2 Kings 17

In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began aHoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years. 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. 3 Against him came up bShalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and gave him presents. 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.

5 Then cthe king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years. 6 dIn the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and ecarried Israel away into Assyria, fand placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes. 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, 8 And gwalked 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.

9 And the children of Israel did secretly hthose things that were not right against the LORD their God, and they built them high places in all their cities, ifrom the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city. 10 jAnd they set them up images and kgroves lin every high hill, and under every green tree: 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 For they served idols, nwhereof the LORD had said unto them, mYe shall not do this thing. 13 Yet the LORD testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the prophets, and by all othe seers, saying, pTurn 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.

14 Notwithstanding they would not hear, but qhardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the LORD their God. 15 And they rejected his statutes, uand his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed tvanity, and sbecame vain, and went after the heathen that were round about them, concerning whom the LORD had charged them, that they should rnot do like them. 16 And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and vmade them molten images, even two calves, wand made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, xand served Baal. 17 aAnd they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and zused divination and enchantments, and ysold themselves to do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.

18 Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left bbut the tribe of Judah only. 19 Also cJudah kept not the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made. 20 And the LORD rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and ddelivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight. 21 For ehe rent Israel from the house of David; and fthey made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drave Israel from following the LORD, and made them sin a great sin. 22 For the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they departed not from them; 23 Until the LORD removed Israel out of his sight, gas he had said by all his servants the prophets. So was Israel carried away out of their own land to Assyria unto this day.

24 hAnd the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from iAva, 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. 25 And so it was at the beginning of their dwelling there, that jthey feared not the LORD: therefore the LORD sent lions among them, which slew some of them. 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. 27 Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry thither one of kthe 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. 28 Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelt in Beth-el, and taught them how they should fear the LORD.

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. 30 And the men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima, 31 And the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites lburnt their children in fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim. 32 So they feared the LORD, mand made unto themselves of the lowest of them priests of the high places, which sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places. 33 nThey feared the LORD, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations whom they carried away from thence.

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, owhom he named Israel; 35 With whom the LORD had made a covenant, and charged them, saying, pYe shall not fear other gods, nor qbow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them: 36 But the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power and a sstretched out arm, rhim shall ye fear, and him shall ye worship, and to him shall ye do sacrifice. 37 And the statutes, and the ordinances, and the law, and the commandment, which he wrote for you, tye shall observe to do for evermore; and ye shall not fear other gods. 38 And the covenant that I have made with you uye shall not forget; neither shall ye fear other gods. 39 But the LORD your God ye shall fear; and he shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies. 40 Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner. 41 So these nations vfeared 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.

2 Kings 18

 
Cross Ref
1 a 2 Kin 15:30
3 b 2 Kin 18:9
5 c 2 Kin 18:9
6 d 2 Kin 18:10
Hos 13:16
 e Lev 26:32
Deu 28:36
Deu 28:64
 f 1 Chr 5:26
8 g 2 Kin 16:3
Deu 18:9
Lev 18:3
9 h Deu 13:6
Eze 8:12
 i 2 Kin 18:8
10 j Isa 57:5
 k Exo 34:13
Deu 16:21
Mic 5:14
 l Deu 12:2
2 Kin 16:4
12 m Deu 4:19
 n Deu 5:7
Lev 26:1
Exo 20:3
13 o 1 Sam 9:9
 p Isa 1:16-20
Jer 18:11
14 q Deu 31:27
Pro 29:1
15 r Deu 12:30-31
 s Rom 1:21
Jer 2:5
Psa 115:8
 t 1 Cor 8:4
Deu 32:21
 u Deu 29:25
16 v Exo 32:8
 w 1 Kin 14:15
 x 1 Kin 16:31
2 Kin 11:18
17 y Isa 50:1
 z Gal 5:20
Act 16:16
Mic 5:12
Jer 27:9
Isa 2:6
2 Kin 21:6
Deu 18:10
 a Eze 16:20
Jer 7:31
Isa 57:5
Psa 106:37-38
2 Chr 28:3
2 Kin 16:3
Lev 18:21
18 b 1 Kin 11:13
1 Kin 11:32
19 c Jer 3:8
20 d 2 Kin 13:3
21 e 1 Kin 11:11
1 Kin 11:31
 f 1 Kin 12:20
1 Kin 12:28
23 g 1 Kin 14:16
24 h Ezr 4:2
 i 2 Kin 18:34
25 j Eph 2:12
27 k Jdg 17:13
31 l Deu 12:31
Lev 18:21
32 m 1 Kin 12:31
33 n Isa 29:13
Hos 10:2
Zep 1:5
Mat 6:24
Luk 16:13
34 o Gen 32:28
35 p Jdg 6:10
 q Exo 20:5
36 r Rev 15:4
Deu 10:20
 s Exo 6:6
37 t Deu 5:32
38 u Deu 4:23
41 v Jos 24:14
Zep 1:5
Luk 16:13
Joh 4:24
Rev 3:15