2 Kings 17:5-12

5Then the kingH4428 of AssyriaH804 invadedH5927 the entireH3605 landH776, and wentH5927 upH5927 to 1SamariaH8111 and besiegedH6696H5921 it for threeH7969 yearsH8141. 6In the ninthH8671 yearH8141 of HosheaH1954, 2the kingH4428 of AssyriaH804 capturedH3920 SamariaH8111 and 3ledH1540 the people of IsraelH3478 intoH1540 exileH1540 to AssyriaH804, and 4settledH3427 them in HalahH2477 and HaborH2249, on the riverH5104 of 5GozanH1470, and 6in the citiesH5892 of the MedesH4074.

7Now 7this cameH1961 aboutH1961 becauseH3588 the sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478 had sinnedH2398 against the LordH3068 their GodH430, 8who had broughtH5927 them upH5927 from the landH776 of EgyptH4714, from underH8478 the handH3027 of PharaohH6547, kingH4428 of EgyptH4714; 9and they had 10fearedH3372 otherH312 godsH430. 8They also 1112followedH1980 the 13customsH2708 of the nationsH1471 whomH834 the LordH3068 had drivenH3423 outH3423 from the sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478, and in the customs 14of the kingsH4428 of IsraelH3478 whichH834 they had 15introducedH6213. 9And the sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478 16didH2644 thingsH1697 secretlyH2644 againstH5921 the LordH3068 their GodH430 whichH834 were not rightH3653. Moreover, they builtH1129 for themselves highH1116 placesH1116 in allH3605 their townsH5892, from 17watchtowerH4026 to fortifiedH4013 cityH5892. 10And 18they setH5324 upH5324 for themselves memorialH4676 stonesH4676 and 1920AsherimH842 on everyH3605 highH1364 hillH1389 and underH8478 everyH3605 greenH7488 treeH6086, 11and thereH8033 they burnedH6999 incenseH6999 on allH3605 the highH1116 placesH1116 as the nationsH1471 did that the LordH3068 had takenH1540 intoH1540 exileH1540 beforeH4480H6440 them; and they didH6213 evilH7451 thingsH1697, provokingH3707 the LordH3068. 12They servedH5647 idolsH1544, 21concerning whichH834 the LordH3068 had saidH559 to them, “You shall not doH6213 thisH2088 thingH1697.”