Hoshea the Last King of Israel 1 UEB In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, the reign of Hoshea son of Elah began. He ruled in Samaria over Israel for nine years. BSB BSB: In the twelfth year of the reign of Ahaz over Judah, Hoshea son of Elah became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria nine years.
2 UEB He did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh, yet not as the kings of Israel who were before him. BSB BSB: And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, but not like the kings of Israel who preceded him.
3 UEB Shalmaneser king of Assyria attacked him, and Hoshea became his servant and brought him tribute. BSB BSB: Shalmaneser king of Assyria attacked him, and Hoshea became his vassal and paid him tribute.
4 UEB Then the king of Assyria realized that Hoshea had been plotting against him, for Hoshea had sent messengers to So king of Egypt; also, he offered no tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year. So the king of Assyria shut him up and bound him in prison. BSB BSB: But the king of Assyria discovered that Hoshea had conspired to send envoys to King So of Egypt, and that he had not paid tribute to the king of Assyria as in previous years. Therefore the king of Assyria arrested Hoshea and put him in prison.
Israel Carried Captive to Assyria 5 UEB Then the king of Assyria attacked throughout all the land, and attacked Samaria and besieged it for three years. BSB BSB: Then the king of Assyria invaded the whole land, marched up to Samaria, and besieged it for three years.
7 UEB This captivity happened because the people of Israel had sinned against Yahweh their God, who had brought them up from the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. The people had been worshiping other gods BSB BSB: All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They had worshiped other gods
8 UEB and walking in the practices of the nations whom Yahweh had driven out before the people of Israel, and in the practices of the kings of Israel that they had done. BSB BSB: and walked in the customs of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites, as well as in the practices introduced by the kings of Israel.
9 UEB The people of Israel did secretly—against Yahweh their God—things that were not right. They built for themselves high places in all their cities, from the watchtower to the fortress. BSB BSB: The Israelites secretly did things against the LORD their God that were not right. From watchtower to fortified city, they built high places in all their cities.
10 UEB They also set up stone pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree. BSB BSB: They set up for themselves sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
11 UEB There they burned incense in all the high places, as the nations had done, those whom Yahweh had carried away before them. The Israelites performed wicked things to provoke Yahweh to anger; BSB BSB: They burned incense on all the high places like the nations that the LORD had driven out before them. They did wicked things, provoking the LORD to anger.
12 UEB they worshiped idols, about which Yahweh had said to them, "You will not do this thing." BSB BSB: They served idols, although the LORD had told them, “You shall not do this thing.”
13 UEB Yet Yahweh had testified to Israel and to Judah by every prophet and every seer, saying, "Turn from your evil ways and keep my commandments and my statutes, and be careful to keep all the law I commanded your fathers, and that I sent to you by my servants the prophets." BSB BSB: Yet through all His prophets and seers, the LORD warned Israel and Judah, saying, “Turn from your wicked ways and keep My commandments and statutes, according to the entire Law that I commanded your fathers and delivered to you through My servants the prophets.”
14 UEB But they would not listen; instead they were very stubborn like their fathers who did not trust in Yahweh their God. BSB BSB: But they would not listen, and they stiffened their necks like their fathers, who did not believe the LORD their God.
15 UEB They rejected his statutes and the covenant that he had made with their ancestors, and the covenant decrees that he had given to them. They followed useless practices and they themselves became useless. They followed the pagan nations who were around them, those that Yahweh had commanded them not to imitate. BSB BSB: They rejected His statutes and the covenant He had made with their fathers, as well as the decrees He had given them. They pursued worthless idols and became worthless themselves, going after the surrounding nations that the LORD had commanded them not to imitate.
16 UEB They ignored all the commandments of Yahweh their God. They made cast metal figures of two calves to worship. They made an Asherah pole, and they worshiped all the stars of the heavens and Baal. BSB BSB: They abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves two cast idols of calves and an Asherah pole. They bowed down to all the host of heaven and served Baal.
17 UEB They made their sons and daughters pass through the fire, they used divination and enchantments, they sold themselves to do that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and they provoked him to anger. BSB BSB: They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire and practiced divination and soothsaying. They devoted themselves to doing evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.
18 UEB Therefore Yahweh was very angry with Israel and removed them out of his sight. There was no one left but the tribe of Judah alone. BSB BSB: So the LORD was very angry with Israel, and He removed them from His presence. Only the tribe of Judah remained,
19 UEB Even Judah did not keep the commandments of Yahweh their God, and they followed the practices that Israel had done. BSB BSB: and even Judah did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God, but lived according to the customs Israel had introduced.
20 UEB So Yahweh rejected all the descendants of Israel; he afflicted them and gave them into the hand of those who would take the possession as spoil, until he had cast them out of his sight. BSB BSB: So the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel. He afflicted them and delivered them into the hands of plunderers, until He had banished them from His presence.
21 UEB He tore Israel from the royal line of David, and they made Jeroboam son of Nebat king. Jeroboam drove Israel away from following Yahweh and made them commit a great sin. BSB BSB: When the LORD had torn Israel away from the house of David, they made Jeroboam son of Nebat king, and Jeroboam led Israel away from following the LORD and caused them to commit a great sin.
