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2 Kings 17

Hoshea Reigns over Israel

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In the twelfthh8147h6240 yearh8141 of Ahazh271 kingh4428 of Judahh3063,  aHosheah1954 the sonh1121 of Elahh425 becameh4427a kingh4427a overh5921 Israelh3478 in Samariah8111, and reigned nineh8672 yearsh8141.

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He didh6213a evilh7451a in the sighth5869 of the LORDh3068, onlyh7534 not as the kingsh4428 of Israelh3478 whoh834 were beforeh6440 him.

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 aShalmaneserh8022 kingh4428 of Assyriah804b cameh5927 up  bagainsth5921 him, and Hosheah1954 becameh1961 his servanth5650 and paidh7725 him tributeh4503.

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But the kingh4428 of Assyriah804b foundh4672 conspiracyh7195 in Hosheah1954, whoh834 had senth7971 messengersh4397 to Soh5471 kingh4428 of Egypth4714 and had offeredh5927 noh3808 tributeh4503 to the kingh4428 of Assyriah804b, as he had done yearh8141 by yearh8141; so the kingh4428 of Assyriah804b shuth6113 him up and boundh631 him in prisonh1004h3608.

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Then the kingh4428 of Assyriah804b invadedh5927 the wholeh3605 landh776 and wenth5927 up to  aSamariah8111 and besiegedh6696ah5921 it threeh7969 yearsh8141.

Israel Captive

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In the ninthh8671 yearh8141 of Hosheah1954,  athe kingh4428 of Assyriah804b capturedh3920 Samariah8111 and  bcarriedh1540 Israelh3478 awayh1540 into exileh1540 to Assyriah804b, and  csettledh3427 them in Halahh2477 and Haborh2249, on the riverh5104 of  dGozanh1470, and  ein the citiesh5892b of the Medesh4074.

Why Israel Fell

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Now  athis cameh1961 about becauseh3588 the sonsh1121 of Israelh3478 had sinnedh2398 against the LORDh3068 their Godh430,  bwho had broughth5927 them up from the landh776 of Egypth4714 from underh8478 the handh3027 of Pharaohh6547, kingh4428 of Egypth4714,  cand they had  1fearedh3372a otherh312 godsh430

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and  awalkedh1980 in the  1customsh2708 of the nationsh1471 whomh834 the LORDh3068 had drivenh3423 out beforeh4480h6440 the sonsh1121 of Israelh3478, and in the customs  bof the kingsh4428 of Israelh3478 whichh834 they had  2introducedh6213a.

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The sonsh1121 of Israelh3478  1didh2644 thingsh1697 secretlyh2644 whichh834 were not righth3653a againsth5921 the LORDh3068 their Godh430. Moreover, they builth1129 for themselves highh1116 placesh1116 in allh3605 their townsh5892b, from  awatchtowerh4026 to fortifiedh4013 cityh5892b.

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 aThey seth5324 for themselves sacred pillarsh4676 and  1 bAsherimh842 on everyh3605 highh1364 hillh1389 and underh8478 everyh3605 greenh7488 treeh6086,

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and thereh8033 they burnedh6999 incenseh6999 on allh3605 the highh1116 placesh1116 as the nationsh1471 did whichh834 the LORDh3068 had carriedh1540 awayh1540 to exileh1540 beforeh4480h6440 them; and they didh6213a evilh7451a thingsh1697 provokingh3707 the LORDh3068.

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They servedh5647 idolsh1544,  aconcerning whichh834 the LORDh3068 had saidh559 to them, "You shall not doh6213a thish2088 thingh1697."

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Yet the  aLORDh3068 warnedh5749b Israelh3478 and Judahh3063  bthroughh3027 allh3605 His prophetsh5030 and  ceveryh3605 seerh2374, sayingh559, " dTurnh7725 from your evilh7451a waysh1870 and keeph8104 My commandmentsh4687, My statutesh2708 according to allh3605 the lawh8451 whichh834 I commandedh6680 your fathersh1, and whichh834 I senth7971 to you throughh3027 My servantsh5650 the prophetsh5030."

