2 Kings 17
1 in/on/with year two ten to/for Ahaz king Judah to reign Hoshea son: child Elah in/on/with Samaria upon Israel nine year
In the twelfth year of the reign of Ahaz over Judah, Hoshea son of Elah became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria nine years.
2 and to make: do [the] bad: evil in/on/with eye: seeing LORD except not like/as king Israel which to be to/for face: before his
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, but not like the kings of Israel who preceded him.
3 upon him to ascend: rise Shalmaneser king Assyria and to be to/for him Hoshea servant/slave and to return: pay to/for him offering: tribute
Shalmaneser king of Assyria attacked him, and Hoshea became his vassal and paid him tribute.
4 and to find king Assyria in/on/with Hoshea conspiracy which to send: depart messenger to(wards) So king Egypt and not to ascend: offer up offering: tribute to/for king Assyria like/as year in/on/with year and to restrain him king Assyria and to bind him house: home prison
But the king of Assyria discovered that Hoshea had conspired to send envoys to King So of Egypt, and that he had not paid tribute to the king of Assyria as in previous years. Therefore the king of Assyria arrested Hoshea and put him in prison.
5 and to ascend: rise king Assyria in/on/with all [the] land: country/planet and to ascend: rise Samaria and to confine upon her three year
Then the king of Assyria invaded the whole land, marched up to Samaria, and besieged it for three years.
6 in/on/with year [the] ninth to/for Hoshea to capture king Assyria [obj] Samaria and to reveal: remove [obj] Israel Assyria [to] and to dwell [obj] them in/on/with Halah and in/on/with Habor river Gozan and city Mede
In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried away the Israelites to Assyria, where he settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.
7 and to be for to sin son: descendant/people Israel to/for LORD God their [the] to ascend: establish [obj] them from land: country/planet Egypt from underneath: owning hand: owner Pharaoh king Egypt and to fear: revere God another
All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They had worshiped other gods
8 and to go: walk in/on/with statute [the] nation which to possess: take LORD from face: before son: descendant/people Israel and king Israel which to make: do
and walked in the customs of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites, as well as in the practices introduced by the kings of Israel.
9 and to do secretly son: descendant/people Israel word: thing which not right upon LORD God their and to build to/for them high place in/on/with all city their from tower to watch till city fortification
The Israelites secretly did things against the LORD their God that were not right. From watchtower to fortified city, they built high places in all their cities.
10 and to stand to/for them pillar and Asherah upon all hill high and underneath: under all tree luxuriant
They set up for themselves sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
11 and to offer: offer there in/on/with all high place like/as nation which to reveal: remove LORD from face: before their and to make: do word: thing bad: evil to/for to provoke [obj] LORD
They burned incense on all the high places like the nations that the LORD had driven out before them. They did wicked things, provoking the LORD to anger.
12 and to serve: minister [the] idol which to say LORD to/for them not to make: do [obj] [the] word: thing [the] this
They served idols, although the LORD had told them, “You shall not do this thing.”
13 and to testify LORD in/on/with Israel and in/on/with Judah in/on/with hand: by all (prophet *Q(K)*) all seer to/for to say to return: turn back from way: conduct your [the] bad: evil and to keep: obey commandment my statute my like/as all [the] instruction which to command [obj] father your and which to send: depart to(wards) you in/on/with hand: by servant/slave my [the] prophet
Yet through all His prophets and seers, the LORD warned Israel and Judah, saying, “Turn from your wicked ways and keep My commandments and statutes, according to the entire Law that I commanded your fathers and delivered to you through My servants the prophets.”
14 and not to hear: hear and to harden [obj] neck their like/as neck father their which not be faithful in/on/with LORD God their
But they would not listen, and they stiffened their necks like their fathers, who did not believe the LORD their God.
