1 In the twelfth 8147 6240 year 8141 of Ahaz 271 king 4428 of Judah 3063 began Hoshea 1954 the son 1121 of Elah 425 to reign 4427 in Samaria 8111 over Israel 3478 nine 8672 years 8141.
2 And he did 6213 that which was evil 7451 in the sight 5869 of the LORD 3068, but not as the kings 4428 of Israel 3478 that were before 6440 him.
3 Against him came up 5927 Shalmaneser 8022 king 4428 of Assyria 804; and Hoshea 1954 became his servant 5650, and gave 7725 him presents 4503.
4 And the king 4428 of Assyria 804 found 4672 conspiracy 7195 in Hoshea 1954: for he had sent 7971 messengers 4397 to So 5471 king 4428 of Egypt 4714, and brought 5927 no present 4503 to the king 4428 of Assyria 804, as he had done year 8141 by year 8141: therefore the king 4428 of Assyria 804 shut him up 6113, and bound 631 him in prison 1004 3608.
5 Then the king 4428 of Assyria 804 came up 5927 throughout all the land 776, and went up 5927 to Samaria 8111, and besieged 6696 it three 7969 years 8141.
6 In the ninth 8671 year 8141 of Hoshea 1954 the king 4428 of Assyria 804 took 3920 Samaria 8111, and carried 1540 0 Israel 3478 away 1540 into Assyria 804, and placed 3427 them in Halah 2477 and in Habor 2249 by the river 5104 of Gozan 1470, and in the cities 5892 of the Medes 4074.
7 For so it was, that the children 1121 of Israel 3478 had sinned 2398 against the LORD 3068 their God 430, which had brought them up 5927 out of the land 776 of Egypt 4714, from under the hand 3027 of Pharaoh 6547 king 4428 of Egypt 4714, and had feared 3372 other 312 gods 430,
8 And walked 3212 in the statutes 2708 of the heathen 1471, whom the LORD 3068 cast out 3423 from before 6440 the children 1121 of Israel 3478, and of the kings 4428 of Israel 3478, which they had made 6213.
9 And the children 1121 of Israel 3478 did secretly 2644 those things 1697 that were not right against the LORD 3068 their God 430, and they built 1129 them high places 1116 in all their cities 5892, from the tower 4026 of the watchmen 5341 to the fenced 4013 city 5892.
10 And they set them up 5324 images 4676 and groves 842 in every high 1364 hill 1389, and under every green 7488 tree 6086:
11 And there they burnt incense 6999 in all the high places 1116, as did the heathen 1471 whom the LORD 3068 carried away 1540 before 6440 them; and wrought 6213 wicked 7451 things 1697 to provoke the LORD 3068 to anger 3707:
12 For they served 5647 idols 1544, whereof the LORD 3068 had said 559 unto them, Ye shall not do 6213 this thing 1697.
13 Yet the LORD 3068 testified 5749 against Israel 3478, and against Judah 3063, by 3027 all the prophets 5030, and by all the seers 2374, saying 559, Turn 7725 ye from your evil 7451 ways 1870, and keep 8104 my commandments 4687 and my statutes 2708, according to all the law 8451 which I commanded 6680 your fathers 1, and which I sent 7971 to you by 3027 my servants 5650 the prophets 5030.
14 Notwithstanding they would not hear 8085, but hardened 7185 their necks 6203, like to the neck 6203 of their fathers 1, that did not believe 539 in the LORD 3068 their God 430.
15 And they rejected 3988 his statutes 2706, and his covenant 1285 that he made 3772 with their fathers 1, and his testimonies 5715 which he testified 5749 against them; and they followed 3212 310 vanity 1892, and became vain 1891, and went after 310 the heathen 1471 that were round about 5439 them, concerning whom the LORD 3068 had charged 6680 them, that they should not do 6213 like them.
16 And they left 5800 all the commandments 4687 of the LORD 3068 their God 430, and made 6213 them molten images 4541, even two 8147 calves 5695, and made 6213 a grove 842, and worshipped 7812 all the host 6635 of heaven 8064, and served 5647 Baal 1168.
17 And they caused their sons 1121 and their daughters 1323 to pass 5674 through the fire 784, and used 7080 divination 7081 and enchantments 5172, and sold 4376 themselves to do 6213 evil 7451 in the sight 5869 of the LORD 3068, to provoke him to anger 3707.
18 Therefore the LORD 3068 was very 3966 angry 599 with Israel 3478, and removed 5493 them out of his sight 6440: there was none left 7604 but the tribe 7626 of Judah 3063 only.
19 Also Judah 3063 kept 8104 not the commandments 4687 of the LORD 3068 their God 430, but walked 3212 in the statutes 2708 of Israel 3478 which they made 6213.
20 And the LORD 3068 rejected 3988 all the seed 2233 of Israel 3478, and afflicted 6031 them, and delivered 5414 them into the hand 3027 of spoilers 8154, until he had cast 7993 them out of his sight 6440.
