17:1 In the twelfth year of Achaz king of
Juda began Osee the son of Ela to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years.
17:2 And he did evil in the eyes of the Lord, only not as the kings of
Israel that were before him.
17:3 Against him came up Salamanassar king of the Assyrians; and Osee became
his servant, and rendered him tribute.
17:4 And the king of the Assyrians found iniquity in Osee, in that he sent
messengers to Segor king of Egypt, and brought not a tribute to the king of
the Assyrians in that year: and the king of the Assyrians besieged him, and
bound him in the prison-house.
17:5 And the king of the Assyrians went up against all the land, and went up
to Samaria, and besieged it [for] three years.
17:6 In the ninth year of Osee the king of the Assyrians took Samaria, and
carried Israel away to the Assyrians, and settled them in Alae, and in Abor,
[near] the rivers of Gozan, and [in] the mountains of the Medes.
17:7 For it came to pass that the children of Israel [had] transgressed
against the Lord their God, who had brought them up out of the land of
Egypt, from under the hand of Pharao king of Egypt, and they feared other
gods,
17:8 and walked in the statutes of the nations which the Lord cast out
before the face of the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel as
many as did [such things],
17:9 and [in those] of the children of Israel as many as secretly practised
customs, not as [they should have done], against the Lord their God:
17:10 and they built for themselves high places in all their cities, from
the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city. And they made for
themselves pillars and groves on every high hill, and under every shady
tree.
17:11 And burned incense there on all high places, as the nations [did] whom
the Lord removed from before them, and dealt with familiar spirits, and they
carved [images] to provoke the Lord to anger.
17:12 And they served the idols, of which the Lord said to them, Ye shall
not do this thing [against] the Lord.
17:13 And the Lord testified against Israel and against Juda, even by the
hand of all his prophets, [and] of every seer, saying, Turn ye from your
evil ways, and keep my commandments and my ordinances, and all the law which
I commanded your fathers, [and] all that I sent to them by the hand of my
servants the prophets.
17:14 But they hearkened not, and made their neck harder than the neck of
their fathers.
17:15 And they kept not any of his testimonies which he charged them; and
they walked after vanities, and became vain, and after the nations round
about them, concerning which the Lord had charged them not to do
accordingly.
17:16 They forsook the commandments of the Lord their God, and made
themselves graven images, [even] two heifers, and they made groves, and
worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.
17:17 And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the
fire, and used divinations and auspices, and sold themselves to work
wickedness in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him.
17:18 And the Lord was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his
sight; and there was only left the tribe of Juda quite alone.
17:19 Nay even Juda kept not the commandments of the Lord their God, but
they walked according to the customs of Israel which they practised, and
rejected the Lord.
17:20 And the Lord was angry with the whole seed of Israel, and troubled
them, and gave them into the hand of them that spoiled them, until he cast
them out of his presence.
17:21 Forasmuch as Israel revolted from the house of David, and they made
Jeroboam the son of Nabat king: and Jeroboam drew off Israel from following
the Lord, and led them to sin a great sin.
17:22 And the children of Israel walked in all the sin of Jeroboam which he
committed; they departed not from it,
17:23 until the Lord removed Israel from his presence, as the Lord spoke by
all his servants the prophets; and Israel was removed from off their land to
the Assyrians until this day.
17:24 And the king of Assyria brought from Babylon the men of Chutha, [and
men] from Aia, and from Aemath, and Seppharvaim, and they were settled in
the cities of Samaria in the place of the children of Israel: and they
inherited Samaria, and were settled in its cities.
17:25 And it was so at the beginning of their establishment there [that]
they feared not the Lord, and the Lord sent lions among them, and they slew
some of them.
17:26 And they spoke to the king of the Assyrians, saying, The nations whom
thou hast removed and substituted in the cities of Samaria [for the
Israelites], know not the manner of the God f the land: and he has sent the
lions against them, and, behold, they are slaying them, because they know
not the manner of the God of the land.
17:27 And the king of the Assyrians commanded, saying, Bring some
[Israelites] thence, and let them go and dwell there, and they shall teach
them the manner of the God of the land.
17:28 And they brought one of the priests whom they had removed from
Samaria, and he settled in Baethel, and taught them how they should fear the
Lord.
17:29 But the nations made each their own gods, and put them in the house of
the high places which the Samaritans [had] made, each nation in the cities
in which they dwelt.
17:30 And the men of Babylon made Socchoth Benith, and the men of Chuth made
Ergel, and the men of Haemath made Asimath.
17:31 And the Evites made Eblazer and Tharthac, and the [inhabitant] of
Seppharvaim [did evil] when they burnt their sons in the fire to Adramelech
and Anemelech, the gods of Seppharvaim.
