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2 Kings 17:1-28

17:1

In the twelfth
<08147> <06240>

year
<08141>

of Ahaz
<0271>

king
<04428>

of Judah
<03063>

began Hoshea
<01954>

the son
<01121>

of Elah
<0425>

to reign
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in Samaria
<08111>

over Israel
<03478>

nine
<08672>

years
<08141>_.

17:2

And he did
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[that which was] evil
<07451>

in the sight
<05869>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

but not as the kings
<04428>

of Israel
<03478>

that were before
<06440>

him.

17:3

Against him came up
<05927> (8804)

Shalmaneser
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king
<04428>

of Assyria
<0804>_;

and Hoshea
<01954>

became his servant
<05650>_,

and gave
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him presents
<04503>_.

{gave: Heb. rendered} {presents: or, tribute}

17:4

And the king
<04428>

of Assyria
<0804>

found
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conspiracy
<07195>

in Hoshea
<01954>_:

for he had sent
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messengers
<04397>

to So
<05471>

king
<04428>

of Egypt
<04714>_,

and brought
<05927> (8689)

no present
<04503>

to the king
<04428>

of Assyria
<0804>_,

as [he had done] year
<08141>

by year
<08141>_:

therefore the king
<04428>

of Assyria
<0804>

shut him up
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and bound
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him in prison
<01004> <03608>_.

{present: or, tribute}

17:5

Then the king
<04428>

of Assyria
<0804>

came up
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throughout all the land
<0776>_,

and went up
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to Samaria
<08111>_,

and besieged
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it three
<07969>

years
<08141>_.

17:6

In the ninth
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year
<08141>

of Hoshea
<01954>

the king
<04428>

of Assyria
<0804>

took
<03920> (8804)

Samaria
<08111>_,

and carried
<01540> (0)

Israel
<03478>

away
<01540> (8686)

into Assyria
<0804>_,

and placed
<03427> (8686)

them in Halah
<02477>

and in Habor
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[by] the river
<05104>

of Gozan
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and in the cities
<05892>

of the Medes
<04074>_.

17:7

For [so] it was, that the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>

had sinned
<02398> (8804)

against the LORD
<03068>

their God
<0430>_,

which had brought them up
<05927> (8688)

out of the land
<0776>

of Egypt
<04714>_,

from under the hand
<03027>

of Pharaoh
<06547>

king
<04428>

of Egypt
<04714>_,

and had feared
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other
<0312>

gods
<0430>_,

17:8

And walked
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in the statutes
<02708>

of the heathen
<01471>_,

whom the LORD
<03068>

cast out
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from before
<06440>

the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>_,

and of the kings
<04428>

of Israel
<03478>_,

which they had made
<06213> (8804)_.

17:9

And the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>

did secretly
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[those] things
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that [were] not right against the LORD
<03068>

their God
<0430>_,

and they built
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them high places
<01116>

in all their cities
<05892>_,

from the tower
<04026>

of the watchmen
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to the fenced
<04013>

city
<05892>_.

17:10

And they set them up
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images
<04676>

and groves
<0842>

in every high
<01364>

hill
<01389>_,

and under every green
<07488>

tree
<06086>_:

{images: Heb. statues}

17:11

And there they burnt incense
<06999> (8762)

in all the high places
<01116>_,

as [did] the heathen
<01471>

whom the LORD
<03068>

carried away
<01540> (8689)

before
<06440>

them; and wrought
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wicked
<07451>

things
<01697>

to provoke the LORD
<03068>

to anger
<03707> (8687)_:

17:12

For they served
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idols
<01544>_,

whereof the LORD
<03068>

had said
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unto them, Ye shall not do
<06213> (8799)

this thing
<01697>_.

17:13

Yet the LORD
<03068>

testified
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against Israel
<03478>_,

and against Judah
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by
<03027>

all the prophets
<05030>_,

[and by] all the seers
<02374>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Turn
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ye from your evil
<07451>

ways
<01870>_,

and keep
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my commandments
<04687>

[and] my statutes
<02708>_,

according to all the law
<08451>

which I commanded
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your fathers
<01>_,

and which I sent
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to you by
<03027>

my servants
<05650>

the prophets
<05030>_.

{by: Heb. by the hand of}

17:14

Notwithstanding they would not hear
<08085> (8804)_,

but hardened
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their necks
<06203>_,

like to the neck
<06203>

of their fathers
<01>_,

that did not believe
<0539> (8689)

in the LORD
<03068>

their God
<0430>_.

