1 In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of
2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, but not
3 Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea
4 And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had
5 Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and
6 In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and
7 For so it was, that the children of Israel had sinned against the
9 And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were
10 And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and
13 Yet the LORD testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all
14 Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks,
15 And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made
16 And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and
17 And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through
18 Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed them
19 Also Judah kept not the commandments of the LORD their God, but
20 And the LORD rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted
21 For he rent Israel from the house of David; and they made
22 For the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam
24 And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from
25 And so it was at the beginning of their dwelling there, that
26 Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations
27 Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry thither one of
28 Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria
29 Howbeit every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the
30 And the men of Babylon made Succothbenoth, and the men of Cuth
32 So they feared the LORD, and made unto themselves of the lowest
33 They feared the LORD, and served their own gods, after the
34 Unto this day they do after the former manners: they fear not
37 And the statutes, and the ordinances, and the law, and the
38 And the covenant that I have made with you ye shall not forget;
39 But the LORD your God ye shall fear; and he shall deliver you
40 Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former
41 So these nations feared the LORD, and served their graven