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However, they did not listenh8085, but  astiffenedh7185 their neckh6203  1like their fathersh1, whoh834 did not believeh539 in the LORDh3068 their Godh430.

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 aThey rejectedh3988a His statutesh2706 and  bHis covenanth1285 whichh834 He madeh3772 with their fathersh1 and His warningsh5715 with whichh834 He warnedh5749b them. And  cthey followedh1980h310 vanityh1892 and  dbecameh1891 vainh1891, and went afterh310 the nationsh1471 whichh834 surroundedh5439 them, concerning whichh834 the  eLORDh3068 had commandedh6680 them not to doh6213a like them.

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They forsookh5800a allh3605 the commandmentsh4687 of the LORDh3068 their Godh430 and madeh6213a for themselves moltenh4541a imagesh4541a, even  atwoh8147 calvesh5695, and  bmadeh6213a an  1Asherahh842 and  cworshipedh7812 allh3605 the hosth6635 of heavenh8064 and  dservedh5647 Baalh1168a.

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Then  athey made their sonsh1121 and their daughtersh1323 passh5674a through the fireh784, and  bpracticedh7080 divinationh7081 and enchantmentsh5172, and  csoldh4376 themselves to doh6213a evilh7451a in the sighth5869 of the LORDh3068, provokingh3707 Him.

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So the LORDh3068 was veryh3966 angryh599 with Israelh3478 and  aremovedh5493 them from His  1sighth6440;  bnoneh3808 was lefth7604 excepth7534h905 the tribeh7626 of Judahh3063.

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Alsoh1571  aJudahh3063 did not keeph8104 the commandmentsh4687 of the LORDh3068 their Godh430, but  bwalkedh1980 in the  1customsh2708  2whichh834 Israelh3478 had  3introducedh6213a.

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The LORDh3068 rejectedh3988a allh3605 the  1descendantsh2233 of Israelh3478 and afflictedh6031a them and  agaveh5414 them into the handh3027 of plunderersh8154, untilh5704h834 He had casth7993 them  2out of His sighth6440.

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Whenh3588  aHe had tornh7167 Israelh3478 from the househ1004 of Davidh1732,  bthey madeh4427a Jeroboamh3379 the sonh1121 of Nebath5028 kingh4427a. Then  cJeroboamh3379 droveh5067b Israelh3478 awayh5067b from followingh310 the LORDh3068 and made them  1commith2398 a greath1419 sinh2401.

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The sonsh1121 of Israelh3478 walkedh1980 in allh3605 the sinsh2403b of Jeroboamh3379 whichh834 he didh6213a; they did not departh5493 from them

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 auntilh5704h834 the LORDh3068 removedh5493 Israelh3478 from His sighth6440,  bas He spokeh1696 throughh3027 allh3605 His servantsh5650 the prophetsh5030.  aSo Israelh3478 was carriedh1540 awayh1540 into exileh1540 from their own landh127 to Assyriah804b untilh5704 thish2088 dayh3117.

Cities of Israel Filled with Strangers

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 aThe kingh4428 of Assyriah804b broughth935 men from Babylonh894 and from Cuthahh3575 and from  1 bAvvah5755 and from  cHamathh2574 and Sephar-vaimh5617, and settledh3427 them in the citiesh5892b of Samariah8111 in placeh8478 of the sonsh1121 of Israelh3478. So they possessedh3423 Samariah8111 and livedh3427 in its citiesh5892b.

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At the beginningh8462 of their livingh3427 thereh8033, they  adid not fearh3372a the LORDh3068; therefore the LORDh3068 senth7971 lionsh738 among them which killedh2026 some of them.

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So they spokeh559 to the kingh4428 of Assyriah804b, sayingh559, "The nationsh1471 whomh834 you have carriedh1540 awayh1540 into exileh1540 in the citiesh5892b of Samariah8111 do not knowh3045 the customh4941 of the godh430 of the landh776; so he has senth7971 lionsh738 among them, and beholdh2009, they killh4191 them becauseh834 they do not knowh3045 the customh4941 of the godh430 of the landh776."

