12_2KI_17_01 in the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years .
12_2KI_17_02 And he did [ that which was ] evil in the sight of the LORD , but not as the kings of Israel that were before him .
12_2KI_17_03 against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria ; And Hoshea became his servant , And gave him presents .
12_2KI_17_04 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 .
12_2KI_17_05 Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land , And went up to Samaria , And besieged it three years .
12_2KI_17_06 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 .
12_2KI_17_07 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 ,
12_2KI_17_08 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 .
12_2KI_17_09 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 .
12_2KI_17_10 And they set them up images And groves in every high hill , And under every green tree :
12_2KI_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 :
12_2KI_17_12 for they served idols , whereof the LORD had said unto them , ye shall not do this thing .
12_2KI_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 .
12_2KI_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 .
12_2KI_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 .
12_2KI_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 .
12_2KI_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 .
12_2KI_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 .
12_2KI_17_19 also Judah kept not the commandments of the LORD their God , but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made .
12_2KI_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 .
12_2KI_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 .
12_2KI_17_22 for the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did ; they departed not from them ;
12_2KI_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 .
12_2KI_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 .
12_2KI_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 .
12_2KI_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 .
12_2KI_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 .
12_2KI_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 .
12_2KI_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 .
12_2KI_17_30 And the men of Babylon made Succothbenoth , And the men of Cuth made Nergal , And the men of Hamath made Ashima ,
12_2KI_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 .
12_2KI_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 .
12_2KI_17_33 they feared the LORD , And served their own gods , after the manner of the nations whom they carried away from thence .
12_2KI_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 ;
12_2KI_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 :
12_2KI_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 .
12_2KI_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 .
12_2KI_17_38 And the covenant that I have made with you ye shall not forget ; neither shall ye Fear other gods .
12_2KI_17_39 but the LORD your God ye shall Fear ; And he shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies .
12_2KI_17_40 Howbeit they did not hearken , but they did after their former manner .
12_2KI_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 .