15 and to reject [obj] statute: decree his and [obj] covenant his which to cut: make(covenant) with father their and [obj] testimony his which to testify in/on/with them and to go: follow after [the] vanity and to become vain and after [the] nation which around them which to command LORD [obj] them to/for lest to make: do like/as them
They rejected His statutes and the covenant He had made with their fathers, as well as the decrees He had given them. They pursued worthless idols and themselves became worthless, going after the surrounding nations that the LORD had commanded them not to imitate.
16 and to leave: forsake [obj] all commandment LORD God their and to make to/for them liquid (two *Q(K)*) calf and to make Asherah and to bow to/for all army [the] heaven and to serve: minister [obj] [the] Baal
They abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves two cast idols of calves and an Asherah pole. They bowed down to all the host of heaven and served Baal.
17 and to pass [obj] son: child their and [obj] daughter their in/on/with fire and to divine divination and to divine and to sell to/for to make: do [the] bad: evil in/on/with eye: seeing LORD to/for to provoke him
They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire and practiced divination and soothsaying. They devoted themselves to doing evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.
18 and be angry LORD much in/on/with Israel and to turn aside: remove them from upon face his not to remain except tribe Judah to/for alone him
So the LORD was very angry with Israel, and He removed them from His presence. Only the tribe of Judah remained,
19 also Judah not to keep: obey [obj] commandment LORD God their and to go: walk in/on/with statute Israel which to make
and even Judah did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God, but lived according to the customs Israel had introduced.
20 and to reject LORD in/on/with all seed: children Israel and to afflict them and to give: give them in/on/with hand: power to plunder till which to throw them from face his
So the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel. He afflicted them and delivered them into the hands of plunderers, until He had banished them from His presence.
21 for to tear Israel from upon house: household David and to reign [obj] Jeroboam son: child Nebat (and to banish *Q(K)*) Jeroboam [obj] Israel from after LORD and to sin them sin great: large
When the LORD had torn Israel away from the house of David, they made Jeroboam son of Nebat king, and Jeroboam led Israel away from following the LORD and caused them to commit a great sin.
22 and to go: walk son: descendant/people Israel in/on/with all sin Jeroboam which to make: do not to turn aside: depart from her
The Israelites persisted in all the sins that Jeroboam had committed and did not turn away from them.
23 till which to turn aside: remove LORD [obj] Israel from upon face his like/as as which to speak: speak in/on/with hand: by all servant/slave his [the] prophet and to reveal: remove Israel from upon land: soil his Assyria [to] till [the] day [the] this
Finally, the LORD removed Israel from His presence, as He had declared through all His servants the prophets. So Israel was exiled from their homeland into Assyria, where they are to this day.
24 and to come (in): bring king Assyria from Babylon and from Cuthah [to] and from Ivvah and from Hamath and Sepharvaim and to dwell in/on/with city Samaria underneath: instead son: descendant/people Israel and to possess: take [obj] Samaria and to dwell in/on/with city her
Then the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim and settled them in the towns of Samaria to replace the Israelites. They took possession of Samaria and lived in its towns.
25 and to be in/on/with beginning to dwell they there not to fear [obj] LORD and to send: depart LORD in/on/with them [obj] [the] lion and to be to kill in/on/with them
Now when the settlers first lived there, they did not worship the LORD, so He sent lions among them, which killed some of them.
26 and to say to/for king Assyria to/for to say [the] nation which to reveal: remove and to dwell in/on/with city Samaria not to know [obj] justice: rule God [the] land: country/planet and to send: depart in/on/with them [obj] [the] lion and behold they to die [obj] them like/as as which nothing they to know [obj] justice: rule God [the] land: country/planet
So they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, “The peoples that you have removed and placed in the cities of Samaria do not know the requirements of the God of the land. Because of this, He has sent lions among them, which are indeed killing them off.”
27 and to command king Assyria to/for to say to go: send there [to] one from [the] priest which to reveal: remove from there and to go: went and to dwell there and to show them [obj] justice: rule God [the] land: country/planet
Then the king of Assyria commanded: “Send back one of the priests you carried off from Samaria, and have him go back to live there and teach the requirements of the God of the land.”
