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2 Kings 17:27-34

27Thenthekingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofAssyriaאַשּׁ֜וּר'a.ShurH804commandedוַיְצַ֨וvay.TzavH6680,sayingלֵאמֹ֗רle.MorH559,Carrythitheroneאֶחָ֤ד'e.ChadH259ofthepriestsמֵהַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙me.ha.ko.ha.NimH3548whomye broughtfromthence;andletthemgoH1540anddwellוְיֵ֣שְׁבוּve.Ye.she.vuH3427there,andlethimteachוְיֹרֵ֕םve.yo.RemH3384themthelawofthegodאֱלֹהֵ֥י'e.lo.HeiH430ofthelandהָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzH776.

28Sooneאֶחָ֣ד'e.ChadH259ofthepriestsמֵהַכֹּהֲנִ֗יםme.ha.ko.ha.NimH3548whomtheyhadcarriedawayfromSamariaמִשֹּׁ֣מְר֔וֹןmi.Sho.me.RonH8111cameH935anddweltוַיֵּ֖שֶׁבvai.Ye.shevH3427inBeth-el,andtaughtH3384themhowאֵ֖יךְ'eikhH349theyshouldfearיִֽירְא֥וּyi.re.'UH3372Jehovah.

29HowbeiteverynationH1471madeH6213godsאֱלֹהָ֑יו'e.lo.HavH430oftheirown,andputtheminthehousesבְּבֵ֣יתbe.VeitH1004ofthehighהַבָּמ֗וֹתha.ba.MotH1116placesH1116whichtheSamaritanshadmadeH6213,everynationH1471intheircitiesבְּעָ֣רֵיהֶ֔םbe.'A.rei.HemH5892whereintheydweltיֹשְׁבִ֖יםyo.she.VimH3427.

30AndthemenH376ofBabylonבָבֶ֗לva.VelH894madeH6213Succoth-benoth,andthemenH376ofCuthmadeH6213Nergal,andthemenH376ofHamathחֲמָ֖תcha.MatH2574madeH6213Ashima,

31andtheAvvitesmadeH6213NibhazandTartak;andtheSepharvitesburnttheirchildreninthefireבָּאֵ֔שׁba.'EshH784toAdrammelechלְאַדְרַמֶּ֥לֶךְle.'ad.ra.Me.lekhH152andAnammelech,thegodsofSepharvaimסְפַרְוָֽיִם׃se.fa.rimH5617.

32SotheyfearedH3372Jehovah,andmadeH6213untothemfromamongthemselvespriestsכֹּהֲנֵ֣יko.ha.NeiH3548ofthehighבָמ֔וֹתva.MotH1116placesH1116,whosacrificedfortheminthehousesבְּבֵ֥יתbe.VeitH1004ofthehighהַבָּמֽוֹת׃ha.ba.MotH1116placesH1116.

33TheyfearedH3372Jehovah,andservedH5647theirowngodsאֱלֹֽהֵיהֶם֙'e.lo.hei.HemH430,afterthemannerofthenationsהַגּוֹיִ֔םha.go.YimH1471fromamongwhomtheyhadbeenH1961carriedaway.

34Untothisdayהַיּ֤וֹםhai.YomH3117theydoaftertheformerהָרִֽאשֹׁנִ֑יםha.ri.sho.NimH7223manner:theyfearH3372notJehovah,neitherdotheyaftertheirstatutesH2708,oraftertheirordinancesH4941,orafterthelawוְכַתּוֹרָ֣הve.kha.to.RahH8451orafterthecommandmentוְכַמִּצְוָ֗הve.kha.mitz.VahH4687whichJehovahcommandedצִוָּ֤הtzi.VahH6680thechildrenofJacobיַעֲקֹ֔בya.'a.KoH3290,whomhenamedשְׁמ֖וֹshe.MoH8034Israelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478;

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