strkjv@2Kings:17:1
@ In the
twelfth
sh@
year
of
Ahaz
king
of
Judah
began
Hoshea
the
son
of
Elah
to
reign
in
Samaria
over
Israel
nine
years
.
strkjv@2Kings:17:2
@ And he
did
that which was
evil
in the
sight
of the
LORD
, but not as the
kings
of
Israel
that were
before
him.
strkjv@2Kings:17:3
@ Against him came
up
Shalmaneser
king
of
Assyria
; and
Hoshea
became his
servant
, and
gave
him
presents
.
strkjv@2Kings:17:4
@ 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
.
strkjv@2Kings:17:5
@ Then the
king
of
Assyria
came
up
throughout all the
land
, and went
up
to
Samaria
, and
besieged
it
three
years
.
strkjv@2Kings:17:6
@ 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
.
strkjv@2Kings:17:7
@ 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
,
strkjv@2Kings:17:8
@ 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
.
strkjv@2Kings:17:9
@ 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
.
strkjv@2Kings:17:10
@ And they set them
up
images
and
groves
in every
high
hill
, and under every
green
tree
:
strkjv@2Kings:17:11
@ 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
:
strkjv@2Kings:17:12
@ For they
served
idols
, whereof the
LORD
had
said
unto them, Ye shall not
do
this
thing
.
strkjv@2Kings:17:13
@ 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
.
strkjv@2Kings:17:14
@ 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
.
strkjv@2Kings:17:15
@ 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.
strkjv@2Kings:17:16
@ 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
.
strkjv@2Kings:17:17
@ 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
.
strkjv@2Kings:17:18
@ 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.
strkjv@2Kings:17:19
@ Also
Judah
kept
not the
commandments
of the
LORD
their
God
, but
walked
in the
statutes
of
Israel
which they
made
.
strkjv@2Kings:17:20
@ 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
.
strkjv@2Kings:17:21
@ 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
.
strkjv@2Kings:17:22
@ For the
children
of
Israel
walked
in all the
sins
of
Jeroboam
which he
did
; they
departed
not from them;
strkjv@2Kings:17:23
@ 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
.
strkjv@2Kings:17:24
@ 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.
strkjv@2Kings:17:25
@ 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.
strkjv@2Kings:17:26
@ 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
.
strkjv@2Kings:17:27
@ 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
.
strkjv@2Kings:17:28
@ Then
one
of the
priests
whom they had carried
away
from
Samaria
came
and
dwelt
in
Bethel
Beyth-, and
taught
them how they should
fear
the
LORD
.
strkjv@2Kings:17:29
@ 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
.
strkjv@2Kings:17:30
@ And the
men
of
Babylon
made
Succothbenoth
Cukkowth, and the
men
of
Cuth
made
Nergal
, and the
men
of
Hamath
made
Ashima
,
strkjv@2Kings:17:31
@ And the
Avites
made
Nibhaz
and
Tartak
, and the
Sepharvites
burnt
their
children
in
fire
to
Adrammelech
and
Anammelech
, the
gods
of
Sepharvaim
.
strkjv@2Kings:17:32
@ 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
.
strkjv@2Kings:17:33
@ They
feared
the
LORD
, and
served
their own
gods
, after the
manner
of the
nations
whom they carried
away
from thence.
strkjv@2Kings:17:34
@ 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
;
strkjv@2Kings:17:35
@ 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:
strkjv@2Kings:17:36
@ 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
.
strkjv@2Kings:17:37
@ 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
.
strkjv@2Kings:17:38
@ And the
covenant
that I have
made
with you ye shall not
forget
; neither shall ye
fear
other
gods
.
strkjv@2Kings:17:39
@ But the
LORD
your
God
ye shall
fear
; and he shall
deliver
you out of the
hand
of all your
enemies
.
strkjv@2Kings:17:40
@ Howbeit they did not
hearken
, but they
did
after their
former
manner
.
strkjv@2Kings:17:41
@ So these
nations
feared
the
LORD
, and
served
their graven
images
, both their
children
, and their
childrens
children
: as
did
their
fathers
, so
do
they unto this
day
.
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