28 and to come (in): come one from [the] priest which to reveal: remove from Samaria and to dwell in/on/with Bethel Bethel and to be to show [obj] them how? to fear [obj] LORD
Thus one of the priests they had carried away came and lived in Bethel, and he began to teach them how they should worship the LORD.
29 and to be to make nation nation God his and to rest in/on/with house: home [the] high place which to make [the] Samaritan nation nation in/on/with city their which they(masc.) to dwell there
Nevertheless, the people of each nation continued to make their own gods in the cities where they had settled, and they set them up in the shrines that the people of Samaria had made on the high places.
30 and human Babylon to make [obj] Succoth-benoth Succoth-benoth and human Cuthah to make [obj] Nergal and human Hamath to make [obj] Ashima
The men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, the men of Cuth made Nergal, the men of Hamath made Ashima,
31 and [the] Avvite to make Nibhaz and [obj] Tartak and [the] Sepharvaim to burn [obj] son: child their in/on/with fire to/for Adrammelech and Anammelech (God Sepharvaim *Q(K)*)
the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burned their children in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech the gods of the Sepharvaim.
32 and to be afraid [obj] LORD and to make to/for them from end their priest high place and to be to make: offer to/for them in/on/with house: home [the] high place
So the new residents worshiped the LORD, but they also appointed for themselves priests of all sorts to serve in the shrines of the high places.
33 [obj] LORD to be afraid and [obj] God their to be to serve: minister like/as justice: custom [the] nation which to reveal: remove [obj] them from there
They worshiped the LORD, but they also served their own gods according to the customs of the nations from which they had been carried away.
34 till [the] day: today [the] this they(masc.) to make: do like/as justice: custom [the] first: previous nothing they afraid [obj] LORD and nothing they to make: do like/as statute their and like/as justice: judgement their and like/as instruction and like/as commandment which to command LORD [obj] son: descendant/people Jacob which to set: name name his Israel
To this day they are still practicing their former customs. None of them worship the LORD or observe the statutes, ordinances, laws, and commandments that the LORD gave the descendants of Jacob, whom He named Israel.
35 and to cut: make(covenant) LORD with them covenant and to command them to/for to say not to fear God another and not to bow to/for them and not to serve: minister them and not to sacrifice to/for them
For the LORD had made a covenant with the Israelites and commanded them, “Do not worship other gods or bow down to them; do not serve them or sacrifice to them.
36 that if: except if: except [obj] LORD which to ascend: establish [obj] you from land: country/planet Egypt in/on/with strength great: large and in/on/with arm to stretch [obj] him to fear and to/for him to bow and to/for him to sacrifice
Instead, worship the LORD, who brought you out of the land of Egypt with great power and an outstretched arm. You are to bow down to Him and offer sacrifices to Him.
37 and [obj] [the] statute: decree and [obj] [the] justice: judgement and [the] instruction and [the] commandment which to write to/for you to keep: careful [emph?] to/for to make: do all [the] day: always and not to fear God another
And you must always be careful to observe the statutes, ordinances, laws, and commandments He wrote for you. Do not worship other gods.
38 and [the] covenant which to cut: make(covenant) with you not to forget and not to fear God another
Do not forget the covenant I have made with you. Do not worship other gods,
39 that if: except if: except [obj] LORD God your to fear and he/she/it to rescue [obj] you from hand: power all enemy your
but worship the LORD your God, and He will deliver you from the hands of all your enemies.”
40 and not to hear: hear that if: except if: except like/as justice: custom their [the] first: previous they(masc.) to make: do
But they would not listen, and they persisted in their former customs.
41 and to be [the] nation [the] these afraid [obj] LORD and [obj] idol their to be to serve: minister also son: child their and son: child son: child their like/as as which to make: do father their they(masc.) to make: do till [the] day: today [the] this
So these nations worshiped the LORD but also served their idols, and to this day their children and grandchildren continue to do as their fathers did.
