria H8111 came H935 W-VQY3MS and dwelt H3427 W-VQY3MS in Bethel H1008 , and taught H3384 them how H349 they should fear H3372 the LORD H3068 NAME-4MS .
29 Howbeit every nation H1471 NMS made H6213 gods H430 CMP-3MS of their own , and put H5117 them in the houses H1004 B-CMS of the high places H1116 which H834 RPRO the Samaritans H8118 had made H6213 VQQ3MP , every nation H1471 NMS in their cities H5892 wherein H834 RPRO they H1992 PPRO-3MP dwelt H3427 .
30 And the men H376 W-CMP of Babylon H894 made H6213 VQQ3MP Succothbenoth H5524 , and the men H376 W-CMP of Cuth H3575 made H6213 VQQ3MP Nergal H5370 , and the men H376 W-CMP of Hamath H2574 made H6213 VQQ3MP Ashima H807 ,
31 And the Avites H5761 made H6213 VQQ3MP Nibhaz H5026 and Tartak H8662 , and the Sepharvites H5617 burnt H8313 their children H1121 in fire H784 to Adrammelech H152 and Anammelech H6048 , the gods H430 of Sepharvaim H5617 .
32 So they feared H1961 W-VQY3MP the LORD H3068 EDS , and made H6213 W-VQY3MP unto themselves of the lowest H7098 of them priests H3548 of the high places H1116 , which sacrificed H6213 for them in the houses H1004 B-CMS of the high places H1116 .
33 They feared H1961 VQQ3MP the LORD H3068 EDS , and served H1961 VQQ3MP their own gods H430 , after the manner H4941 of the nations H1471 D-NMP whom H834 RPRO they carried away H1540 from thence H8033 M-ADV .
34 Unto H5704 PREP this H2088 D-PMS day H3117 D-AMS they H1992 PPRO-3MP do H6213 after the former H7223 manners H4941 : they fear H3372 not H369 the LORD H3068 EDS , neither H369 do H6213 they after their statutes H2708 , or after their ordinances H4941 , or after the law H8451 and commandment H4687 which H834 RPRO the LORD H3068 EDS commanded H6680 VPQ3MS the children H1121 of Jacob H3290 , whom H834 RPRO he named H7760 VQQ3MS Israel H3478 LMS ;
35 With H854 PREP-3MP whom the LORD H3068 EDS had made H3772 a covenant H1285 NFS , and charged H6680 them , saying H559 L-VQFC , Ye shall not H3808 NADV fear H3372 other H312 AMP gods H430 EDP , nor H3808 W-NADV bow yourselves H7812 to them , nor H3808 W-NADV serve H5647 them , nor H3808 W-NADV sacrifice H2076 to them :
36 But H518 PART the LORD H3068 EDS , who H834 RPRO brought you up H5927 out of the land H776 M-NFS of Egypt H4714 EFS with great H1419 AMS power H3581 B-NMS 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 RPRO he wrote H3789 CMS for you , ye shall observe H8104 to do H6213 L-VQFC forevermore H3117 D-NMP ; and ye shall not H3808 W-NPAR fear H3372 other H312 gods H430 EDP .
38 And the covenant H1285 that H834 RPRO I have made H3772 VQQ1MS with H854 PART-2MP you ye shall not H3808 NADV forget H7911 ; neither H3808 W-NADV shall ye fear H3372 other H312 gods H430 EDP .
39 But H518 PART the LORD H3068 EDS your God H430 ye shall fear H3372 ; and he H1931 W-PPRO-3MS shall deliver H5337 you out of the hand H3027 M-GFS of all H3605 NMS your enemies H341 .
40 Howbeit they did not H3808 W-NPAR hearken H8085 , but H518 PART they H1992 PPRO-3MP did H6213 after their former H7223 manner H4941 .
41 So these H428 D-DPRO-3MP nations H1471 D-NMP feared H1961 W-VQY3MP the LORD H3068 EDS , and served H5647 their graven images H6456 , both H1571 CONJ their children H1121 , and their children H1121 W-CMP \'s children H1121 CMP-3MP : as H834 K-RPRO did H6213 VQQ3MP their fathers H1 , so do H6213 they H1992 PPRO-3MP unto H5704 PREP this H2088 D-PMS day H3117 D-AMS .