1In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of…
2He did that which was evil in the…
3Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against him;…
4The king of Assyria discovered a conspiracy in…
5Then the king of Assyria came up throughout…
6In the ninth year of Hoshea the king…
7It was so because the children of Israel…
8and walked in the statutes of the nations…
9The children of Israel secretly did things that…
10and they set up for themselves pillars and…
11and there they burned incense in all the…
12and they served idols, of which the LORD…
13Yet the LORD testified to Israel and to…
14Notwithstanding, they would not listen, but hardened their…
15They rejected his statutes and his covenant that…
16They abandoned all the commandments of the LORD…
17They caused their sons and their daughters to…
18Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel,…
19Also Judah didn’t keep the commandments of the…
20The LORD rejected all the offspring of Israel,…
21For he tore Israel from David’s house; and…
22The children of Israel walked in all the…
23until the LORD removed Israel out of his…
24The king of Assyria brought people from Babylon,…
25So it was, at the beginning of their…
26Therefore they spoke to the king of Assyria,…
27Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, “Carry…
28So one of the priests whom they had…
29However every nation made gods of their own,…
30The men of Babylon made Succoth Benoth, and…
31and the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak; and…
32So they feared the LORD, and also made…
33They feared the LORD, and also served their…
34To this day they do what they did…
35with whom the LORD had made a covenant…
36but you shall fear the LORD, who brought…
37The statutes and the ordinances, and the law…
38You shall not forget the covenant that I…
39But you shall fear the LORD your God,…
40However they didn’t listen, but they did what…
41So these nations feared the LORD, and also…
