Revised Version 1895

2 Kings 17:1-9

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.

5Then thekingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofAssyriaאַשּׁ֖וּר'a.ShurH804cameH5927upH5927throughoutH3605allH3605thelandהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776, andwentH5927upH5927toSamariaשֹׁמְר֔וֹןsho.me.RonH8111, and besieged itthreeשָׁלֹ֥שׁsha.LoshH7969yearsשָׁנִֽים׃sha.NimH8141.

6In theninthהַתְּשִׁיעִ֜יתha.te.shi.'ItH8671yearבִּשְׁנַ֨תbish.NatH8141ofHosheaלְהוֹשֵׁ֗עַle.ho.She.a'H1954, thekingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofAssyriaאַשּׁוּר֙'a.ShurH804tookלָכַ֤דla.KhadH3920Samariaשֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹןsho.me.RonH8111, andcarriedH1540Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478awayH1540untoAssyriaאַשּׁ֑וּרָה'a.Shu.rahH804, andplacedוַיֹּ֨שֶׁבvai.Yo.shevH3427them inHalahבַּחְלַ֧חbach.LachH2477, and inHaborוּבְחָב֛וֹרu.ve.cha.VorH2249, on theriverנְהַ֥רne.HarH5104ofGozanגּוֹזָ֖ןgo.ZanH1470, and in thecitiesוְעָרֵ֥יve.'a.ReiH5892of theMedesמָדָֽי׃ פma.DaiH4074.

7And it wassoוַיְהִ֗יvay.HiH1961,becauseכִּֽי־ki-H3588thechildrenבְנֵֽי־ve.nei-H1121ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElH3478hadsinnedH2398againstH2398theLORDלַיהוָ֣הla.Yah.wehH3068theirGodאֱלֹהֵיהֶ֔ם'e.lo.hei.HemH430, whichbroughtH5927themupH5927outH3027of thelandמֵאֶ֣רֶץme.'E.retzH776ofEgyptמִצְרַ֔יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714fromunderמִתַּ֕חַתmi.Ta.chatH8478thehandיַ֖דyadH3027ofPharaohפַּרְעֹ֣הpar.'OhH6547kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofEgyptמִצְרָ֑יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714, and hadfearedוַיִּֽירְא֖וּvai.yi.re.'UH3372otherאֲחֵרִֽים׃'a.che.RimH312godsאֱלֹהִ֥ים'E.lo.HimH430,

8and walked in thestatutesבְּחֻקּ֣וֹתbe.chu.KotH2708of thenationsהַגּוֹיִ֔םha.go.YimH1471,whomאֲשֶׁר֙'a.SherH834theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068castH3423outH3423frombeforeמִפְּנֵ֖יmi.pe.NeiH6440thechildrenבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478, and of thekingsוּמַלְכֵ֥יu.mal.KheiH4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478,whichאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834theymadeעָשֽׂוּ׃'a.SuH6213.

9And thechildrenבְנֵֽי־ve.nei-H1121ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֗לYis.ra.'ElH3478didאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834secretlyוַיְחַפְּא֣וּvay.cha.pe.'UH2644things that werenotלֹא־lo'-H3808rightכֵ֔ןKhenH3651againstעַל־'al-H5921theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068theirGodאֱלֹהֵיהֶ֑ם'e.lo.hei.HemH430, and theybuiltוַיִּבְנ֨וּvai.yiv.NuH1129themhighבָּמוֹת֙ba.mOtH1116placesH1116inallבְּכָל־be.kholH3605theircitiesעָ֣רֵיהֶ֔ם'a.rei.HemH5892, from thetowerמִמִּגְדַּ֥לmi.mig.DalH4026of thewatchmenנוֹצְרִ֖יםnotz.RimH5341to the fencedcityעִ֥יר'irH5892.

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