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ylt @2Kings:17:1 @In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah reigned hath Hoshea son of Elah in Samaria , over Israel -- nine years , ylt @2Kings:17:2 @and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah , only , not as the kings of Israel who were before him ; ylt @2Kings:17:3 @against him came up Shalmaneser king of Asshur , and Hoshea is to him a servant , and doth render to him a present . ylt @2Kings:17:4 @And the king of Asshur findeth in Hoshea a conspiracy , in that he hath sent messengers unto So king of Egypt , and hath not caused a present to go up to the king of Asshur , as year by year , and the king of Asshur restraineth him , and bindeth him in a house of restraint . ylt @2Kings:17:5 @And the king of Asshur goeth up into all the land , and he goeth up to Samaria , and layeth siege against it three years ; ylt @2Kings:17:6 @in the ninth year of Hoshea hath the king of Asshur captured Samaria , and removeth Israel to Asshur , and causeth them to dwell in Halah , and in Habor , [by ] the river Gozan , and [in ] the cities of the Medes . ylt @2Kings:17:7 @And it cometh to pass , because the sons of Israel have sinned against Jehovah their God -- who bringeth them up out of the land of Egypt , from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt -- and fear other gods , ylt @2Kings:17:8 @and walk in the statutes of the nations that Jehovah dispossessed from the presence of the sons of Israel , and of the kings of Israel that they made ; ylt @2Kings:17:9 @and the sons of Israel do covertly things that [are ] not right against Jehovah their God , and build for them high places in all their cities , from a tower of the watchers unto the fenced city , ylt @2Kings:17:10 @and set up for them standing-pillars and shrines on every high height , and under every green tree , ylt @2Kings:17:11 @and make perfume there in all high places , like the nations that Jehovah removed from their presence , and do evil things to provoke Jehovah , ylt @2Kings:17:12 @and serve the idols , of which Jehovah said to them , 'Ye do not do this thing ;' ylt @2Kings:17:13 @And Jehovah testifieth against Israel , and against Judah , by the hand of every prophet , and every seer , saying , 'Turn back from your evil ways , and keep My commands , My statutes , according to all the law that I commanded your fathers , and that I sent unto you by the hand of My servants the prophets ;' ylt @2Kings:17:14 @and they have not hearkened , and harden their neck , like the neck of their fathers , who did not remain stedfast in Jehovah their God , ylt @2Kings:17:15 @and reject His statutes and His covenant that He made with their fathers , and His testimonies that He testified against them , and go after the vain thing , and become vain , and after the nations that are round about them , of whom Jehovah commanded them not to do like them ; ylt @2Kings:17:16 @And they forsake all the commands of Jehovah their God , and make to them a molten image -- two calves , and make a shrine , and bow themselves to all the host of the heavens , and serve Baal , ylt @2Kings:17:17 @and cause their sons and their daughters to pass over through fire , and divine divinations , and use enchantments , and sell themselves to do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah , to provoke Him ; ylt @2Kings:17:18 @That Jehovah sheweth himself very angry against Israel , and turneth them aside from His presence ; none hath been left , only the tribe of Judah by itself . ylt @2Kings:17:19 @Also Judah hath not kept the commands of Jehovah their God , and they walk in the statutes of Israel that they had made . ylt @2Kings:17:20 @And Jehovah kicketh against all the seed of Israel , and afflicteth them , and giveth them into the hand of spoilers , till that He hath cast them out of His presence , ylt @2Kings:17:21 @for He hath rent Israel from the house of David , and they make Jeroboam son of Nebat king , and Jeroboam driveth Israel from after Jehovah , and hath caused them to sin a great sin , ylt @2Kings:17:22 @and the sons of Israel walk in all the sins of Jeroboam that he did , they have not turned aside therefrom , ylt @2Kings:17:23 @till that Jehovah hath turned Israel aside from His presence , as He spake by the hand of all His servants the prophets , and Israel is removed from off its land to Asshur , unto this day . ylt @2Kings:17:24 @And the king of Asshur bringeth in from Babylon and from Cutha , and from Ava , and from Hamath , and Sepharvaim , and causeth [them ] to dwell in the cities of Samaria instead of the sons of Israel , and they possess Samaria , and dwell in its cities ; ylt @2Kings:17:25 @and it cometh to pass , at the commencement of their dwelling there , they have not feared Jehovah , and Jehovah doth send among them the lions , and they are destroying among them . ylt @2Kings:17:26 @And they speak to the king of Asshur , saying , 'The nations that thou hast removed , and dost place in the cities of Samaria , have not known the custom of the God of the land , and He sendeth among them the lions , and lo , they are destroying them , as they do not know the custom of the God of the land .' ylt @2Kings:17:27 @And the king of Asshur commandeth , saying , 'Cause to go thither one of the priests whom ye removed thence , and they go and dwell there , and he doth teach them the custom of the God of the land .' ylt @2Kings:17:28 @And one of the priests whom they removed from Samaria cometh in , and dwelleth in Beth-El , and he is teaching them how they do fear Jehovah , ylt @2Kings:17:29 @and they are making each nation its gods , and place [them ] in the houses of the high places that the Samaritans have made , each nation in their cities where they are dwelling . ylt @2Kings:17:30 @And the men of Babylon have made Succoth-Benoth , and the men of Cuth have made Nergal , and the men of Hamath have made Ashima , ylt @2Kings:17:31 @and the Avites have made Nibhaz and Tartak , and the Sepharvites are burning their sons with fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech , gods of Sepharvim . ylt @2Kings:17:32 @And they are fearing Jehovah , and make to themselves from their extremities priests of high places , and they are acting for them in the house of the high places . ylt @2Kings:17:33 @Jehovah they are fearing , and their gods they are serving , according to the custom of the nations whence they removed them . ylt @2Kings:17:34 @Unto this day they are doing according to the former customs -- they are not fearing Jehovah , and are not doing according to their statutes , and according to their ordinances , and according to the law , and according to the command , that Jehovah commanded the sons of Jacob whose name He made Israel , ylt @2Kings:17:35 @and Jehovah maketh with them a covenant , and chargeth them , saying , 'Ye do not fear other gods , nor bow yourselves to them , nor serve them , nor sacrifice to them , ylt @2Kings:17:36 @but Jehovah who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power , and with a stretched-out arm , Him ye do fear , and to Him ye bow yourselves , and to Him ye do sacrifice ; ylt @2Kings:17:37 @and the statutes , and the judgments , and the law , and the command , that He wrote for you , ye observe to do all the days , and ye do not fear other gods ; ylt @2Kings:17:38 @and the covenant that I have made with you ye do not forget , and ye do not fear other gods ; ylt @2Kings:17:39 @but Jehovah your God ye do fear , and He doth deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies ;' ylt @2Kings:17:40 @and they have not hearkened , but according to their former custom they are doing , ylt @2Kings:17:41 @and these nations are fearing Jehovah , and their graven images they have served , both their sons and their sons ' sons ; as their fathers did , they are doing unto this day .

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