1In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of…
2And he did that which was evil in…
3Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria;…
4And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in…
5Then the king of Assyria came up throughout…
6In the ninth year of Hoshea the king…
7And it was so, because the children of…
8and walked in the statutes of the nations,…
9And the children of Israel did secretly things…
10and they set them up pillars and Asherim…
11and there they burnt incense in all the…
12and they served idols, whereof Jehovah had said…
13Yet Jehovah testified unto Israel, and unto Judah,…
14Notwithstanding, they would not hear, but hardened their…
15And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant…
16And they forsook all the commandments of Jehovah…
17And they caused their sons and their daughters…
18Therefore Jehovah was very angry with Israel, and…
19Also Judah kept not the commandments of Jehovah…
20And Jehovah rejected all the seed of Israel,…
21For he rent Israel from the house of…
22And the children of Israel walked in all…
23until Jehovah removed Israel out of his sight,…
24And the king of Assyria brought men from…
25And so it was, at the beginning of…
26Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria,…
27Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry…
28So one of the priests whom they had…
29Howbeit every nation made gods of their own,…
30And the men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, and…
31and the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak; and…
32So they feared Jehovah, and made unto them…
33They feared Jehovah, and served their own gods,…
34Unto this day they do after the former…
35with whom Jehovah had made a covenant, and…
36but Jehovah, who brought you up out of…
37and the statutes and the ordinances, and the…
38and the covenant that I have made with…
39but Jehovah your God shall ye fear; and…
40Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did…
41So these nations feared Jehovah, and served their…
