Revised Version 1895

2 Kings 17:7-18

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.

10and theysetוַיַּצִּ֧בוּvai.ya.Tzi.vuH5324themupH5921pillarsמַצֵּב֖וֹתma.tze.VotH4676andAsherimוַאֲשֵׁרִ֑יםva.'a.she.RimH842uponH5921everyכָּל־kol-H3605highגְבֹהָ֔הge.vo.HahH1364hillגִּבְעָ֣הgiv.'AhH1389, andunderוְתַ֖חַתve.Ta.chatH8478everyכָּל־kol-H3605greenרַעֲנָֽן׃ra.'a.NanH7488treeעֵ֥ץ'etzH6086:

11and there theyburntH6999incenseH6999inallבְּכָל־be.kholH3605thehighבָּמ֔וֹתba.MotH1116placesH1116, asdidוַֽיַּעֲשׂוּ֙vai.ya.'a.SuH6213thenationsכַּגּוֹיִ֕םka.go.YimH1471whomאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068carriedH1540awayH1540beforeמִפְּנֵיהֶ֑םmi.pe.nei.HemH6440them; and wroughtwickedרָעִ֔יםra.'ImH7451things toprovokeלְהַכְעִ֖יסle.hakh.'IsH3707theLORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068toangerH3707:

12and theyservedוַיַּֽעַבְד֖וּvai.ya.'av.DuH5647idolsהַגִּלֻּלִ֑יםha.gi.lu.LimH1544, whereof theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068hadsaidאָמַ֤ר'a.MarH559unto them, Ye shallnotלֹ֥אlo'H3808doתַעֲשׂ֖וּta.'a.SuH6213thisthingהַדָּבָ֥רha.da.VarH1697.

13Yet theLORDיְהוָ֡הYah.wehH3068testifiedוַיָּ֣עַדvai.Ya.'adH5749untoIsraelבְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֣לbe.Yis.ra.'ElH3478, and untoJudahוּבִיהוּדָ֡הu.vi.hu.DahH3063, by thehandבְּיַד֩be.YadH3027ofeveryכָּל־kol-H3605prophetנְבִיאֵ֨יne.vi.'ovH5030, and ofeveryכָל־khol-H3605seerחֹזֶ֜הcho.ZehH2374,sayingלֵאמֹ֗רle.MorH559,Turnשֻׁ֝֠בוּShu.vuH7725ye from yourevilהָֽרָעִים֙ha.ra.'ImH7451waysמִדַּרְכֵיכֶ֤םmi.dar.khei.KhemH1870, andkeepוְשִׁמְרוּ֙ve.shim.RuH8104mycommandmentsמִצְוֹתַ֣יmitz.vo.TaiH4687and mystatutesחֻקּוֹתַ֔יchu.ko.TaiH2708,accordingאֲלֵיכֶ֔ם'a.lei.KhemH413toallכְּכָ֨ל־ke.Khal-H3605thelawהַתּוֹרָ֔הha.to.RahH8451whichH834Icommandedצִוִּ֖יתִיtzi.Vi.tiH6680yourfathersאֲבֹֽתֵיכֶ֑ם'a.vo.tei.KhemH1, andwhichH834Isentשָׁלַ֣חְתִּיsha.Lach.tiH7971toyouH834by thehandבְּיַ֖דbe.YadH3027of myservantsעֲבָדַ֥י'a.va.DaiH5650theprophetsהַנְּבִיאִֽים׃ha.ne.vi.'ImH5030.

14Notwithstanding they wouldnotוְלֹ֖אve.Lo'H3808hearשָׁמֵ֑עוּsha.Me.'uH8085, buthardenedוַיַּקְשׁ֤וּvai.yak.ShuH7185theirneckעָרְפָּם֙'a.re.PamH6203, like to theneckכְּעֹ֣רֶףke.'O.refH6203of theirfathersאֲבוֹתָ֔ם'a.vo.TamH1, whobelievedהֶאֱמִ֔ינוּhe.'e.Mi.nuH539notלֹ֣אlo'H3808in theLORDבַּֽיהוָ֖הba.Yah.wehH3068theirGodאֱלֹהֵיהֶֽם׃'e.lo.hei.HemH430.