22 UEB The people of Israel followed all the sins of Jeroboam and they did not depart from them, BSB BSB: The Israelites persisted in all the sins that Jeroboam had committed and did not turn away from them.
23 UEB so Yahweh removed Israel from his sight, as he had said through all his servants the prophets that he would. So Israel was carried away out of their own land to Assyria, and it is this way to this present day. BSB BSB: Finally, the LORD removed Israel from His presence, as He had declared through all His servants the prophets. So Israel was exiled from their homeland into Assyria, where they are to this day.
Samaria Resettled 24 UEB The king of Assyria brought people from Babylon and from Kuthah, and from Avva, and from Hamath and Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria in place of the people of Israel. They took over Samaria and lived in its cities. BSB BSB: Then the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim and settled them in the towns of Samaria to replace the Israelites. They took possession of Samaria and lived in its towns.
25 UEB It happened at the beginning of their residence there that they did not honor Yahweh. So Yahweh sent lions among them which killed some of them. BSB BSB: Now when the settlers first lived there, they did not worship the LORD, so He sent lions among them, which killed some of them.
26 UEB So they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, "The nations that you have carried away and placed in the cities of Samaria do not know the practices required by the god of the land. So he has sent lions among them, and, see, the lions are killing people there because they do not know the practices required by the god of the land." BSB BSB: So they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, “The peoples that you have removed and placed in the cities of Samaria do not know the requirements of the God of the land. Because of this, He has sent lions among them, which are indeed killing them off.”
27 UEB Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, "Take one of the priests there whom you brought from there, and let him go and live there, and let him teach them the practices required by the god of the land." BSB BSB: Then the king of Assyria commanded: “Send back one of the priests you carried off from Samaria, and have him go back to live there and teach the requirements of the God of the land.”
28 UEB So one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and lived in Bethel; he taught them how they should honor Yahweh. BSB BSB: Thus one of the priests they had carried away came and lived in Bethel, and he began to teach them how they should worship the LORD.
29 UEB Every ethnic group made gods of their own, and put them in the high places that the Samaritans had made—every ethnic group in the cities where they lived. BSB BSB: Nevertheless, the people of each nation continued to make their own gods in the cities where they had settled, and they set them up in the shrines that the people of Samaria had made on the high places.
30 UEB The people of Babylon made Succoth Benoth; the people of Kuthah made Nergal; the people of Hamath made Ashima; BSB BSB: The men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, the men of Cuth made Nergal, the men of Hamath made Ashima,
31 UEB the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak. The Sepharvites burned their children in the fire to Adrammelek and Anammelek, the gods of the Sepharvites. BSB BSB: the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burned their children in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech the gods of Sepharvaim.
32 UEB They also honored Yahweh, and appointed from among themselves priests of the high places, who sacrificed for them in the temples at the high places. BSB BSB: So the new residents worshiped the LORD, but they also appointed for themselves priests of all sorts to serve in the shrines of the high places.
33 UEB They honored Yahweh and also worshiped their own gods, in the customs of the nations from among whom they had been taken away. BSB BSB: They worshiped the LORD, but they also served their own gods according to the customs of the nations from which they had been carried away.
34 UEB To this day they persist in their old customs. They neither honor Yahweh, nor do they follow the statutes, decrees, the law, or the commandments that Yahweh gave to the people of Jacob—whom he named Israel— BSB BSB: To this day they are still practicing their former customs. None of them worship the LORD or observe the statutes, ordinances, laws, and commandments that the LORD gave the descendants of Jacob, whom He named Israel.
35 UEB and with whom Yahweh had made a covenant and commanded them, "You will not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor worship them, nor sacrifice to them. BSB BSB: For the LORD had made a covenant with the Israelites and commanded them, “Do not worship other gods or bow down to them; do not serve them or sacrifice to them.
36 UEB But Yahweh, who brought you up from the land of Egypt with great power and a raised arm, is the one you must honor; it is to him that you will prostrate yourselves, and it is to him that you will sacrifice. BSB BSB: Instead, worship the LORD, who brought you out of the land of Egypt with great power and an outstretched arm. You are to bow down to Him and offer sacrifices to Him.
37 UEB The statutes and the decrees, the law and the commandments that he wrote for you, you will keep them forever. So you must not fear other gods, BSB BSB: And you must always be careful to observe the statutes, ordinances, laws, and commandments He wrote for you. Do not worship other gods.
38 UEB and the covenant that I have made with you, you will not forget; neither will you honor other gods. BSB BSB: Do not forget the covenant I have made with you. Do not worship other gods,
39 UEB But Yahweh your God is who you will honor. He will rescue you from the might of your enemies." BSB BSB: but worship the LORD your God, and He will deliver you from the hands of all your enemies.”
40 UEB They would not listen, because they continued to do what they had done in the past. BSB BSB: But they would not listen, and they persisted in their former customs.
41 UEB So these nations feared Yahweh and they also worshiped their carved figures, and their children did the same—as did their children's children. They continue to do what their ancestors did, up to this day. BSB BSB: So these nations worshiped the LORD but also served their idols, and to this day their children and grandchildren continue to do as their fathers did.
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