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2 Kings 17:1-9

1Inthetwelfthyearבִּשְׁנַת֙bish.NatH8141ofAhazלְאָחָ֖זle.'a.ChazH271kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofJudahיְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahH3063beganHosheaהוֹשֵׁ֨עַho.She.a'H1954thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofElahאֵלָ֧ה'e.LahH425toreignH4427inSamariaבְשֹׁמְר֛וֹןve.sho.me.RonH8111overIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478,andreignedH4427nineתֵּ֥שַׁעTe.sha'H8672yearsשָׁנִֽים׃sha.NimH8141.

2AndhedidthatwhichwasH1961evilהָרַ֖עha.Ra'H7451inthesightofJehovah,yetnotasthekingsכְּמַלְכֵ֣יke.mal.KheiH4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478thatwerebeforehim.

3AgainsthimcameupShalmaneserשַׁלְמַנְאֶ֖סֶרshal.man.'E.serH8022kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofAssyriaאַשּׁ֑וּר'a.ShurH804;andHosheaהוֹשֵׁ֙עַ֙ho.She.a'H1954becameH1961hisservantH5650,andbroughtH5927himtributeמִנְחָֽה׃min.ChahH4503.

4Andthekingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofAssyriaאַשּׁ֨וּר'a.ShurH804foundH4672conspiracyH7195inHosheaבְּהוֹשֵׁ֜עַbe.ho.She.a'H1954;forhehadsentH7971messengersמַלְאָכִים֙mal.'a.KhimH4397toSokingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofEgyptמִצְרַ֔יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714,andofferedH5927notributeמִנְחָ֛הmin.ChahH4503tothekingלְמֶ֥לֶךְle.Me.lekhH4428ofAssyriaאַשּׁ֖וּר'a.ShurH804,ashehaddoneyearכְּשָׁנָ֣הke.sha.NahH8141byyearבְשָׁנָ֑הve.sha.NahH8141:thereforethekingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofAssyriaאַשּׁ֔וּר'a.ShurH804shutH6113himup,andboundH631himinprison.

5Thenthekingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofAssyriaאַשּׁ֖וּר'a.ShurH804cameH5927upthroughoutallthelandהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776,andwentH5927uptoSamariaשֹׁמְר֔וֹןsho.me.RonH8111,andbesiegeditthreeשָׁלֹ֥שׁsha.LoshH7969yearsשָׁנִֽים׃sha.NimH8141.

6Intheninthהַתְּשִׁיעִ֜יתha.te.shi.'ItH8671yearבִּשְׁנַ֨תbish.NatH8141ofHosheaלְהוֹשֵׁ֗עַle.ho.She.a'H1954thekingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofAssyriaאַשּׁוּר֙'a.ShurH804tookH3920Samariaשֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹןsho.me.RonH8111,andcarriedIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478awayuntoAssyriaאַשּׁ֑וּרָה'a.Shu.rahH804,andplacedtheminHalahבַּחְלַ֧חbach.LachH2477,andontheHaborוּבְחָב֛וֹרu.ve.cha.VorH2249,theriverנְהַ֥רne.HarH5104ofGozanגּוֹזָ֖ןgo.ZanH1470,andinthecitiesוְעָרֵ֥יve.'a.ReiH5892oftheMedes.

7AnditwasH1961so,becausethechildrenofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElH3478hadsinnedH2398againstJehovahtheirGodאֱלֹהֵיהֶ֔ם'e.lo.hei.HemH430,whobroughtH5927themupoutofthelandמֵאֶ֣רֶץme.'E.retzH776ofEgyptמִצְרַ֔יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714fromunderthehandיַ֖דyadH3027ofPharaohפַּרְעֹ֣הpar.'OhH6547kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofEgyptמִצְרָ֑יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714,andhadfearedוַיִּֽירְא֖וּvai.yi.re.'UH3372otherאֲחֵרִֽים׃'a.che.RimH312godsאֱלֹהִ֥ים'E.lo.HimH430,

8andwalkedinthestatutesH2708ofthenationsהַגּוֹיִ֔םha.go.YimH1471,whomJehovahcastoutfrombeforethechildrenofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478,andofthekingsוּמַלְכֵ֥יu.mal.KheiH4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478,whichtheymadeH6213.

9AndthechildrenofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֗לYis.ra.'ElH3478didsecretlythingsדְּבָרִים֙de.va.RimH1697thatwerenotrightכֵ֔ןKhenH3651againstJehovahtheirGodאֱלֹהֵיהֶ֑ם'e.lo.hei.HemH430:andtheybuiltH1129themhighבָּמוֹת֙ba.mOtH1116placesH1116inalltheircitiesעָ֣רֵיהֶ֔ם'a.rei.HemH5892,fromthetowerמִמִּגְדַּ֥לmi.mig.DalH4026ofthewatchmenנוֹצְרִ֖יםnotz.RimH5341tothefortifiedcityעִ֥יר'irH5892;

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