Verse 3
2 Kings 17:3
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Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, came and attacked him, and Hoshea submitted to him and paid him tribute.
Original Language Text
hebrew
עָלָ֣י/ו עָלָ֔ה שַׁלְמַנְאֶ֖סֶר מֶ֣לֶךְ אַשּׁ֑וּר וַֽ/יְהִי ל֤/וֹ הוֹשֵׁ֨עַ֙ עֶ֔בֶד וַ/יָּ֥שֶׁב ל֖/וֹ מִנְחָֽה
English Translation
Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, came against me, and he had Hoshea as a servant, and he brought a tribute to him.
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Chapter 17 Context
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Hoshea, son of Elah, became king of Israel, in the twelfth year of the reign of King Ahaz of Judah....
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He did what was evil in the Lord's sight, but not in the same way as the kings of Israel who were be...
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Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, came and attacked him, and Hoshea submitted to him and paid him tribut...
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But then the king of Assyria discovered that Hoshea was being disloyal. Hoshea had sent messengers t...
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Then the king of Assyria invaded the whole country, and attacked Samaria, besieging it for three yea...
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6
In the ninth year of the reign of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and deported the Isra...
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7
All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the Lord their God (Elohim), the o...
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adopting the ways of the nations the Lord had driven out before the Israelites, and the pagan practi...
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9
Secretly the Israelites did things that were not right against the Lord their God (Elohim). They bui...
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10
They offered sacrifices on all the high places, just like the nations the Lord drove out before them...
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11
They worshiped idols, even though the Lord had told them, “You are not to do this.”
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12
Yet the Lord had warned Israel and Judah repeatedly through all his prophets and seers, saying, “Lea...
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13
But they refused to listen, and they were as stubborn as their forefathers who did not trust the Lor...
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14
They gave up on his regulations and the covenant he had made with their forefathers, as well as the...
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15
They ignored all the commandments of the Lord their God (Elohim), and they made themselves two metal...
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16
They sacrificed their sons and daughters as pagan burnt offerings, and practiced fortune-telling and...
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17
So the Lord was extremely angry with Israel, and he banished them from his presence. Only the tribe...
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18
but even Judah did not keep the commandments of the Lord their God (Elohim), but followed the idolat...
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19
The Lord gave up on all the descendants of Israel. He punished them and handed them over to their en...
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20
When the Lord ripped Israel away from the house of David, they made Jeroboam, son of Nebat, their ki...
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21
The Israelites continued to practice all the sins that Jeroboam committed. They did not stop doing t...
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so the Lord eventually expelled them from his presence, just as he had said he would through all his...
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23
The king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Kuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim and settled th...
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When they first started living there they did not worship the Lord, so he sent lions there among the...
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The king of Assyria was told, “The people that you brought and settled in the towns of Samaria they...
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26
The king of Assyria gave the order: “Send back one of the priests you deported from Samaria, and let...
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So one of the priests who had been deported from Samaria returned to live in Bethel, and taught them...
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But the people of the different nations went on making their own gods in the towns where they had se...
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29
Those from Babylon made Sukkoth Benoth, those from Kuthah made Nergal, and those from Hamath made As...
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30
The Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites sacrificed their children as burnt offerings...
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31
While they worshiped the Lord, they also appointed priests from all kinds of their own people to off...
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So even though they worshiped the Lord, they also worshiped their own gods following the practices o...
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Even to this day they are still following their former practices. None of them truly worships the Lo...
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34
For the Lord had made an agreement with the Israelites, ordering them, “Don't worship other gods or...
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35
You must worship only the Lord, who led you out of Egypt, helping you with his great power and stron...
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Always pay attention to observe the regulations, requirements, laws, and commandments he gave you in...
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Don't forget the agreement I have made with you, and don't worship other gods.
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You must worship only the Lord your God (Elohim), and he will save you from all your enemies.”
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But they refused to listen, and continued their former idolatrous practices.
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40
Even while these people from different nations were worshiping the Lord, they were actually worshipi...
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