17:32 And they feared the Lord, yet they established their abominations in
the houses of the high places which they made in Samaria, each nation in the
city in which they dwelt: and they feared the Lord, and they made for
themselves priests of the high places, and sacrificed for themselves in the
house of the high places.
17:33 And they feared the Lord, and served their gods according to the
manner of the nations, whence [their lords] brought them.
17:34 Until this day they did according to their manner: they fear [the
Lord], and they do according to their customs, and according to their
manner, and according to the law, and according to the commandment which the
Lord commanded the sons of Jacob, whose name he made Israel.
17:35 And the Lord made a covenant with them, and charged them, saying, Ye
shall not fear other gods, neither shall ye worship them, nor serve them,
nor sacrifice to them:
17:36 but only to the Lord, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with
great strength and with a high arm: him shall ye fear, and him shall ye
worship; to him shall ye sacrifice.
17:37 Ye shall observe continually the ordinances, and the judgments, and
the law, and the commandments which he wrote for you to do; and ye shall not
fear other gods.
17:38 Neither shall ye forget the covenant which he made with you: and ye
shall not fear other gods.
17:39 But ye shall fear the Lord your God, and he shall deliver you from all
your enemies.
17:40 Neither shall ye comply with their practice, which they follow.
17:41 So these nations feared the Lord, and served their graven images: yea,
their sons and their son's sons do until this day even as their fathers did. |
17:1 In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of
Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine
years.
17:2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, but not as the
kings of Israel that were before him.
17:3 Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his
servant, and gave him presents.
17:4 And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent
messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present to the king of
Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him
up, and bound him in prison.
17:5 Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up
to Samaria, and besieged it three years.
17:6 In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and
carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by
the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
17:7 For so it was, that the children of Israel had sinned against the LORD
their God, which had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under
the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods,
17:8 And walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from
before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they had
made.
17:9 And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were not
right against the LORD their God, and they built them high places in all
their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.
17:10 And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under
every green tree:
17:11 And there they burnt incense in all the high places, as did the
heathen whom the LORD carried away before them; and wrought wicked things to
provoke the LORD to anger:
17:12 For they served idols, whereof the LORD had said unto them, Ye shall
not do this thing.
17:13 Yet the LORD testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the
prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and
keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I
commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets.
17:14 Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to
the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the LORD their God.
17:15 And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with
their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they
followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen that were round
about them, concerning whom the LORD had charged them, that they should not
do like them.
17:16 And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made
them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all
the host of heaven, and served Baal.
17:17 And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the
fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil
in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
17:18 Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of
his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only.
17:19 Also Judah kept not the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked
in the statutes of Israel which they made.
17:20 And the LORD rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and
delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his
sight.
17:21 For he rent Israel from the house of David; and they made Jeroboam the
son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drave Israel from following the LORD, and
made them sin a great sin.
17:22 For the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he
did; they departed not from them;
17:23 Until the LORD removed Israel out of his sight, as he had said by all
his servants the prophets. So was Israel carried away out of their own land
to Assyria unto this day.
17:24 And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and
from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the
cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel: and they possessed
Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.
17:25 And so it was at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they
feared not the LORD: therefore the LORD sent lions among them, which slew
some of them.
17:26 Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations which
thou hast removed, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner
of the God of the land: therefore he hath sent lions among them, and,
behold, they slay them, because they know not the manner of the God of the
land.
17:27 Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry thither one of the
priests whom ye brought from thence; and let them go and dwell there, and
let him teach them the manner of the God of the land.
17:28 Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came
and dwelt in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear the LORD.
17:29 Howbeit every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the
houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in
their cities wherein they dwelt.
17:30 And the men of Babylon made Succothbenoth, and the men of Cuth made
Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima,
17:31 And the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt their
children in fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.
17:32 So they feared the LORD, and made unto themselves of the lowest of
them priests of the high places, which sacrificed for them in the houses of
the high places.
17:33 They feared the LORD, and served their own gods, after the manner of
the nations whom they carried away from thence.
17:34 Unto this day they do after the former manners: they fear not the
LORD, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or
after the law and commandment which the LORD commanded the children of
Jacob, whom he named Israel;
17:35 With whom the LORD had made a covenant, and charged them, saying, Ye
shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor
sacrifice to them:
17:36 But the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great
power and a stretched out arm, him shall ye fear, and him shall ye worship,
and to him shall ye do sacrifice.
17:37 And the statutes, and the ordinances, and the law, and the
commandment, which he wrote for you, ye shall observe to do for evermore;
and ye shall not fear other gods.
17:38 And the covenant that I have made with you ye shall not forget;
neither shall ye fear other gods.
17:39 But the LORD your God ye shall fear; and he shall deliver you out of
the hand of all your enemies.
17:40 Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner.
17:41 So these nations feared the LORD, and served their graven images, both
their children, and their children's children: as did their fathers, so do
they unto this day. |