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Then the kingh4428 of Assyriah804b commandedh6680, sayingh559, "Takeh1980 thereh8033 oneh259 of the priestsh3548 whomh834 you carriedh1540 awayh1540 into  1exileh1540 and let  2him goh1980 and liveh3427 thereh8033; and let him teachh3384 them the customh4941 of the godh430 of the landh776."

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So oneh259 of the priestsh3548 whomh834 they had carriedh1540 awayh1540 into exileh1540 from Samariah8111 cameh935 and livedh3427 at Bethelh1008, and taughth3384 them howh349 they should fearh3372a the LORDh3068.

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But everyh1471 nationh1471 still madeh6213a godsh430 of its own and puth5117 them  ain the housesh1004 of the highh1116 placesh1116 whichh834 the peopleh8118 of Samariah8118 had madeh6213a, everyh1471 nationh1471 in their citiesh5892b in whichh834 they livedh3427.

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 aThe menh376 of Babylonh894 madeh6213a Succoth-benothh5524, the menh376 of Cuthh3575 madeh6213a Nergalh5370, the menh376 of Hamathh2574 madeh6213a Ashimah807,

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and the Avvitesh5757 madeh6213a Nibhazh5026 and Tartakh8662; and  athe Sepharvitesh5616 burnedh8313 their childrenh1121 in the fireh784 to  bAdrammelechh152 and Anammelechh6048 the godsh430 of  cSepharvaimh5617.

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 aThey also fearedh3372a the LORDh3068 and  1 bappointedh6213a from amongh7098 themselves priestsh3548 of the highh1116 placesh1116, who actedh6213a for them in the housesh1004 of the highh1116 placesh1116.

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They fearedh3372a the LORDh3068 and servedh5647 their own godsh430 according to the customh4941 of the nationsh1471 from among whomh834 they had been carriedh1540 awayh1540 into exileh1540.

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To thish2088 dayh3117 they doh6213a according to the earlierh7223 customsh4941: they do not fearh3372a the LORDh3068, norh369 do they  1followh6213a their statutesh2708 or their ordinancesh4941 or the lawh8451, or the commandmentsh4687 whichh834 the LORDh3068 commandedh6680 the sonsh1121 of Jacobh3290,  awhomh834 He namedh7760h8034 Israelh3478;

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with whom the LORDh3068 madeh3772 a covenanth1285 and commandedh6680 them, sayingh559, " aYou shall not fearh3372a otherh312 godsh430, norh3808  bbowh7812 downh7812 yourselves to them norh3808  cserveh5647 them norh3808 sacrificeh2076 to them.

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"But the LORDh3068,  awhoh834 broughth5927 you up from the landh776 of Egypth4714 with greath1419 powerh3581b and with  ban outstretchedh5186 armh2220,  cHim you shall fearh3372a, and to Him you shall bowh7812 yourselves downh7812, and to Him you shall sacrificeh2076.

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"The statutesh2706 and the ordinancesh4941 and the lawh8451 and the commandmenth4687 whichh834 He wroteh3789 for you,  ayou shall observeh8104 to doh6213a foreverh3605h3117; and you shall not fearh3372a otherh312 godsh430.

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"The covenanth1285 that I have madeh3772 with you,  ayou shall not forgeth7911, norh3808 shall you fearh3372a otherh312 godsh430.

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"But the LORDh3068 your Godh430 you shall fearh3372a; and He will deliverh5337 you from the handh3027 of allh3605 your enemiesh340."

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However, they did not listenh8085, but they didh6213a according to their earlierh7223 customh4941.

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 aSo while theseh428 nationsh1471 fearedh3372a the LORDh3068, they also servedh5647 their  1idolsh6456; their childrenh1121 likewiseh1571 and their grandchildrenh1121, as their fathersh1 didh6213a, so they doh6213a to thish2088 dayh3117.



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