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 Ahaz, the king of Judah: Hoshea, the son of Elah, reigned over Israel, in Samaria, for 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 before the Lord, but not like the kings of Israel who had been before 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, the king of the Assyrians, ascended against him. And Hoshea became a servant to him, and he 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
And when the king of the Assyrians discovered that Hoshea, striving to rebel, had sent messengers to Sais, to the king of Egypt, so as not to present the tribute to the king of the Assyrians, as he had been accustomed to do each year, he besieged him. And having been bound, he cast him into 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
And he wandered through the entire land. And ascending to Samaria, he 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
And in the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of the Assyrians captured Samaria, and he carried away Israel to Assyria. And he stationed them in Halah and in Habor, beside the river of Gozan, 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
For it happened that, when the sons of Israel had sinned against the Lord, their God, who had led them away from the land of Egypt, from the hand of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, they worshipped strange 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 they walked according to the rituals of the nations that the Lord had consumed in the sight of the sons of Israel, and of the kings of Israel. For they had acted similarly.
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
And the sons of Israel offended the Lord, their God, with deeds that were not upright. And they built for themselves high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city.
10 and to stand to/for them pillar and Asherah upon all hill high and underneath: under all tree luxuriant
And they made for themselves statues and sacred groves, on every high hill and under every leafy 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
And they were burning incense there, upon altars, in the manner of the nations that the Lord had removed from their face. And they did wicked deeds, provoking the Lord.
12 and to serve: minister [the] idol which to say LORD to/for them not to make: do [obj] [the] word: thing [the] this
And they worshipped impurities, concerning which the Lord instructed them that they should not do this word.
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
And the Lord testified to them, in Israel and in Judah, through the hand of all the prophets and seers, saying: “Return from your wicked ways, and keep my precepts and ceremonies, in accord with the entire law, which I instructed to your fathers, and just as I sent to you by the hand of 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 did not listen. Instead, they hardened their necks to be like the neck of their fathers, who were not willing to obey 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
And they cast aside his ordinances, and the covenant that he formed with their fathers, and the testimonies which he testified to them. And they pursued vanities and acted vainly. And they followed the nations that were all around them, concerning the things which the Lord had commanded them not to do, and which they did.
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
And they abandoned all the precepts of the Lord, their God. And they made for themselves two molten calves and sacred groves. And they adored the entire celestial army. And they 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
And they consecrated their sons and their daughters through fire. And they devoted themselves to divinations and soothsaying. And they delivered themselves into the doing of evil before the Lord, so that they provoked him.
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
And the Lord became vehemently angry with Israel, and he took them away from his sight. And there remained no one, except the tribe of Judah alone.
19 also Judah not to keep: obey [obj] commandment LORD God their and to go: walk in/on/with statute Israel which to make
But even Judah did not keep the commandments of the Lord, their God. Instead, they walked in the errors of Israel, which they had wrought.
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
And the Lord cast aside all of the offspring of Israel. And he afflicted them, and he delivered them into the hand of despoilers, until he drove them away from his face,
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
even from that time when Israel was torn away from the house of David, and they appointed for themselves Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, as king. For Jeroboam separated Israel from the Lord, and he caused them to sin 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
And the sons of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam, which he had done. And they did not withdraw from these,
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
even when the Lord carried away Israel from his face, just as he had said by the hand of all his servants, the prophets. And Israel was carried away from their land into Assyria, even 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 the Assyrians brought some from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Avva, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim. And he located them in the cities of Samaria, in place of the sons of Israel. And they possessed Samaria, and they lived in its cities.
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
And when they had begun to live there, they did not fear the Lord. And the Lord sent lions among them, which were killing 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
And this was reported to the king of the Assyrians, and it was said: “The peoples that you transferred and caused to live in the cities of Samaria, they are ignorant of the ordinances of the God of the land. And so the Lord has sent lions among them. And behold, they have killed them, because they were ignorant of the rituals of the God of the land.”
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 the Assyrians commanded, saying: “Lead to that place one of the priests, whom you brought as a captive from there. And let him go and live with them. And let him teach them the ordinances 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
And so, when one of the priests, who had been led away captive from Samaria, had arrived, he lived in Bethel. And he taught 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
And each of the nations made gods of their own, and they placed them in the shrines of the high places, which the Samaritans had made: nation after nation, in their cities in which they were living.
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
So the men of Babylon made Soccoth-benoth; and the men of Cuth made Nergal; and 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)*)
and the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak. Then those who were from Sepharvaim burned up their children with fire, for the gods of Sepharvaim: Adram-melech and Anam-melech.
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
But nevertheless, they worshipped the Lord. Then they made for themselves, from the least of the people, priests of the high places. And they placed them 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
And though they worshipped the Lord, they also served their own gods, according to the custom of the nations from which they had been transferred into Samaria.
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
Even to the present day, they follow the ancient customs; they do not fear the Lord, and they do not keep his ceremonies, and judgments, and law, and commandment, which the Lord had instructed to the sons 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
And he had struck a covenant with them, and he had commanded them, saying: “You shall not fear foreign gods, and you shall not adore them, and you shall not worship them, and you shall not 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
But the Lord, your God, who led you away from the land of Egypt, with great strength and with an outstretched arm, him shall you fear, and him shall you adore, and to him shall you sacrifice.
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
Also, the ceremonies, and judgments, and law, and commandment, which he wrote for you, you shall keep so that you do them for all days. And you shall not fear strange gods.
38 and [the] covenant which to cut: make(covenant) with you not to forget and not to fear God another
And the covenant, which he struck with you, you shall not forget; neither shall you worship strange 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 you shall fear the Lord, your God. And he will rescue you from the hand 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
Yet truly, they did not listen to this. Instead, they acted in accord with their earlier custom.
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
And such were these nations: to some extent fearing the Lord, yet nevertheless also serving their idols. As for their sons and grandsons, just as their fathers acted, so also did they act, even to the present day.
