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II Kings
Chapter
17
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 Jehovah/God,
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 Jehovah/God their 'Elohiym/Godhead,
Who
had brought them up out of the land of Egypt,
from
under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt,
and
had feared/respected other 'elohiym/gods, 8
and
walked in the statutes of the heathen,
whom
Jehovah/God 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
Jehovah/God their 'Elohiym/Godhead,
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 Jehovah/God carried away before them;
and
wrought wicked things to provoke Jehovah/God to anger.
12
For they served idols,
whereof
Jehovah/God had said unto them,
you
shall not do this thing.
13
Yet Jehovah/God testified against Israel,
and
against Judah, by all the prophets,
and
by all the seers, 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 necks,
like
to the neck of their fathers,
who
did not believe in Jehovah/God their 'Elohiym/Godhead.
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
who
were round about them,
concerning
whom Jehovah/God had charged them,
that
they should not do like them.
16
And they left all the commandments
of
Jehovah/God their 'Elohiym/Godhead,
and
made them molten images,
even
two calves, and made a grove,
and
worshipped all the army/host of heaven,
and
served Baal.
{Human
Sacrifice in Idol Worship}
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/God,
to
provoke Him to anger.
18
Therefore Jehovah/God
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/God their 'Elohiym/Godhead,
but
walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.
20
And Jehovah/God 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/God,
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
Jehovah/God 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/respected not Jehovah/God
therefore
Jehovah/God sent lions among them,
which
slew some of them.
26
Therefore they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying,
The
nations which you have removed,
and
placed in the cities of Samaria,
know
not the manner of the 'Elohiym/Godhead of the land.
Therefore
he have sent lions among them,
and,
behold, they slay them,
because
they know not the manner
of
the 'Elohiym/Godhead 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 manner of the 'Elohiym/Godhead
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 Jehovah/God.
29
Howbeit every nation made 'elohiym/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
Adram-Melech and Anam-Melech,
the
gods of Sepharvaim.
32
So they feared Jehovah/God,
and
made unto themselves of the lowest of them
priests
of the high places,
who
sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places.
33
They feared Jehovah/God,
and
served their own gods,
after
the manner of the nations whom they carried away from there.
34
Unto this day they do after the former manners . . .
they
fear not Jehovah/God,
neither
do they after their statutes,
or
after their ordinances,
or
after the law and commandment
which
Jehovah/God commanded the children of Jacob,
whom
he named Israel; 35
with
whom Jehovah/God 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
Jehovah/God,
Who
brought you up out of the land of Egypt
with
great power and a stretched out arm,
Him
shall you fear,
and
Him shall you worship,
and
to Him shall you do sacrifice.
37
And the statutes, and the ordinances,
and
the law, and the commandment,
which
he wrote for you,
you
shall observe to do for evermore;
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 Jehovah/God your 'Elohiym/Godhead
you
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 Jehovah/God,
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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