Verse 3
2 Kings 17:3
World English Bible
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Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against him, and Hoshea became his servant, and brought 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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In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, Hoshea the son of Elah began to reign in Samaria over Isr...
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He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, yet not as the kings of Israel who were before him.
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Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against him, and Hoshea became his servant, and brought him trib...
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The king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea; for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and...
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Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, went up to Samaria, and besieged it three...
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In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away to Assyria, an...
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It was so because the children of Israel had sinned against Yahweh their God (Elohim), who brought t...
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and walked in the statutes of the nations whom Yahweh cast out from before the children of Israel, a...
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The children of Israel secretly did things that were not right against Yahweh their God (Elohim); an...
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and they set up for themselves pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill, and under every green t...
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and there they burned incense in all the high places, as the nations whom Yahweh carried away before...
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and they served idols, of which Yahweh had said to them, “You shall not do this thing.”
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Yet Yahweh testified to Israel, and to Judah, by every prophet, and every seer, saying, “Turn from y...
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Notwithstanding, they would not listen, but hardened their neck, like the neck of their fathers, who...
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They rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies wh...
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They abandoned all the commandments of Yahweh their God (Elohim), and made molten images for themsel...
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17
They caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, used divination and enchantment...
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18
Therefore Yahweh was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight. There was none left...
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Also Judah didn’t keep the commandments of Yahweh their God (Elohim), but walked in the statutes of...
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20
Yahweh rejected all the offspring of Israel, afflicted them, and delivered them into the hands of ra...
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21
For he tore Israel from David’s house; and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king; and Jeroboam dr...
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The children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they didn’t depart from them...
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until Yahweh removed Israel out of his sight, as he said by all his servants the prophets. So Israel...
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The king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, from Cuthah, from Avva, and from Hamath and Sepharvaim...
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So it was, at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they didn’t fear Yahweh. Therefore Yahweh...
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Therefore they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, “The nations which you have carried away and pl...
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Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, “Carry there one of the priests whom you brought from th...
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So one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and lived in Bethel, and taught t...
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However every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places which the...
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The men of Babylon made Succoth Benoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made...
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and the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak; and the Sepharvites burned their children in the fire to Adr...
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So they feared Yahweh, and also made from among themselves priests of the high places for themselves...
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They feared Yahweh, and also served their own gods, after the ways of the nations from among whom th...
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To this day they do what they did before. They don’t fear Yahweh, and they do not follow the statute...
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with whom Yahweh had made a covenant, and commanded them, saying, “You shall not fear other gods, no...
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but you shall fear Yahweh, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power and with an...
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The statutes and the ordinances, and the law and the commandment, which he wrote for you, you shall...
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You shall not forget the covenant that I have made with you. You shall not fear other gods.
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But you shall fear Yahweh your God (Elohim), and he will deliver you out of the hand of all your ene...
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However they did not listen, but they did what they did before.
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So these nations feared Yahweh, and also served their engraved images. Their children likewise, and...
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