21 For he rent 7167 Israel 3478 from the house 1004 of David 1732; and they made Jeroboam 3379 the son 1121 of Nebat 5028 king 4427: and Jeroboam 3379 drave 5080 5077 Israel 3478 from following 310 the LORD 3068, and made them sin 2398 a great 1419 sin 2401.
22 For the children 1121 of Israel 3478 walked 3212 in all the sins 2403 of Jeroboam 3379 which he did 6213; they departed 5493 not from them;
23 Until the LORD 3068 removed 5493 Israel 3478 out of his sight 6440, as he had said 1696 by 3027 all his servants 5650 the prophets 5030. So was Israel 3478 carried away 1540 out of their own land 127 to Assyria 804 unto this day 3117.
24 And the king 4428 of Assyria 804 brought 935 men from Babylon 894, and from Cuthah 3575, and from Ava 5755, and from Hamath 2574, and from Sepharvaim 5617, and placed 3427 them in the cities 5892 of Samaria 8111 instead of the children 1121 of Israel 3478: and they possessed 3423 Samaria 8111, and dwelt 3427 in the cities 5892 thereof.
25 And so it was at the beginning 8462 of their dwelling 3427 there, that they feared 3372 not the LORD 3068: therefore the LORD 3068 sent 7971 lions 738 among them, which slew 2026 some of them.
26 Wherefore they spake 559 to the king 4428 of Assyria 804, saying 559, The nations 1471 which thou hast removed 1540, and placed 3427 in the cities 5892 of Samaria 8111, know 3045 not the manner 4941 of the God 430 of the land 776: therefore he hath sent 7971 lions 738 among them, and, behold, they slay 4191 them, because they know 3045 not the manner 4941 of the God 430 of the land 776.
27 Then the king 4428 of Assyria 804 commanded 6680, saying 559, Carry 3212 thither one 259 of the priests 3548 whom ye brought 1540 from thence; and let them go 3212 and dwell 3427 there, and let him teach 3384 them the manner 4941 of the God 430 of the land 776.
28 Then one 259 of the priests 3548 whom they had carried away 1540 from Samaria 8111 came 935 and dwelt 3427 in Bethel 1008, and taught 3384 them how they should fear 3372 the LORD 3068.
29 Howbeit every nation 1471 made 6213 gods 430 of their own, and put 3240 them in the houses 1004 of the high places 1116 which the Samaritans 8118 had made 6213, every nation 1471 in their cities 5892 wherein they dwelt 3427.
30 And the men 582 of Babylon 894 made 6213 Succothbenoth 5524, and the men 582 of Cuth 3575 made 6213 Nergal 5370, and the men 582 of Hamath 2574 made 6213 Ashima 807,
31 And the Avites 5757 made 6213 Nibhaz 5026 and Tartak 8662, and the Sepharvites 5616 burnt 8313 their children 1121 in fire 784 to Adrammelech 152 and Anammelech 6048, the gods 430 of Sepharvaim 5617.
32 So they feared 3373 the LORD 3068, and made 6213 unto themselves of the lowest 7098 of them priests 3548 of the high places 1116, which sacrificed 6213 for them in the houses 1004 of the high places 1116.
33 They feared 3373 the LORD 3068, and served 5647 their own gods 430, after the manner 4941 of the nations 1471 whom they carried away 1540 from thence.
34 Unto this day 3117 they do 6213 after the former 7223 manners 4941: they fear 3373 not the LORD 3068, neither do 6213 they after their statutes 2708, or after their ordinances 4941, or after the law 8451 and commandment 4687 which the LORD 3068 commanded 6680 the children 1121 of Jacob 3290, whom he named 7760 8034 Israel 3478;
35 With whom the LORD 3068 had made 3772 a covenant 1285, and charged 6680 them, saying 559, Ye shall not fear 3372 other 312 gods 430, nor bow 7812 yourselves to them, nor serve 5647 them, nor sacrifice 2076 to them:
36 But the LORD 3068, who brought you up 5927 out of the land 776 of Egypt 4714 with great 1419 power 3581 and a stretched out 5186 arm 2220, him shall ye fear 3372, and him shall ye worship 7812, and to him shall ye do sacrifice 2076.
37 And the statutes 2706, and the ordinances 4941, and the law 8451, and the commandment 4687, which he wrote 3789 for you, ye shall observe 8104 to do 6213 for evermore 3117; and ye shall not fear 3372 other 312 gods 430.
38 And the covenant 1285 that I have made 3772 with you ye shall not forget 7911; neither shall ye fear 3372 other 312 gods 430.
39 But the LORD 3068 your God 430 ye shall fear 3372; and he shall deliver 5337 you out of the hand 3027 of all your enemies 341.
40 Howbeit they did not hearken 8085, but they did 6213 after their former 7223 manner 4941.
41 So these nations 1471 feared 3373 the LORD 3068, and served 5647 their graven images 6456, both their children 1121, and their children's 1121 children 1121: as did 6213 their fathers 1, so do 6213 they unto this day 3117.