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And turning their backs on all the orders which the Lord had given them, they made for themselves images of metal, and the image of Asherah, worshipping all the stars of heaven and becoming servants to Baal.

לָהֶ֛ם (לָ) la. “for”לְכָל־ (לְ) le. “to”

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.

לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת (לַ) la. “to”לְהַכְעִיסֽוֹ׃ (לְ) le. “to”

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

לְבַדּֽוֹ׃ (לְ) le. “to”

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

לְמֶ֣לֶךְ (לְ) le. “to”לֵאמֹר֒ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

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.

לֵאמֹ֗ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

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.

לְאַדְרַמֶּ֥לֶךְ (לְ) le. “to”

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.

לָהֶ֤ם (לָ) la. “for”לָהֶ֖ם (לָ) la. “for”

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:

לֵאמֹ֔ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”לָהֶ֔ם (לָ) la. “to”לָהֶֽם׃ (לָ) la. “to”

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:

וְל֥וֹ (ל֥) L “to”וְל֥וֹ (ל֥) L “to”

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.

לָכֶ֔ם (לָ) la. “for”לַעֲשׂ֖וֹת (לַ) la. “to”

Now in the third year of Hoshea, son of Elah, king of Israel, Hezekiah, the son of Ahaz, became king of Judah.

לְהוֹשֵׁ֥עַ (לְ) le. “of”

He had the high places taken away, and the stone pillars broken to bits, and the Asherah cut down; and the brass snake which Moses had made was crushed to powder at his order, because in those days the children of Israel had offerings burned before it, a

ל֔וֹ (ל֔) l “to”ל֖וֹ (ל֖) l “<to>”

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.

לְפָנָֽיו׃ (לְ) le. “<to>”

Now in the fourth year of King Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea, son of Elah, king of Israel, Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, came up against Samaria, shutting it in with his armies.

לַמֶּ֣לֶךְ (לַ) la. “of the”לְהוֹשֵׁ֥עַ (לְ) le. “of”

And at the end of three years they took it; in the sixth year of Hezekiah's rule, which was the ninth year of Hoshea, king of Israel, Samaria was taken.

לְחִזְקִיָּ֑ה (לְ) le. “of”לְהוֹשֵׁ֙עַ֙ (לְ) le. “of”

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

לַמֶּ֣לֶךְ (לַ) la. “of the”

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

לֵאמֹ֤ר׀ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

And at that time Hezekiah had the gold from the doors of the Lord's house, and from the door-pillars plated by him, cut off and gave it to the king of Assyria.

לְמֶ֥לֶךְ (לְ) le. “to”

You say you have a design, and strength for war, but these are only words. Now to whom are you looking for support, that you have gone against my authority?

לַמִּלְחָמָ֑ה (לַ) la. “for <the>”

See, now, you are basing your hope on that broken rod of Egypt, which will go through a man's hand if he makes use of it for a support; for so is Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to all who put their faith in him.

לְּךָ֡ (לְּ) le. “<for>”לְכָֽל־ (לְ) le. “to”

And if you say to me, Our hope is in the Lord our God: is it not he, whose high places and altars Hezekiah has taken away, saying to Judah and Jerusalem that worship may only be given before this altar in Jerusalem?

לִֽיהוּדָה֙ (לִֽ) li. “to”וְלִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם (לִ) li. “to”לִפְנֵי֙ (לִ) li “<to>”

And now, take a chance with my master, the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able to put horsemen on them.

לְךָ֙ (לְ) le. “to”לָ֥תֶת (לָ֥) La. “to”לְךָ֖ (לְ) le. “<for>”

How then may you put to shame the least of my master's servants? and you have put your hope in Egypt for war-carriages and horsemen:

לְךָ֙ (לְ) le. “<for>”לְרֶ֖כֶב (לְ) le. “for”וּלְפָרָשִֽׁים׃ (לְ) le. “for”

And have I now come up to send destruction on this place without the Lord's authority? It was the Lord himself who said to me, Go up against this land and make it waste.

לְהַשְׁחִת֑וֹ (לְ) le. “to”

But the Rab-shakeh said to them, Is it to your master or to you that my master has sent me to say these words? has he not sent me to the men seated on the wall? for they are the people who will be short of food with you when the town is shut in.

לְדַבֵּ֖ר (לְ) le. “to”לֶאֱכֹ֣ל (לֶ) le. “to”וְלִשְׁתּ֛וֹת (לִ) li “to”