In the twelfth{H8147} year{H8141} of Ahaz{H271} king{H4428} of Judah{H3063} began Hoshea{H1954} the son{H1121} of Elah{H425} to reign{H4427} in Samaria{H8111} over Israel,{H3478} [and reigned] nine{H8672} years.{H8141}

And he did{H6213} that which was evil{H7451} in the sight{H5869} of Jehovah,{H3068} yet not as the kings{H4428} of Israel{H3478} that were before{H6440} him.

Against him came up{H5927} Shalmaneser{H8022} king{H4428} of Assyria;{H804} and Hoshea{H1954} became his servant,{H5650} and brought{H7725} him tribute.{H4503}

And the king{H4428} of Assyria{H804} found{H4672} conspiracy{H7195} in Hoshea;{H1954} for he had sent{H7971} messengers{H4397} to So{H5471} king{H4428} of Egypt,{H4714} and offered{H5927} no tribute{H4503} to the king{H4428} of Assyria,{H804} as he had done year{H8141} by year:{H8141} therefore the king{H4428} of Assyria{H804} shut him up,{H6113} and bound{H631} him in prison.{H1004}

Then the king{H4428} of Assyria{H804} came up{H5927} throughout all the land,{H776} and went up{H5927} to Samaria,{H8111} and besieged{H6696} it three{H7969} years.{H8141}

In the ninth{H8671} year{H8141} of Hoshea{H1954} the king{H4428} of Assyria{H804} took{H3920} Samaria,{H8111} and carried{H1540} Israel{H3478} away{H1540} unto Assyria,{H804} and placed{H3427} them in Halah,{H2477} and on the Habor,{H2249} the river{H5104} of Gozan,{H1470} and in the cities{H5892} of the Medes.{H4074}

And it was so, because the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} had sinned{H2398} against Jehovah{H3068} their God,{H430} who brought them up{H5927} out of the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714} from under the hand{H3027} of Pharaoh{H6547} king{H4428} of Egypt,{H4714} and had feared{H3372} other{H312} gods,{H430}

and walked{H3212} in the statutes{H2708} of the nations,{H1471} whom Jehovah{H3068} cast out{H3423} from before{H6440} the children{H1121} of Israel,{H3478} and of the kings{H4428} of Israel,{H3478} which they made.{H6213}

And the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} did secretly{H2644} things{H1697} that were not right against Jehovah{H3068} their God:{H430} and they built{H1129} them high places{H1116} in all their cities,{H5892} from the tower{H4026} of the watchmen{H5341} to the fortified{H4013} city;{H5892}

and they set them up{H5324} pillars{H4676} and Asherim{H842} upon every high{H1364} hill,{H1389} and under every green{H7488} tree;{H6086}

and there they burnt incense{H6999} in all the high places,{H1116} as did the nations{H1471} whom Jehovah{H3068} carried away{H1540} before{H6440} them; and they wrought{H6213} wicked{H7451} things{H1697} to provoke Jehovah{H3068} to anger;{H3707}

and they served{H5647} idols,{H1544} whereof Jehovah{H3068} had said{H559} unto them, Ye shall not do{H6213} this thing.{H1697}

Yet Jehovah{H3068} testified{H5749} unto Israel,{H3478} and unto Judah,{H3063} by{H3027} every prophet,{H5030} and every seer,{H2374} saying,{H559} Turn{H7725} ye from your evil{H7451} ways,{H1870} and keep{H8104} my commandments{H4687} and my statutes,{H2708} according to all the law{H8451} which I commanded{H6680} your fathers,{H1} and which I sent{H7971} to you by{H3027} my servants{H5650} the prophets.{H5030}

Notwithstanding, they would not hear,{H8085} but hardened{H7185} their neck,{H6203} like to the neck{H6203} of their fathers,{H1} who believed{H539} not in Jehovah{H3068} their God.{H430}

And they rejected{H3988} his statutes,{H2706} and his covenant{H1285} that he made{H3772} with their fathers,{H1} and his testimonies{H5715} which he testified{H5749} unto them; and they followed{H3212} vanity,{H1892} and became vain,{H1891} and [went] after{H310} the nations{H1471} that were round about{H5439} them, concerning whom Jehovah{H3068} had charged{H6680} them that they should not do{H6213} like them.

And they forsook{H5800} all the commandments{H4687} of Jehovah{H3068} their God,{H430} and made{H6213} them molten images,{H4541} even two{H8147} calves,{H5695} and made{H6213} an Asherah,{H842} and worshipped{H7812} all the host{H6635} of heaven,{H8064} and served{H5647} Baal.{H1168}

And they caused their sons{H1121} and their daughters{H1323} to pass{H5674} through the fire,{H784} and used{H7080} divination{H7081} and enchantments,{H5172} and sold{H4376} themselves to do{H6213} that which was evil{H7451} in the sight{H5869} of Jehovah,{H3068} to provoke him to anger.{H3707}

Therefore Jehovah{H3068} was very{H3966} angry{H599} with Israel,{H3478} and removed{H5493} them out of his sight:{H6440} there was none left{H7604} but the tribe{H7626} of Judah{H3063} only.

