2 Kings 17
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2 Kings 17:1-9

1In thetwelfthשְׁתֵּ֣ים עֶשְׂרֵ֔הshe.Teim 'es.RehH8147H6240yearבִּשְׁנַת֙bish.NatH8141ofAhazלְאָחָ֖זle.'a.ChazH271kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofJudahיְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahH3063beganHosheaהוֹשֵׁ֨עַho.She.a'H1954thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofElahאֵלָ֧ה'e.LahH425toreignמָ֠לַךְMa.lakhH4427inSamariaבְשֹׁמְר֛וֹןve.sho.me.RonH8111overIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478nineתֵּ֥שַׁעTe.sha'H8672yearsשָׁנִֽים׃sha.NimH8141.
2And hedidוַיַּ֥עַשׂvai.Ya.'asH6213that which wasevilהָרַ֖עha.Ra'H7451in thesightבְּעֵינֵ֣יbe.'ei.NeiH5869of theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068, but not as thekingsכְּמַלְכֵ֣יke.mal.KheiH4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478that werebeforeלְפָנָֽיו׃le.fa.NavH6440him.
3Against him cameupעָלָ֔ה'a.LahH5927Shalmaneserשַׁלְמַנְאֶ֖סֶרshal.man.'E.serH8022kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofAssyriaאַשּׁ֑וּר'a.ShurH804; andHosheaהוֹשֵׁ֙עַ֙ho.She.a'H1954became hisservantעֶ֔בֶד'E.vedH5650, andgaveוַיָּ֥שֶׁבvai.Ya.shevH7725himtributeמִנְחָֽה׃min.ChahH4503.
4And thekingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofAssyriaאַשּׁ֨וּר'a.ShurH804foundוַיִּמְצָא֩vai.yim.Tza'H4672conspiracyקֶ֗שֶׁרKe.sherH7195inHosheaבְּהוֹשֵׁ֜עַbe.ho.She.a'H1954: for he hadsentשָׁלַ֤חsha.LachH7971messengersמַלְאָכִים֙mal.'a.KhimH4397toSoס֣וֹאSo'H5471kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofEgyptמִצְרַ֔יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714, andbroughtהֶעֱלָ֥הhe.'e.LahH5927notributeמִנְחָ֛הmin.ChahH4503to thekingלְמֶ֥לֶךְle.Me.lekhH4428ofAssyriaאַשּׁ֖וּר'a.ShurH804, as he had doneyearכְּשָׁנָ֣הke.sha.NahH8141byyearבְשָׁנָ֑הve.sha.NahH8141: therefore thekingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofAssyriaאַשּׁ֔וּר'a.ShurH804shut himupוַֽיַּעַצְרֵ֙הוּ֙vai.ya.'atz.Re.huH6113, andboundוַיַּאַסְרֵ֖הוּvai.ya.'as.Re.huH631him inprisonבֵּ֥ית כֶּֽלֶא׃beit Ke.le'H1004H3608.
5Then thekingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofAssyriaאַשּׁ֖וּר'a.ShurH804cameupוַיַּ֥עַלvai.Ya.'alH5927throughout all thelandהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776, and wentupוַיַּ֙עַל֙vai.Ya.'alH5927toSamariaשֹׁמְר֔וֹןsho.me.RonH8111, andbesiegedוַיָּ֥צַרvai.Ya.tzarH6696itthreeשָׁלֹ֥שׁsha.LoshH7969yearsשָׁנִֽים׃sha.NimH8141.
6In theninthהַתְּשִׁיעִ֜יתha.te.shi.'ItH8671yearבִּשְׁנַ֨תbish.NatH8141ofHosheaלְהוֹשֵׁ֗עַle.ho.She.a'H1954thekingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofAssyriaאַשּׁוּר֙'a.ShurH804tookלָכַ֤דla.KhadH3920Samariaשֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹןsho.me.RonH8111, andcarriedH1540Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478awayH1540intoAssyriaאַשּׁ֑וּרָה'a.Shu.rahH804, andplacedוַיֹּ֨שֶׁבvai.Yo.shevH3427them inHalahבַּחְלַ֧חbach.LachH2477and inHaborוּבְחָב֛וֹרu.ve.cha.VorH2249by theriverנְהַ֥רne.HarH5104ofGozanגּוֹזָ֖ןgo.ZanH1470, and in thecitiesוְעָרֵ֥יve.'a.ReiH5892of theMedesמָדָֽי׃ פma.DaiH4074.
7For so it was, that thechildrenבְנֵֽי־ve.nei-H1121ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElH3478hadsinnedחָטְא֤וּcha.te.'UH2398against theLORDלַיהוָ֣הla.Yah.wehH3068theirGodאֱלֹהֵיהֶ֔ם'e.lo.hei.HemH430, who had broughtthemהַמַּעֲלֶ֤הha.ma.'a.LehH5927out of thelandמֵאֶ֣רֶץme.'E.retzH776ofEgyptמִצְרַ֔יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714, from under thehandיַ֖דyadH3027ofPharaohפַּרְעֹ֣הpar.'OhH6547kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofEgyptמִצְרָ֑יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714, and hadfearedוַיִּֽירְא֖וּvai.yi.re.'UH3372otherאֲחֵרִֽים׃'a.che.RimH312godsאֱלֹהִ֥ים'E.lo.HimH430,
8AndwalkedH3212in thestatutesבְּחֻקּ֣וֹתbe.chu.KotH2708of theheathenהַגּוֹיִ֔םha.go.YimH1471, whom theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068castoutהוֹרִ֣ישׁho.RishH3423frombeforeמִפְּנֵ֖יmi.pe.NeiH6440thechildrenבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478, and of thekingsוּמַלְכֵ֥יu.mal.KheiH4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478, which they hadmadeעָשֽׂוּ׃'a.SuH6213.
9And thechildrenבְנֵֽי־ve.nei-H1121ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֗לYis.ra.'ElH3478didsecretlyוַיְחַפְּא֣וּvay.cha.pe.'UH2644thingsדְּבָרִים֙de.va.RimH1697that were not right against theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068theirGodאֱלֹהֵיהֶ֑ם'e.lo.hei.HemH430, and theybuiltוַיִּבְנ֨וּvai.yiv.NuH1129for themselves highplacesבָּמוֹת֙ba.mOtH1116in all theircitiesעָ֣רֵיהֶ֔ם'a.rei.HemH5892, from thetowerמִמִּגְדַּ֥לmi.mig.DalH4026of thewatchmenנוֹצְרִ֖יםnotz.RimH5341to thefortifiedמִבְצָֽר׃miv.TzarH4013cityעִ֥יר'irH5892.
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