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In the twelfth year of the
reign
of
Ahaz over
Judah ,
Hoshea son of Elah became
king
of
Israel,
and
he
reigned
in Samaria nine years.
In the twelfth year of Ahaz king
of
Judah began
Hoshea the
son of Elah to
reign
in Samaria over
Israel
nine years.
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, but not like
the kings of Israel who
preceded
him.
And he did that
which
was
evil in the sight of the LORD, but not as
the kings of Israel that
were
before
him.
Shalmaneser king of Assyria attacked
him,
and Hoshea became his vassal
and paid
him tribute
.
Against
him
came
up
Shalmaneser king of Assyria ;
and Hoshea became his servant,
and gave
him presents
.
But
the king of Assyria discovered
that
Hoshea had conspired
to
send
envoys
to King
So of Egypt, and that
he
had
not
paid
tribute
to the king of Assyria as in
previous
years.
Therefore the king of Assyria arrested
Hoshea
and put
him in prison.
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.
Then the king of Assyria invaded
the whole
land, marched
up to Samaria, and besieged it for
three years.
Then the king of Assyria came
up
throughout
all
the land, and
went
up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.
In the ninth year of Hoshea ,
the king of Assyria captured
Samaria and carried away the
Israelites
to
Assyria, where
he
settled
them in Halah ,
in Gozan
by the Habor
River, and in the cities of the Medes.
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.
All
this
happened
because
the people
of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who
had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt .
They
had worshiped
other gods
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 ,
and walked in the customs
of the nations
that
the LORD had
driven
out before the Israelites
, as
well
as
in
the
practices
introduced
by
the kings of Israel.
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
.
The Israelites
secretly
did things against the LORD their God that
were
not
right.
From
watchtower
to
fortified
city
, they built high places in all their cities.
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
.
They set up for
themselves
sacred
pillars
and Asherah
poles
on
every high hill and under every green tree .
And
they set them
up images
and groves
in
every high hill ,
and under every green tree :
They burned
incense on
all the high places like
the nations
that
the LORD had
driven
out
before them .
They
did
wicked things ,
provoking
the LORD to anger .
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 :
They served idols, although
the LORD had told
them, “You
shall not do this thing. ”
For
they served idols, whereof
the LORD had said
unto
them, Ye
shall not do this thing.
Yet through
all
His
prophets
and
seers,
the LORD warned
Israel and Judah, saying, “
Turn from your wicked
ways and keep My commandments and statutes, according to the entire
Law that
I commanded your fathers and delivered
to you through
My servants the prophets. ”
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.
But
they would not listen
, and
they
stiffened
their necks like their fathers, who
did not believe the LORD their God.
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.
They rejected His statutes and the
covenant He had
made with their fathers, as
well
as
the
decrees
He had
given
them .
They pursued
worthless
idols
and themselves
became worthless
, going
after the surrounding
nations
that the LORD had commanded
them not to
imitate
.
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
.
They abandoned
all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for
themselves
two cast
idols
of
calves and an
Asherah
pole.
They
bowed
down
to
all the host of heaven and served Baal.
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.
They sacrificed
their sons and daughters in
the fire and practiced
divination and soothsaying.
They
devoted
themselves to doing
evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking
Him to anger.
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.
So
the LORD was very angry with Israel, and He
removed them from
His presence.
Only
the tribe of Judah remained,
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.
and
even
Judah did
not keep
the commandments of the LORD their God, but lived
according
to
the customs
Israel had
introduced
.
Also
Judah kept
not the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked
in
the statutes
of
Israel which
they
made
.
So
the LORD rejected all the descendants
of Israel .
He
afflicted them and delivered them into the hands
of plunderers
, until He had banished
them from
His presence
.
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
.
When
the
LORD
had
torn
Israel away
from the house of David ,
they made Jeroboam son of Nebat king ,
and Jeroboam led
Israel away
from following the LORD and caused
them to
commit
a great sin.
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.
The Israelites
persisted
in all the sins that
Jeroboam had
committed
and
did not turn
away
from them .
For
the children
of
Israel
walked
in all the sins of
Jeroboam which
he
did ;
they
departed
not from them ;
Finally,
the LORD removed Israel from
His presence
, as He had declared
through
all His servants the prophets. So Israel
was exiled
from
their homeland
into
Assyria,
where
they
are
to this day.
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.
Then
the king of Assyria brought people
from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva
, Hamath, and Sepharvaim and settled
them in the towns
of Samaria to
replace
the Israelites.
They
took
possession
of Samaria and lived
in its
towns
.
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
.
Now
when
the settlers
first
lived
there, they did
not worship
the LORD ,
so
He
sent lions among them, which killed
some of them.
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.
So
they spoke
to the king of Assyria, saying, “
The peoples
that
you
have
removed and placed in the cities of Samaria do
not
know the requirements
of the God of the land .
Because
of
this,
He has
sent lions among them, which
are
indeed
killing
them off
. ”
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
.
Then the king of Assyria commanded :
“Send
back
one of the priests you
carried
off
from Samaria,
and have
him
go back
to
live
there and teach the requirements
of the God of the land. ”
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.
Thus
one of the priests they had carried away came and lived
in Bethel, and he
began
to
teach
them how they should worship
the LORD.
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.
Nevertheless,
the
people
of
each
nation continued
to
make
their own gods
in
the
cities
where
they
had
settled
, and they
set
them up
in the shrines
that
the
people
of Samaria
had
made
on
the high places.
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
.
The men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth
, the men of Cuth made Nergal, the men of Hamath made Ashima,
And
the men of Babylon made Succothbenoth
, and
the men of Cuth made Nergal, and
the men of Hamath made Ashima,
the Avvites
made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burned
their children in the
fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech the gods of the
Sepharvaim.
And
the Avites
made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt
their children in fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech ,
the gods of Sepharvaim.
So the
new
residents
worshiped
the LORD, but
they
also
appointed
for
themselves priests of all
sorts
to
serve
in the shrines
of the high places.
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.
They worshiped
the LORD, but
they
also
served their own gods according
to
the customs
of the nations from
which
they had
been
carried away.
They feared
the LORD, and
served their own gods ,
after
the manner
of the nations whom
they carried away from
thence
.
To
this day they are
still
practicing
their
former customs.
None
of
them
worship
the LORD or
observe
the
statutes, ordinances, laws,
and commandments
that
the LORD gave
the descendants
of Jacob, whom He named Israel .
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 ;
For
the LORD had made a covenant with
the
Israelites
and commanded
them, “Do
not worship
other gods or
bow down
to them ;
do
not
serve them or
sacrifice to them .
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 :
Instead,
worship
the LORD, who brought you out of the land of Egypt with great power and an
outstretched
arm .
You
are
to
bow
down
to
Him and offer
sacrifices
to Him.
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
.
And you
must
always
be
careful
to
observe
the statutes, ordinances, laws
, and commandments
He wrote for you .
Do not worship
other gods.
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.
Do
not
forget
the covenant I have made with you .
Do
not worship
other gods ,
And
the covenant that
I have made with you ye
shall
not forget;
neither
shall
ye
fear
other gods .
but worship
the LORD your God ,
and He will
deliver you from
the hands
of all your enemies. ”
But the LORD your God ye
shall
fear;
and he shall
deliver you out
of
the hand
of all your enemies.
But
they would
not listen
, and
they persisted
in
their former customs
.
Howbeit
they did
not hearken
, but
they did
after
their former manner
.
So these nations worshiped
the LORD but
also
served their idols
, and
to
this
day
their children and grandchildren
continue
to
do
as their fathers did
.
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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