<vn='1'>In the <sn="8147 6240">twelfth</s><sn="8141">year</s> of <sn="271">Ahaz</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s> began <sn="1954">Hoshea</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="425">Elah</s> to <sn="4427">reign</s> in <sn="8111">Samaria</s><sn="5921">over</s><sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="8672">nine</s><sn="8141">years</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>And he <sn="6213">did</s> that which was <sn="7451">evil</s> in the <sn="5869">sight</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="7535">but</s><sn="3808">not</s> as the <sn="4428">kings</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="1961">were</s><sn="6440">before</s> him. </v>
<vn='3'><sn="5921">Against</s> him came <sn="5927">up</s><sn="8022">Shalmaneser</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="804">Assyria</s>; and <sn="1954">Hoshea</s><sn="1961">became</s> his <sn="5650">servant</s>, and <sn="7725">gave</s> him <sn="4503">presents</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>And the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="804">Assyria</s><sn="4672">found</s><sn="7195">conspiracy</s> in <sn="1954">Hoshea</s>: for he had <sn="7971">sent</s><sn="4397">messengers</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="5471">So</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="4714">Egypt</s>, and <sn="5927">brought</s><sn="3808">no</s><sn="4503">present</s> to the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="804">Assyria</s>, as he had done <sn="8141">year</s> by <sn="8141">year</s>: therefore the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="804">Assyria</s> shut him <sn="6113">up</s>, and <sn="631">bound</s> him in <sn="1004 3608">prison</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>Then the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="804">Assyria</s> came <sn="5927">up</s> throughout <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="776">land</s>, and went <sn="5927">up</s> to <sn="8111">Samaria</s>, and <sn="6696 5921">besieged</s> it <sn="7969">three</s><sn="8141">years</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>In the <sn="8671">ninth</s><sn="8141">year</s> of <sn="1954">Hoshea</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="804">Assyria</s><sn="3920">took</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="8111">Samaria</s>, and carried Israel <sn="1540 *853 3478">away</s> into <sn="804">Assyria</s>, and <sn="3427">placed</s> them in <sn="2477">Halah</s> and in <sn="2249">Habor</s> by the <sn="5104">river</s> of <sn="1470">Gozan</s>, and in the <sn="5892">cities</s> of the <sn="4074">Medes</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>For so it <sn="1961">was</s>, <sn="3588">that</s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> had <sn="2398">sinned</s> against the <sn="3068">LORD</s> their <sn="430">God</s>, which had brought them <sn="5927 *853">up</s> out of the <sn="4480 776">land</s> of <sn="4714">Egypt</s>, from <sn="4480 8478">under</s> the <sn="3027">hand</s> of <sn="6547">Pharaoh</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="4714">Egypt</s>, and had <sn="3372">feared</s><sn="312">other</s><sn="430">gods</s>, </v>
<vn='8'>And <sn="1980">walked</s> in the <sn="2708">statutes</s> of the <sn="1471">heathen</s>, <sn="834">whom</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> cast <sn="3423">out</s> from <sn="4480 6440">before</s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, and of the <sn="4428">kings</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="834">which</s> they had <sn="6213">made</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>And the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> did <sn="2644">secretly</s> those <sn="1697">things</s><sn="834">that</s> were <sn="3808">not</s><sn="3651">right</s><sn="5921">against</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> their <sn="430">God</s>, and they <sn="1129">built</s> them high <sn="1116">places</s> in <sn="3605">all</s> their <sn="5892">cities</s>, from the <sn="4480 4026">tower</s> of the <sn="5341">watchmen</s><sn="5704">to</s> the <sn="4013">fenced</s><sn="5892">city</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>And they set them <sn="5324">up</s><sn="4676">images</s> and <sn="842">groves</s><sn="5921">in</s><sn="3605">every</s><sn="1364">high</s><sn="1389">hill</s>, and <sn="8478">under</s><sn="3605">every</s><sn="7488">green</s><sn="6086">tree</s>: </v>
<vn='11'>And <sn="8033">there</s> they burnt <sn="6999">incense</s> in <sn="3605">all</s> the high <sn="1116">places</s>, as did the <sn="1471">heathen</s><sn="834">whom</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> carried <sn="1540">away</s><sn="4480 6440">before</s> them; and <sn="6213">wrought</s><sn="7451">wicked</s><sn="1697">things</s> to <sn="3707">provoke</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> to anger: </v>
