Dual Panel1In 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 <04427> (8804) in Samaria <08111> over Israel <03478> nine <08672> years <08141>_.
2And he did <06213> (8799) [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.
3Against him came up <05927> (8804) Shalmaneser <08022> king <04428> of Assyria <0804>_; and Hoshea <01954> became his servant <05650>_, and gave <07725> (8686) him presents <04503>_. {gave: Heb. rendered} {presents: or, tribute}
4And the king <04428> of Assyria <0804> found <04672> (8799) conspiracy <07195> in Hoshea <01954>_: for he had sent <07971> (8804) 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 <06113> (8799)_, and bound <0631> (8799) him in prison <01004> <03608>_. {present: or, tribute}
5Then the king <04428> of Assyria <0804> came up <05927> (8799) throughout all the land <0776>_, and went up <05927> (8799) to Samaria <08111>_, and besieged <06696> (8799) it three <07969> years <08141>_.
6In the ninth <08671> 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 <02249> [by] the river <05104> of Gozan <01470>_, and in the cities <05892> of the Medes <04074>_.
7For [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 <03372> (8799) other <0312> gods <0430>_,
8And walked <03212> (8799) in the statutes <02708> of the heathen <01471>_, whom the LORD <03068> cast out <03423> (8689) from before <06440> the children <01121> of Israel <03478>_, and of the kings <04428> of Israel <03478>_, which they had made <06213> (8804)_.
9And the children <01121> of Israel <03478> did secretly <02644> (8762) [those] things <01697> that [were] not right against the LORD <03068> their God <0430>_, and they built <01129> (8799) them high places <01116> in all their cities <05892>_, from the tower <04026> of the watchmen <05341> (8802) to the fenced <04013> city <05892>_.
10And they set them up <05324> (8686) images <04676> and groves <0842> in every high <01364> hill <01389>_, and under every green <07488> tree <06086>_: {images: Heb. statues}
11And 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 <06213> (8799) wicked <07451> things <01697> to provoke the LORD <03068> to anger <03707> (8687)_:
12For they served <05647> (8799) idols <01544>_, whereof the LORD <03068> had said <0559> (8804) unto them, Ye shall not do <06213> (8799) this thing <01697>_.
13Yet the LORD <03068> testified <05749> (8686) against Israel <03478>_, and against Judah <03063>_, by <03027> all the prophets <05030>_, [and by] all the seers <02374>_, saying <0559> (8800)_, Turn <07725> (8798) ye from your evil <07451> ways <01870>_, and keep <08104> (8798) my commandments <04687> [and] my statutes <02708>_, according to all the law <08451> which I commanded <06680> (8765) your fathers <01>_, and which I sent <07971> (8804) to you by <03027> my servants <05650> the prophets <05030>_. {by: Heb. by the hand of}
14Notwithstanding they would not hear <08085> (8804)_, but hardened <07185> (8686) 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>_.
15And they rejected <03988> (8799) his statutes <02706>_, and his covenant <01285> that he made <03772> (8804) with their fathers <01>_, and his testimonies <05715> which he testified <05749> (8689) against them; and they followed <03212> (8799) <0310> vanity <01892>_, and became vain <01891> (8799)_, and went after <0310> the heathen <01471> that [were] round about <05439> them, [concerning] whom the LORD <03068> had charged <06680> (8765) them, that they should not do <06213> (8800) like them.
16And they left <05800> (8799) all the commandments <04687> of the LORD <03068> their God <0430>_, and made <06213> (8799) them molten images <04541>_, [even] two <08147> calves <05695>_, and made <06213> (8799) a grove <0842>_, and worshipped <07812> (8691) all the host <06635> of heaven <08064>_, and served <05647> (8799) Baal <01168>_.
17And they caused their sons <01121> and their daughters <01323> to pass <05674> (8686) through the fire <0784>_, and used <07080> (8799) divination <07081> and enchantments <05172> (8762)_, and sold <04376> (8691) themselves to do <06213> (8800) evil <07451> in the sight <05869> of the LORD <03068>_, to provoke him to anger <03707> (8687)_.
18Therefore the LORD <03068> was very <03966> angry <0599> (8691) with Israel <03478>_, and removed <05493> (8686) them out of his sight <06440>_: there was none left <07604> (8738) but the tribe <07626> of Judah <03063> only.
19Also Judah <03063> kept <08104> (8804) not the commandments <04687> of the LORD <03068> their God <0430>_, but walked <03212> (8799) in the statutes <02708> of Israel <03478> which they made <06213> (8804)_.
20And the LORD <03068> rejected <03988> (8799) all the seed <02233> of Israel <03478>_, and afflicted <06031> (8762) them, and delivered <05414> (8799) them into the hand <03027> of spoilers <08154> (8802)_, until he had cast <07993> (8689) them out of his sight <06440>_.
