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In the twelfth year of Ahaz, king of Judah, Hoshea, the son of Elah, became king over Israel in Samaria, ruling for nine years.

בִּשְׁנַת֙ (בִּ) bi “in”בְשֹׁמְר֛וֹן (בְ) ve. “in”

He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, though not like the kings of Israel before him.

בְּעֵינֵ֣י (בְּ) be. “in”

But Hoshea's broken faith became clear to the king of Assyria because he had sent representatives to So, king of Egypt, and did not send his offering to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: so the king of Assyria had him shut up in prison an

בְּהוֹשֵׁ֜עַ (בְּ) be. “in”בְשָׁנָ֑ה (בְ) ve. “in”

Then the king of Assyria went through all the land and came up to Samaria, shutting it in with his forces for three years.

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “in”

In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria, and took Israel away to Assyria, placing them in Halah and in Habor on the river Gozan, and in the towns of the Medes.

בִּשְׁנַ֨ת (בִּ) bi “in”בַּחְלַ֧ח (בַּ) ba “in”וּבְחָב֛וֹר (בְ) ve. “on”

Living by the rules of the nations whom the Lord had sent out from before the children of Israel.

בְּחֻקּ֣וֹת (בְּ) be. “in”

And the children of Israel did secretly against the Lord their God things which were not right, building high places for themselves in all their towns, from the tower of the watchmen to the walled town.

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “in”

Burning their offerings in all the high places, as those nations did whom the Lord sent away from before them; they did evil things, moving the Lord to wrath;

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “at”

And he gave witness to Israel and Judah, by every prophet and seer, saying, Come back from your evil ways, and do my orders and keep my rules, and be guided by the law which I gave to your fathers and sent to you by my servants the prophets.

בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל (בְּ) be. “<in>”וּבִיהוּדָ֡ה (בִ) vi. “<in>”בְּיַד֩ (בְּ) be. “by”בְּיַ֖ד (בְּ) be. “by”

And they did not give ear, but became stiff-necked, like their fathers who had no faith in the Lord their God.

בַּֽיהוָ֖ה (בַּֽ) ba. “in”

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

בָּ֑ם (בָּ֑) Ba “<in>”

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.

בָּאֵ֔שׁ (בָּ) ba. “in the”בְּעֵינֵ֥י (בְּ) be. “in”

So the Lord was very angry with Israel, and his face was turned away from them: only the tribe of Judah kept its place.

בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (בְּ) be. “with”

(But even Judah did not keep the orders of the Lord their God, but were guided by the rules which Israel had made.

בְּחֻקּ֥וֹת (בְּ) be. “in”

So the Lord would have nothing to do with all the offspring of Israel, and sent trouble on them, and gave them up into the hands of their attackers, till he had sent them away from before his face.)

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “<in>”בְּיַד־ (בְּ) be. “in”

And the children of Israel went on with all the sins which Jeroboam did; they did not keep themselves from them;

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “in”

Till the Lord put Israel away from before his face, as he had said by all his servants the prophets. So Israel was taken away from their land to Assyria, to this day.

בְּיַ֖ד (בְּ) be. “by”

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.

בְּעָרֵ֣י (בְּ) be. “in”בְּעָרֶֽיהָ׃ (בְּ) be. “in”

Now when first they were living there they did not give worship to the Lord. So the Lord sent lions among them, causing the death of some of them.

בִּתְחִלַּת֙ (בִּ) bi “at”בָּהֶם֙ (בָּ) ba. “among”בָּהֶֽם׃ (בָּ) ba. “in”

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

בְּעָרֵ֣י (בְּ) be. “in”בָּ֣ם (בָּ֣) ba “among”

So one of the priests whom they had taken away as a prisoner from Samaria came back, and, living in Beth-el, became their teacher in the worship of the Lord.

בְּבֵֽית־ (בְּ) be. “in”

And every nation made gods for themselves, and put them in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in the towns where they were living.

בְּבֵ֣ית (בְּ) be. “in”בְּעָ֣רֵיהֶ֔ם (בְּ) be. “in”

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.

בָּאֵ֔שׁ (בָּ) ba. “in the”

So they went on worshipping the Lord, and made for themselves, from among all the people, priests for the high places, to make offerings for them in the houses of the high places.

בְּבֵ֥ית (בְּ) be. “in”

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:

בְּכֹ֧חַ (בְּ) be. “with”וּבִזְר֥וֹעַ (בִ) vi “by”