<vn='12'>For they <sn="5647">served</s><sn="1544">idols</s>, <sn="834">whereof</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> had <sn="559">said</s> unto them, Ye shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="6213">do</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="1697">thing</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>Yet the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="5749">testified</s> against <sn="3478">Israel</s>, and against <sn="3063">Judah</s>, <sn="3027">by</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5030">prophets</s>, and by <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="2374">seers</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="7725">Turn</s> ye from your evil <sn="4480 1870 7451">ways</s>, and <sn="8104">keep</s> my <sn="4687">commandments</s> and my <sn="2708">statutes</s>, according to <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="8451">law</s><sn="834">which</s> I <sn="6680">commanded</s><sn="*853"></s> your <sn="1">fathers</s>, and <sn="834">which</s> I <sn="7971">sent</s><sn="413">to</s> you <sn="3027">by</s> my <sn="5650">servants</s> the <sn="5030">prophets</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>Notwithstanding they would <sn="3808">not</s><sn="8085">hear</s>, but <sn="7185">hardened</s><sn="*853"></s> their <sn="6203">necks</s>, like to the <sn="6203">neck</s> of their <sn="1">fathers</s>, <sn="834">that</s> did <sn="3808">not</s><sn="539">believe</s> in the <sn="3068">LORD</s> their <sn="430">God</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>And they <sn="3988">rejected</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="2706">statutes</s>, and his <sn="1285">covenant</s><sn="834">that</s> he <sn="3772">made</s><sn="854">with</s> their <sn="1">fathers</s>, and his <sn="5715">testimonies</s><sn="834">which</s> he <sn="5749">testified</s> against them; and they <sn="1980 310">followed</s><sn="1892">vanity</s>, and became <sn="1891">vain</s>, and went <sn="310">after</s> the <sn="1471">heathen</s><sn="834">that</s> were round <sn="5439">about</s> them, concerning <sn="834">whom</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> had <sn="6680">charged</s> them, that they should <sn="1115">not</s><sn="6213">do</s> like them. </v>
<vn='16'>And they <sn="5800">left</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="4687">commandments</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> their <sn="430">God</s>, and <sn="6213">made</s> them molten <sn="4541">images</s>, even <sn="8147">two</s><sn="5695">calves</s>, and <sn="6213">made</s> a <sn="842">grove</s>, and <sn="7812">worshiped</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="6635">host</s> of <sn="8064">heaven</s>, and <sn="5647">served</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="1168">Baal</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>And they caused <sn="*853"></s> their <sn="1121">sons</s> and their <sn="1323">daughters</s> to pass <sn="5674">through</s> the <sn="784">fire</s>, and <sn="7080">used</s><sn="7081">divination</s> and <sn="5172">enchantments</s>, and sold <sn="4376">themselves</s> to <sn="6213">do</s><sn="7451">evil</s> in the <sn="5869">sight</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, to provoke him to <sn="3707">anger</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>Therefore the <sn="3068">LORD</s> was very <sn="599 3966">angry</s> with <sn="3478">Israel</s>, and <sn="5493">removed</s> them out <sn="4480 5921">of</s> his <sn="6440">sight</s>: there was <sn="3808">none</s><sn="7604">left</s><sn="7535">but</s> the <sn="7626">tribe</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s><sn="905">only</s>. </v>
<vn='19'><sn="1571">Also</s><sn="3063">Judah</s><sn="8104">kept</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4687">commandments</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> their <sn="430">God</s>, but <sn="1980">walked</s> in the <sn="2708">statutes</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="834">which</s> they <sn="6213">made</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>And the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="3988">rejected</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="2233">seed</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, and <sn="6031">afflicted</s> them, and <sn="5414">delivered</s> them into the <sn="3027">hand</s> of <sn="8154">spoilers</s>, <sn="5704 834">until</s> he had cast them <sn="7993">out</s> of his <sn="4480 6440">sight</s>. </v>