17:15

And they rejected
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his statutes
<02706>_,

and his covenant
<01285>

that he made
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with their fathers
<01>_,

and his testimonies
<05715>

which he testified
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against them; and they followed
<03212> (8799) <0310>

vanity
<01892>_,

and became vain
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and went after
<0310>

the heathen
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that [were] round about
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them, [concerning] whom the LORD
<03068>

had charged
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them, that they should not do
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like them.

17:16

And they left
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all the commandments
<04687>

of the LORD
<03068>

their God
<0430>_,

and made
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them molten images
<04541>_,

[even] two
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calves
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and made
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a grove
<0842>_,

and worshipped
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all the host
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of heaven
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and served
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Baal
<01168>_.

17:17

And they caused their sons
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and their daughters
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to pass
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through the fire
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and used
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divination
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and enchantments
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and sold
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themselves to do
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evil
<07451>

in the sight
<05869>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

to provoke him to anger
<03707> (8687)_.

17:18

Therefore the LORD
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was very
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angry
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with Israel
<03478>_,

and removed
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them out of his sight
<06440>_:

there was none left
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but the tribe
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of Judah
<03063>

only.

17:19

Also Judah
<03063>

kept
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not the commandments
<04687>

of the LORD
<03068>

their God
<0430>_,

but walked
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in the statutes
<02708>

of Israel
<03478>

which they made
<06213> (8804)_.

17:20

And the LORD
<03068>

rejected
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all the seed
<02233>

of Israel
<03478>_,

and afflicted
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them, and delivered
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them into the hand
<03027>

of spoilers
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until he had cast
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them out of his sight
<06440>_.

17:21

For he rent
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Israel
<03478>

from the house
<01004>

of David
<01732>_;

and they made Jeroboam
<03379>

the son
<01121>

of Nebat
<05028>

king
<04427> (8686)_:

and Jeroboam
<03379>

drave
<05080> (8686) (8675) <05077> (8686)

Israel
<03478>

from following
<0310>

the LORD
<03068>_,

and made them sin
<02398> (8689)

a great
<01419>

sin
<02401>_.

17:22

For the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>

walked
<03212> (8799)

in all the sins
<02403>

of Jeroboam
<03379>

which he did
<06213> (8804)_;

they departed
<05493> (8804)

not from them;

17:23

Until the LORD
<03068>

removed
<05493> (8689)

Israel
<03478>

out of his sight
<06440>_,

as he had said
<01696> (8765)

by
<03027>

all his servants
<05650>

the prophets
<05030>_.

So was Israel
<03478>

carried away
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out of their own land
<0127>

to Assyria
<0804>

unto this day
<03117>_.

17:24

And the king
<04428>

of Assyria
<0804>

brought
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[men] from Babylon
<0894>_,

and from Cuthah
<03575>_,

and from Ava
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and from Hamath
<02574>_,

and from Sepharvaim
<05617>_,

and placed
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[them] in the cities
<05892>

of Samaria
<08111>

instead of the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>_:

and they possessed
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Samaria
<08111>_,

and dwelt
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in the cities
<05892>

thereof.

17:25

And [so] it was at the beginning
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of their dwelling
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there, [that] they feared
<03372> (8804)

not the LORD
<03068>_:

therefore the LORD
<03068>

sent
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lions
<0738>

among them, which slew
<02026> (8802)

[some] of them.

17:26

Wherefore they spake
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to the king
<04428>

of Assyria
<0804>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

The nations
<01471>

which thou hast removed
<01540> (8689)_,

and placed
<03427> (8686)

in the cities
<05892>

of Samaria
<08111>_,

know
<03045> (8804)

not the manner
<04941>

of the God
<0430>

of the land
<0776>_:

therefore he hath sent
<07971> (8762)

lions
<0738>

among them, and, behold, they slay
<04191> (8688)

them, because they know
<03045> (8802)

not the manner
<04941>

of the God
<0430>

of the land
<0776>_.

17:27

Then the king
<04428>

of Assyria
<0804>

commanded
<06680> (8762)_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Carry
<03212> (8685)

thither one
<0259>

of the priests
<03548>

whom ye brought
<01540> (8689)

from thence; and let them go
<03212> (8799)

and dwell
<03427> (8799)

there, and let him teach
<03384> (8686)

them the manner
<04941>

of the God
<0430>

of the land
<0776>_.

17:28

Then one
<0259>

of the priests
<03548>

whom they had carried away
<01540> (8689)

from Samaria
<08111>

came
<0935> (8799)

and dwelt
<03427> (8799)

in Bethel
<01008>_,

and taught
<03384> (8688)

them how they should fear
<03372> (8799)

the LORD
<03068>_.