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2 Kings 17:1-9

1Inthetwelfthyearבִּשְׁנַת֙bish.NatH8141ofAhazלְאָחָ֖זle.'a.ChazH271kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofJudahיְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahH3063,Hosheaהוֹשֵׁ֨עַho.She.a'H1954thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofElahאֵלָ֧ה'e.LahH425begantoreignH4427inSamariaבְשֹׁמְר֛וֹןve.sho.me.RonH8111overIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478,fornineתֵּ֥שַׁעTe.sha'H8672yearsשָׁנִֽים׃sha.NimH8141.

2Andhedidevilהָרַ֖עha.Ra'H7451inthesightofJehovah,butnotasthekingsכְּמַלְכֵ֣יke.mal.KheiH4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478thathadbeenH1961beforehim.

3AgainsthimcameupShalmaneserשַׁלְמַנְאֶ֖סֶרshal.man.'E.serH8022kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofAssyriaאַשּׁ֑וּר'a.ShurH804,andHosheaהוֹשֵׁ֙עַ֙ho.She.a'H1954becameH1961hisservantH5650,andtenderedhimpresents.

4Butthekingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofAssyriaאַשּׁ֨וּר'a.ShurH804foundH4672conspiracyH7195inHosheaבְּהוֹשֵׁ֜עַbe.ho.She.a'H1954;forhehadsentH7971messengersמַלְאָכִים֙mal.'a.KhimH4397toSokingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofEgyptמִצְרַ֔יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714,andsentH7971upnopresenttothekingלְמֶ֥לֶךְle.Me.lekhH4428ofAssyriaאַשּׁ֖וּר'a.ShurH804as[hehaddone]fromyearכְּשָׁנָ֣הke.sha.NahH8141toyearבְשָׁנָ֑הve.sha.NahH8141.Andthekingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofAssyriaאַשּׁ֔וּר'a.ShurH804shutH6113himupandboundH631himinprison.

5Andthekingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofAssyriaאַשּׁ֖וּר'a.ShurH804overranthewholelandהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776,andwentH5927upagainstSamariaשֹׁמְר֔וֹןsho.me.RonH8111,andbesiegeditthreeשָׁלֹ֥שׁsha.LoshH7969yearsשָׁנִֽים׃sha.NimH8141.

6Intheninthהַתְּשִׁיעִ֜יתha.te.shi.'ItH8671yearבִּשְׁנַ֨תbish.NatH8141ofHosheaלְהוֹשֵׁ֗עַle.ho.She.a'H1954,thekingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofAssyriaאַשּׁוּר֙'a.ShurH804tookH3920Samariaשֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹןsho.me.RonH8111,andcarriedIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478awayintoAssyriaאַשּׁ֑וּרָה'a.Shu.rahH804,andplacedtheminHalahבַּחְלַ֧חbach.LachH2477andbytheHaborוּבְחָב֛וֹרu.ve.cha.VorH2249,theriverנְהַ֥רne.HarH5104ofGozanגּוֹזָ֖ןgo.ZanH1470,andinthecitiesוְעָרֵ֥יve.'a.ReiH5892oftheMedes.

7AndsoitwasH1961,becausethechildrenofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElH3478hadsinnedH2398againstJehovahtheirGodאֱלֹהֵיהֶ֔ם'e.lo.hei.HemH430,whohadbroughtH5927themupoutofthelandמֵאֶ֣רֶץme.'E.retzH776ofEgyptמִצְרַ֔יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714fromunderthehandיַ֖דyadH3027ofPharaohפַּרְעֹ֣הpar.'OhH6547kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofEgyptמִצְרָ֑יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714,andhadfearedוַיִּֽירְא֖וּvai.yi.re.'UH3372otherאֲחֵרִֽים׃'a.che.RimH312godsאֱלֹהִ֥ים'E.lo.HimH430;

8andtheywalkedinthestatutesH2708ofthenationsהַגּוֹיִ֔םha.go.YimH1471thatJehovahhaddispossessedH3423frombeforethechildrenofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478,andofthekingsוּמַלְכֵ֥יu.mal.KheiH4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478,whichtheyhadmadeH6213.

9AndthechildrenofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֗לYis.ra.'ElH3478didsecretlyagainstJehovahtheirGodאֱלֹהֵיהֶ֑ם'e.lo.hei.HemH430thingsדְּבָרִים֙de.va.RimH1697thatwerenotrightכֵ֔ןKhenH3651;andtheybuiltH1129themhighבָּמוֹת֙ba.mOtH1116placesH1116inalltheircitiesעָ֣רֵיהֶ֔ם'a.rei.HemH5892,fromthewatchmen'stowerמִמִּגְדַּ֥לmi.mig.DalH4026tothefortifiedcityעִ֥יר'irH5892.

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