<vn='21'><sn="3588">For</s> he <sn="7167">rent</s><sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="4480 5921">from</s> the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="1732">David</s>; and they made <sn="*853"></s><sn="3379">Jeroboam</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="5028">Nebat</s><sn="4427">king</s>: and <sn="3379">Jeroboam</s><sn="5080">drove</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3478">Israel</s> from <sn="4480 310">following</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and made them <sn="2398">sin</s> a <sn="1419">great</s><sn="2401">sin</s>. </v>
<vn='22'>For the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="1980">walked</s> in <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="2403">sins</s> of <sn="3379">Jeroboam</s><sn="834">which</s> he <sn="6213">did</s>; they <sn="5493">departed</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="4480">from</s> them; </v>
<vn='23'><sn="5704 834">Until</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="5493">removed</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3478">Israel</s> out <sn="4480 5921">of</s> his <sn="6440">sight</s>, <sn="834">as</s> he had <sn="1696">said</s><sn="3027">by</s><sn="3605">all</s> his <sn="5650">servants</s> the <sn="5030">prophets</s>. So was <sn="3478">Israel</s> carried <sn="1540">away</s> out <sn="4480 5921">of</s> their own <sn="127">land</s> to <sn="804">Assyria</s><sn="5704">unto</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="3117">day</s>. </v>
<vn='24'>And the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="804">Assyria</s><sn="935">brought</s> men from <sn="4480 894">Babylon</s>, and from <sn="4480 3575">Cuthah</s>, and from <sn="4480 5755">Ava</s>, and from <sn="4480 2574">Hamath</s>, and from <sn="5617">Sepharvaim</s>, and <sn="3427">placed</s> them in the <sn="5892">cities</s> of <sn="8111">Samaria</s><sn="8478">instead</s> of the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>: and they <sn="3423">possessed</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="8111">Samaria</s>, and <sn="3427">dwelt</s> in the <sn="5892">cities</s> thereof. </v>
<vn='25'>And so it <sn="1961">was</s> at the <sn="8462">beginning</s> of their <sn="3427">dwelling</s><sn="8033">there</s>, that they <sn="3372">feared</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>: therefore the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="7971">sent</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="738">lions</s> among them, which <sn="2026">slew</s> some of them. </v>
<vn='26'>Wherefore they <sn="559">spoke</s> to the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="804">Assyria</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, The <sn="1471">nations</s><sn="834">which</s> thou hast <sn="1540">removed</s>, and <sn="3427">placed</s> in the <sn="5892">cities</s> of <sn="8111">Samaria</s>, <sn="3045">know</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4941">manner</s> of the <sn="430">God</s> of the <sn="776">land</s>: therefore he hath <sn="7971">sent</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="738">lions</s> among them, and, <sn="2009">behold</s>, they <sn="4191">slay</s> them, <sn="834">because</s> they <sn="3045">know</s><sn="369">not</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4941">manner</s> of the <sn="430">God</s> of the <sn="776">land</s>. </v>
<vn='27'>Then the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="804">Assyria</s><sn="6680">commanded</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="1980">Carry</s><sn="8033">thither</s><sn="259">one</s> of the <sn="4480 3548">priests</s><sn="834">whom</s> ye <sn="1540">brought</s> from <sn="4480 8033">thence</s>; and let them <sn="1980">go</s> and <sn="3427">dwell</s><sn="8033">there</s>, and let him <sn="3384">teach</s> them <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4941">manner</s> of the <sn="430">God</s> of the <sn="776">land</s>. </v>
<vn='28'>Then <sn="259">one</s> of the <sn="4480 3548">priests</s><sn="834">whom</s> they had carried <sn="1540">away</s> from <sn="4480 8111">Samaria</s><sn="935">came</s> and <sn="3427">dwelt</s> in <sn="1008">Bethel</s>, and <sn="3384">taught</s> them <sn="349">how</s> they should <sn="3372">fear</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='29'>Howbeit every <sn="1471 1471">nation</s><sn="6213">made</s><sn="430">gods</s> of their own, and <sn="5117">put</s> them in the <sn="1004">houses</s> of the high <sn="1116">places</s><sn="834">which</s> the <sn="8118">Samaritans</s> had <sn="6213">made</s>, every <sn="1471 1471">nation</s> in their <sn="5892">cities</s><sn="834 8033">wherein</s><sn="1992">they</s><sn="3427">dwelt</s>. </v>