15And theyrejectedוַיִּמְאֲס֣וּvai.yim.'a.SuH3988hisstatutesחֻקָּ֗יוchu.KavH2706, and hiscovenantבְּרִיתוֹ֙be.ri.ToH1285that hemadeH6213with theirfathersאֲבוֹתָ֔ם'a.vo.TamH1, and histestimoniesעֵֽדְוֹתָ֔יו'e.de.vo.TavH5715whichH834hetestifiedהֵעִ֖ידhe.'IdH5749unto them; and theyfollowedאַחֲרֵ֤י'a.cha.ReiH310vanityהַהֶ֙בֶל֙ha.He.velH1892, andbecameוַיֶּהְבָּ֔לוּvai.yeh.Ba.luH1891vainH1892, and wentafterוְאַחֲרֵ֤יve.'a.cha.ReiH310thenationsהַגּוֹיִם֙ha.go.YimH1471that wereroundH5439aboutH5439them, concerningwhomH834theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068hadchargedצִוָּ֤הtzi.VahH6680them that they shouldnotלְבִלְתִּ֖יle.vil.TiH1115doH6213like them.

16And they forsookallכָּל־kol-H3605thecommandmentsמִצְוֹת֙mitz.VotH4687of theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068theirGodאֱלֹהֵיהֶ֔ם'e.lo.hei.HemH430, andmadeוַיַּעֲשׂ֥וּvai.ya.'a.SuH6213them moltenimagesמַסֵּכָ֖הma.se.KhahH4541,evenH853twoשְׁנֵ֣יshe.neimH8147calvesעֲגָלִ֑ים'a.ga.LimH5695, andmadeוַיַּעֲשׂ֣וּvai.ya.'a.SuH6213anAsherahאֲשֵׁירָ֗ה'a.shei.RahH842, and worshippedallלְכָל־le.kholH3605thehostצְבָ֣אtze.Va'H6635ofheavenהַשָּׁמַ֔יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064, andservedוַיַּעַבְד֖וּvai.ya.'av.DuH5647Baalהַבָּֽעַל׃ha.Ba.'alH1168.

17And they caused theirsonsבְּנֵיהֶ֤םbe.nei.HemH1121and theirdaughtersבְּנֽוֹתֵיהֶם֙be.no.tei.HemH1323topassוַֽ֠יַּעֲבִירוּVai.ya.'a.vi.ruH5674throughH5674thefireבָּאֵ֔שׁba.'EshH784, andusedH6213divinationקְסָמִ֖יםke.sa.MimH7081andenchantmentsוַיְנַחֵ֑שׁוּvay.na.Che.shuH5172, andsoldוַיִּֽתְמַכְּר֗וּvai.yit.ma.ke.RuH4376themselvesH7451todoH6213thatwhichH5869wasevilהָרַ֛עha.Ra'H7451in thesightH5869of theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068, toprovokeלְהַכְעִיסֽוֹ׃le.hakh.'i.SoH3707him toangerH3707.

18Therefore theLORDיְהוָ֤הYah.wehH3068wasveryמְאֹד֙me.'OdH3966angryוַיִּתְאַנַּ֨ףvai.yit.'a.NafH599withIsraelבְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לbe.Yis.ra.'ElH3478, andremovedוַיְסִרֵ֖םvay.si.RemH5493themoutH6440of hissightH6440: there wasnoneלֹ֣אlo'H3808leftנִשְׁאַ֔רnish.'ArH7604but thetribeשֵׁ֥בֶטShe.vetH7626ofJudahיְהוּדָ֖הye.hu.DahH3063onlyרַ֛קrakH7535.

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