Revised Version 1895

2 Kings 17:1-4

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

2And hedidוַיַּ֥עַשׂvai.Ya.'asH6213thatwhichאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834wasevilהָרַ֖עha.Ra'H7451in thesightבְּעֵינֵ֣יbe.'ei.NeiH5869of theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068, yetnotלֹ֚אlo'H3808as thekingsכְּמַלְכֵ֣יke.mal.KheiH4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478that werebeforeלְפָנָֽיו׃le.fa.NavH6440him.

3Againstעָלָ֣יו'a.LavH5921himcameH1961upH5927Shalmaneserשַׁלְמַנְאֶ֖סֶרshal.man.'E.serH8022kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofAssyriaאַשּׁ֑וּר'a.ShurH804; andHosheaהוֹשֵׁ֙עַ֙ho.She.a'H1954becameH1961hisservantעֶ֔בֶד'E.vedH5650, andbroughtH5927himpresentsוַיָּ֥שֶׁבvai.Ya.shevH7725.

4And thekingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofAssyriaאַשּׁ֨וּר'a.ShurH804foundH4672conspiracyקֶ֗שֶׁרKe.sherH7195inHosheaבְּהוֹשֵׁ֜עַbe.ho.She.a'H1954; for he hadsentH7971messengersמַלְאָכִים֙mal.'a.KhimH4397toSoH7971kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofEgyptמִצְרַ֔יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714, andofferedH5927noוְלֹא־ve.lo'-H3808presentH4672to thekingלְמֶ֥לֶךְle.Me.lekhH4428ofAssyriaאַשּׁ֖וּר'a.ShurH804, as he had doneyearכְּשָׁנָ֣הke.sha.NahH8141byyearבְשָׁנָ֑הve.sha.NahH8141: therefore thekingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofAssyriaאַשּׁ֔וּר'a.ShurH804shutוַֽיַּעַצְרֵ֙הוּ֙vai.ya.'atz.Re.huH6113himupH5927, andboundוַיַּאַסְרֵ֖הוּvai.ya.'as.Re.huH631him inprisonכֶּֽלֶא׃Ke.le'H3608.

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