<vn='30'>And the <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="894">Babylon</s><sn="6213">made</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="5524">Succothbenoth</s>, and the <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="3575">Cuth</s><sn="6213">made</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="5370">Nergal</s>, and the <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="2574">Hamath</s><sn="6213">made</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="807">Ashima</s>, </v>
<vn='31'>And the <sn="5761">Avites</s><sn="6213">made</s><sn="5026">Nibhaz</s> and <sn="8662">Tartak</s>, and the <sn="5617">Sepharvites</s><sn="8313">burnt</s><sn="*853"></s> their <sn="1121">children</s> in <sn="784">fire</s> to <sn="152">Adrammelech</s> and <sn="6048">Anammelech</s>, the <sn="430">gods</s> of <sn="5617">Sepharvaim</s>. </v>
<vn='32'>So they <sn="1961 3372">feared</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and <sn="6213">made</s> unto themselves of the <sn="4480 7098">lowest</s> of them <sn="3548">priests</s> of the high <sn="1116">places</s>, which <sn="6213">sacrificed</s> for them in the <sn="1004">houses</s> of the high <sn="1116">places</s>. </v>
<vn='33'>They <sn="1961 3372">feared</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and <sn="1961 5647">served</s> their own <sn="430">gods</s>, after the <sn="4941">manner</s> of the <sn="1471">nations</s><sn="834 *853">whom</s> they carried <sn="1540">away</s> from <sn="4480 8033">thence</s>. </v>
<vn='34'><sn="5704">Unto</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="3117">day</s><sn="1992">they</s><sn="6213">do</s> after the <sn="7223">former</s><sn="4941">manners</s>: they <sn="3372">fear</s><sn="369">not</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="369">neither</s><sn="6213">do</s> they after their <sn="2708">statutes</s>, or after their <sn="4941">ordinances</s>, or after the <sn="8451">law</s> and <sn="4687">commandment</s><sn="834">which</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="6680">commanded</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3290">Jacob</s>, <sn="834">whom</s> he <sn="7760 8034">named</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>; </v>
<vn='35'><sn="854">With</s> whom the <sn="3068">LORD</s> had <sn="3772">made</s> a <sn="1285">covenant</s>, and <sn="6680">charged</s> them, <sn="559">saying</s>, Ye shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="3372">fear</s><sn="312">other</s><sn="430">gods</s>, <sn="3808">nor</s> bow <sn="7812">yourselves</s> to them, <sn="3808">nor</s><sn="5647">serve</s> them, <sn="3808">nor</s><sn="2076">sacrifice</s> to them: </v>
<vn='36'><sn="3588 518">But</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="834">who</s> brought you <sn="5927 *853">up</s> out of the <sn="4480 776">land</s> of <sn="4714">Egypt</s> with <sn="1419">great</s><sn="3581">power</s> and a stretched <sn="5186">out</s><sn="2220">arm</s>, him shall ye <sn="3372">fear</s>, and him shall ye <sn="7812">worship</s>, and to him shall ye do <sn="2076">sacrifice</s>. </v>
<vn='37'>And the <sn="2706">statutes</s>, and the <sn="4941">ordinances</s>, and the <sn="8451">law</s>, and the <sn="4687">commandment</s>, <sn="834">which</s> he <sn="3789">wrote</s> for you, ye shall <sn="8104">observe</s> to <sn="6213">do</s><sn="3605 3117">forevermore</s>; and ye shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="3372">fear</s><sn="312">other</s><sn="430">gods</s>. </v>
<vn='38'>And the <sn="1285">covenant</s><sn="834">that</s> I have <sn="3772">made</s><sn="854">with</s> you ye shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="7911">forget</s>; <sn="3808">neither</s> shall ye <sn="3372">fear</s><sn="312">other</s><sn="430">gods</s>. </v>
<vn='39'><sn="3588 518">But</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> your <sn="430">God</s> ye shall <sn="3372">fear</s>; and <sn="1931">he</s> shall <sn="5337">deliver</s> you out of the <sn="4480 3027">hand</s> of <sn="3605">all</s> your <sn="341">enemies</s>. </v>
<vn='40'>Howbeit they did <sn="3808">not</s><sn="8085">hearken</s>, <sn="3588 518">but</s><sn="1992">they</s><sn="6213">did</s> after their <sn="7223">former</s><sn="4941">manner</s>. </v>
<vn='41'>So <sn="428">these</s><sn="1471">nations</s><sn="1961 3372">feared</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and <sn="5647">served</s> their graven <sn="6456">images</s>, <sn="1571">both</s> their <sn="1121">children</s>, and their <sn="1121">children</s> 's <sn="1121">children</s>: <sn="834">as</s><sn="6213">did</s> their <sn="1">fathers</s>, so <sn="6213">do</s><sn="1992">they</s><sn="5704">unto</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="3117">day</s>. </v>