21For he rent <07167> (8804) 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>_.
22For 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;
23Until 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 <01540> (8799) out of their own land <0127> to Assyria <0804> unto this day <03117>_.
24And the king <04428> of Assyria <0804> brought <0935> (8686) [men] from Babylon <0894>_, and from Cuthah <03575>_, and from Ava <05755>_, and from Hamath <02574>_, and from Sepharvaim <05617>_, and placed <03427> (8686) [them] in the cities <05892> of Samaria <08111> instead of the children <01121> of Israel <03478>_: and they possessed <03423> (8799) Samaria <08111>_, and dwelt <03427> (8799) in the cities <05892> thereof.
25And [so] it was at the beginning <08462> of their dwelling <03427> (8800) there, [that] they feared <03372> (8804) not the LORD <03068>_: therefore the LORD <03068> sent <07971> (8762) lions <0738> among them, which slew <02026> (8802) [some] of them.
26Wherefore they spake <0559> (8799) 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>_.
27Then 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>_.
28Then 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>_.
29Howbeit every nation <01471> made <06213> (8802) gods <0430> of their own, and put <03240> (8686) [them] in the houses <01004> of the high places <01116> which the Samaritans <08118> had made <06213> (8804)_, every nation <01471> in their cities <05892> wherein they dwelt <03427> (8802)_.
30And the men <0582> of Babylon <0894> made <06213> (8804) Succothbenoth <05524>_, and the men <0582> of Cuth <03575> made <06213> (8804) Nergal <05370>_, and the men <0582> of Hamath <02574> made <06213> (8804) Ashima <0807>_,
31And the Avites <05757> made <06213> (8804) Nibhaz <05026> and Tartak <08662>_, and the Sepharvites <05616> burnt <08313> (8802) their children <01121> in fire <0784> to Adrammelech <0152> and Anammelech <06048>_, the gods <0430> of Sepharvaim <05617>_.
32So they feared <03373> the LORD <03068>_, and made <06213> (8799) unto themselves of the lowest <07098> of them priests <03548> of the high places <01116>_, which sacrificed <06213> (8802) for them in the houses <01004> of the high places <01116>_.
33They feared <03373> the LORD <03068>_, and served <05647> (8802) their own gods <0430>_, after the manner <04941> of the nations <01471> whom they carried away <01540> (8689) from thence. {whom...: or, who carried them away from thence}
34Unto this day <03117> they do <06213> (8802) after the former <07223> manners <04941>_: they fear <03373> not the LORD <03068>_, neither do <06213> (8802) they after their statutes <02708>_, or after their ordinances <04941>_, or after the law <08451> and commandment <04687> which the LORD <03068> commanded <06680> (8765) the children <01121> of Jacob <03290>_, whom he named <07760> (8804) <08034> Israel <03478>_;
35With whom the LORD <03068> had made <03772> (8799) a covenant <01285>_, and charged <06680> (8762) them, saying <0559> (8800)_, Ye shall not fear <03372> (8799) other <0312> gods <0430>_, nor bow <07812> (8691) yourselves to them, nor serve <05647> (8799) them, nor sacrifice <02076> (8799) to them:
36But the LORD <03068>_, who brought you up <05927> (8689) out of the land <0776> of Egypt <04714> with great <01419> power <03581> and a stretched out <05186> (8803) arm <02220>_, him shall ye fear <03372> (8799)_, and him shall ye worship <07812> (8691)_, and to him shall ye do sacrifice <02076> (8799)_.
37And the statutes <02706>_, and the ordinances <04941>_, and the law <08451>_, and the commandment <04687>_, which he wrote <03789> (8804) for you, ye shall observe <08104> (8799) to do <06213> (8800) for evermore <03117>_; and ye shall not fear <03372> (8799) other <0312> gods <0430>_.
38And the covenant <01285> that I have made <03772> (8804) with you ye shall not forget <07911> (8799)_; neither shall ye fear <03372> (8799) other <0312> gods <0430>_.
39But the LORD <03068> your God <0430> ye shall fear <03372> (8799)_; and he shall deliver <05337> (8686) you out of the hand <03027> of all your enemies <0341> (8802)_.
40Howbeit they did not hearken <08085> (8804)_, but they did <06213> (8802) after their former <07223> manner <04941>_.
41So these nations <01471> feared <03373> the LORD <03068>_, and served <05647> (8802) their graven images <06456>_, both their children <01121>_, and their children's <01121> children <01121>_: as did <06213> (8804) their fathers <01>_, so do <06213> (8802) they unto this day <03117>_.