Also Judah{H3063} kept{H8104} not the commandments{H4687} of Jehovah{H3068} their God,{H430} but walked{H3212} in the statutes{H2708} of Israel{H3478} which they made.{H6213}

And Jehovah{H3068} rejected{H3988} all the seed{H2233} of Israel,{H3478} and afflicted{H6031} them, and delivered{H5414} them into the hand{H3027} of spoilers,{H8154} until he had cast{H7993} them out of his sight.{H6440}

For he rent{H7167} Israel{H3478} from the house{H1004} of David;{H1732} and they made Jeroboam{H3379} the son{H1121} of Nebat{H5028} king:{H4427} and Jeroboam{H3379} drove{H5080} Israel{H3478} from following{H310} Jehovah,{H3068} and made them sin{H2398} a great{H1419} sin.{H2401}

And the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} walked{H3212} in all the sins{H2403} of Jeroboam{H3379} which he did;{H6213} they departed{H5493} not from them;

until Jehovah{H3068} removed{H5493} Israel{H3478} out of his sight,{H6440} as he spake{H1696} by{H3027} all his servants{H5650} the prophets.{H5030} So Israel{H3478} was carried away{H1540} out of their own land{H127} to Assyria{H804} unto this day.{H3117}

And the king{H4428} of Assyria{H804} brought{H935} men from Babylon,{H894} and from Cuthah,{H3575} and from Avva,{H5755} and from Hamath{H2574} and Sepharvaim,{H5617} and placed{H3427} them in the cities{H5892} of Samaria{H8111} instead of the children{H1121} of Israel;{H3478} and they possessed{H3423} Samaria,{H8111} and dwelt{H3427} in the cities{H5892} thereof.

And so it was, at the beginning{H8462} of their dwelling{H3427} there, that they feared{H3372} not Jehovah:{H3068} therefore Jehovah{H3068} sent{H7971} lions{H738} among them, which killed{H2026} some of them.

Wherefore they spake{H559} to the king{H4428} of Assyria,{H804} saying,{H559} The nations{H1471} which thou hast carried{H1540} away, and placed{H3427} in the cities{H5892} of Samaria,{H8111} know{H3045} not the law{H4941} of the god{H430} of the land:{H776} therefore he hath sent{H7971} lions{H738} among them, and, behold, they slay{H4191} them, because they know{H3045} not the law{H4941} of the god{H430} of the land.{H776}

Then the king{H4428} of Assyria{H804} commanded,{H6680} saying,{H559} Carry{H3212} thither one{H259} of the priests{H3548} whom ye brought{H1540} from thence; and let them go{H3212} and dwell{H3427} there, and let him teach{H3384} them the law{H4941} of the god{H430} of the land.{H776}

So one{H259} of the priests{H3548} whom they had carried away{H1540} from Samaria{H8111} came{H935} and dwelt{H3427} in Beth-el,{H1008} and taught{H3384} them how they should fear{H3372} Jehovah.{H3068}

Howbeit every nation{H1471} made{H6213} gods{H430} of their own, and put{H3240} them in the houses{H1004} of the high places{H1116} which the Samaritans{H8118} had made,{H6213} every nation{H1471} in their cities{H5892} wherein they dwelt.{H3427}

And the men{H582} of Babylon{H894} made{H6213} Succoth-benoth,{H5524} and the men{H582} of Cuth{H3575} made{H6213} Nergal,{H5370} and the men{H582} of Hamath{H2574} made{H6213} Ashima,{H807}

and the Avvites{H5757} made{H6213} Nibhaz{H5026} and Tartak;{H8662} and the Sepharvites{H5616} burnt{H8313} their children{H1121} in the fire{H784} to Adrammelech{H152} and Anammelech,{H6048} the gods{H430} of Sepharvaim.{H5617}

So they feared{H3373} Jehovah,{H3068} and made{H6213} unto them from among themselves{H7098} priests{H3548} of the high places,{H1116} who sacrificed{H6213} for them in the houses{H1004} of the high places.{H1116}

They feared{H3373} Jehovah,{H3068} and served{H5647} their own gods,{H430} after the manner{H4941} of the nations{H1471} from among whom they had been carried away.{H1540}

Unto this day{H3117} they do{H6213} after the former{H7223} manner:{H4941} they fear{H3373} not Jehovah,{H3068} neither do{H6213} they after their statutes,{H2708} or after their ordinances,{H4941} or after the law{H8451} or after the commandment{H4687} which Jehovah{H3068} commanded{H6680} the children{H1121} of Jacob,{H3290} whom he named{H7760} Israel;{H3478}

with whom Jehovah{H3068} had made{H3772} a covenant,{H1285} and charged{H6680} them, saying,{H559} Ye shall not fear{H3372} other{H312} gods,{H430} nor bow{H7812} yourselves to them, nor serve{H5647} them, nor sacrifice{H2076} to them:

but Jehovah,{H3068} who brought you up{H5927} out of the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714} with great{H1419} power{H3581} and with an outstretched{H5186} arm,{H2220} him shall ye fear,{H3372} and unto him shall ye bow{H7812} yourselves, and to him shall ye sacrifice:{H2076}

and the statutes{H2706} and the ordinances,{H4941} and the law{H8451} and the commandment,{H4687} which he wrote{H3789} for you, ye shall observe{H8104} to do{H6213} for evermore;{H3117} and ye shall not fear{H3372} other{H312} gods:{H430}

and the covenant{H1285} that I have made{H3772} with you ye shall not forget;{H7911} neither shall ye fear{H3372} other{H312} gods:{H430}

but Jehovah{H3068} your God{H430} shall ye fear;{H3372} and he will deliver{H5337} you out of the hand{H3027} of all your enemies.{H341}

Howbeit they did not hearken,{H8085} but they did{H6213} after their former{H7223} manner.{H4941}

So these nations{H1471} feared{H3373} Jehovah,{H3068} and served{H5647} their graven images;{H6456} their children{H1121} likewise, and their children's{H1121} children,{H1121} as did{H6213} their fathers,{H1} so do{H6213} they unto this day.{H3117}