1In the twelfth year of Achaz king of…
2And he did evil before the Lord: but…
3Against him came up Salmanasar king of the…
4And when the king of the Assyrians found…
5And he went through all the land: and…
6And in the ninth year of Osee, the…
7For so it was that the children of…
8And they walked according to the way of…
9And the children of Israel offended the Lord…
10And they made them statues and groves on…
11And they burnt incense there upon altars after…
12And they worshipped abominations, concerning which the Lord…
13And the Lord testified to them in Israel…
14And they hearkened not, but hardened their necks…
15And they rejected his ordinances and the covenant…
16And they forsook all the precepts of the…
17And consecrated their sons, and their daughters through…
18And the Lord was very angry with Israel,…
19But neither did Juda itself keep the commandments…
20And the Lord cast off all the seed…
21Even from that time, when Israel was rent…
22And the children of Israel walked in all…
23Till the Lord removed Israel from his face,…
24And the king of the Assyrians brought people…
25And when they began to dwell there, they…
26And it was told the king of the…
27And the king of the Assyrians commanded, saying:…
28So one of the priests who had been…
29And every nation made gods of their own,…
30For the men of Babylon made Sochothbenoth: and…
31And the Hevites made Nebahaz and Tharthac. And…
32And nevertheless they worshipped the Lord. And they…
33And when they worshipped the Lord, they served…
34Unto this day they followed the old manner:…
35With whom he made a covenant, and charged…
36But the Lord your God, who brought you…
37And the ceremonies, and judgments, and law, and…
38And the covenant that he made with you,…
39But fear the Lord your God, and he…
40But they did not hearken, but did according…
41So these nations feared the Lord, but nevertheless…
