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2 Kings 17:5-12

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;

10andtheysetH5324themuppillarsמַצֵּב֖וֹתma.tze.VotH4676andAsherimuponeveryhighגְבֹהָ֔הge.vo.HahH1364hillגִּבְעָ֣הgiv.'AhH1389,andundereverygreentreeעֵ֥ץ'etzH6086;

11andtheretheyburntincenseH6999inallthehighבָּמ֔וֹתba.MotH1116placesH1116,asdidthenationsכַּגּוֹיִ֕םka.go.YimH1471whomJehovahcarriedawaybeforethem;andtheywroughtwickedH7451thingsדְּבָרִ֣יםde.va.RimH1697toprovokeלְהַכְעִ֖יסle.hakh.'IsH3707JehovahtoangerH3707;

12andtheyservedH5647idolsהַגִּלֻּלִ֑יםha.gi.lu.LimH1544, whereofJehovahhadsaidH559untothem, Yeshallnotdothisthingהַדָּבָ֥רha.da.VarH1697.

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