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And they went against his rules, and the agreement which he made with their fathers, and his laws which he gave them; they gave themselves up to things without sense or value, and became foolish like the nations round them, of whom the Lord had said, Do

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵת֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאַחֲרֵ֤י (וְ) ve. “and”

And they made their sons and their daughters go through the fire, and they made use of secret arts and unnatural powers, and gave themselves up to doing evil in the eyes of the Lord, till he was moved to wrath.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then the king of Assyria took men from Babylon and from Cuthah and Avva and Hamath and Sepharvaim, and put them in the towns of Samaria in place of the children of Israel; so they got Samaria for their heritage, living in its towns.

וּ֠מִכּוּ֠תָה (וּ֠) u. “and”וּמֵעַוָּ֤א (וּ) u. “and”וּמֵֽחֲמָת֙ (וּ) u. “and”וּסְפַרְוַ֔יִם (וּ) u. “and”

So they said to the king of Assyria, The nations whom you have taken as prisoners and put in the towns of Samaria, have no knowledge of the way of the god of the land: so he has sent lions among them, causing their death, because they have no knowledge o

וְהִנָּם֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then the king of Assyria gave orders, saying, Send there one of the priests whom you took away, and let him be living there and teaching the people the way of the god of the land.

וְיֵלְכ֖וּ (וְ) ve. “so”וְיֵ֣שְׁבוּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְיֹרֵ֕ם (וְ) ve. “so”

The men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima,

וְאַנְשֵׁ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”וְאַנְשֵׁי־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאַנְשֵׁ֥י (וְ) ve. “and”

The Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites gave their children to be burned in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.

וְהָעַוִּ֛ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַסְפַרְוִ֗ים (וְ) ve. “and”וַֽעֲנַמֶּ֖לֶךְ (וַֽ) va. “and”

They gave worship to the Lord, but they gave honour to their gods like the nations did from whom they had been taken as prisoners.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

So to this day they go on in their old ways, not worshipping the Lord or keeping his orders or his ways or the law and the rule which the Lord gave to the children of Jacob, to whom he gave the name Israel;

וְאֵינָ֣ם (וְ) ve. “and”וּכְמִשְׁפָּטָ֔ם (וּ) u. “and”וְכַתּוֹרָ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְכַמִּצְוָ֗ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And the Lord made an agreement with them and gave them orders, saying, You are to have no other gods; you are not to give worship to them or be their servants or make them offerings:

וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

But the Lord, who took you out of the land of Egypt with his great power and his outstretched arm, he is your God, to whom you are to give worship and make offerings:

וּבִזְר֥וֹעַ (וּ) u. “and”וְל֥וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”וְל֥וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the rules and the orders and the law which he put in writing for you, you are to keep and do for ever; you are to have no other gods.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַתּוֹרָ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַמִּצְוָה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

And you are to keep in memory the agreement which I have made with you; and you are to have no other gods.

וְהַבְּרִ֛ית (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

And you are to give worship to the Lord your God; for it is he who will give you salvation from the hands of all who are against you.

וְהוּא֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

But they gave no attention, but went on in their old way.

וְלֹ֖א (וְ) ve. “and”

So these nations, worshipping the Lord, still were servants to the images they had made; their children and their children's children did the same; as their fathers did, so do they, to this day.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבְנֵ֣י (וּ) u. “and”

He was twenty-five years old when he became king, ruling in Jerusalem for twenty-nine years; his mother's name was Abi, the daughter of Zechariah.

וְחָמֵ֤שׁ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעֶשְׂרִ֤ים (וְ) ve. “and”וָתֵ֙שַׁע֙ (וָ) va. “and”וְשֵׁ֣ם (וְ) ve. “and”

He had faith in the Lord, the God of Israel; so that there was no one like him among all the kings of Judah who were before him.

וְאַחֲרָ֞יו (וְ) ve. “and”וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר (וַ) va. “and”

And the Lord was with him; he did well in all his undertakings: and he took up arms against the king of Assyria and was his servant no longer.

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

He overcame the Philistines as far as Gaza and its limits, from the tower of the watchman to the walled town.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the king of Assyria took Israel away as prisoners into Assyria, placing them in Halah and in Habor on the river Gozan, and in the towns of the Medes;

וּבְחָב֛וֹר (וּ) u. “and”וְעָרֵ֥י (וְ) ve. “and”

Because they did not give ear to the voice of the Lord their God, but went against his agreement, even against everything ordered by Moses, the servant of the Lord, and they did not give ear to it or do it.

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, Sennacherib, king of Assyria, came up against all the walled towns of Judah and took them.

וּבְאַרְבַּע֩ (וּ) u. “and”

And Hezekiah, king of Judah, sent to Lachish, to the king of Assyria, saying, I have done wrong; give up attacking me, and whatever you put on me I will undergo. And the payment he was to make was fixed by the king of Assyria at three hundred talents of

וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֖ים (וּ) u. “and”

So Hezekiah gave him all the silver in the house of the Lord, and in the king's store-house.

וּבְאֹצְר֖וֹת (וּ) u. “and”