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2 Kings 17

Hoshea becomes Israel’s last king. He pays tribute to Assyria but later seeks Egyptian help and stops paying, so Shalmaneser imprisons him and besieges Samaria. After three years the city falls, and Israel is carried into Assyria. The narrative then explains why: persistent idolatry, rejection of prophets, divination, covenant breaking, and continued walking in Jeroboam’s sins. Assyria resettles foreigners in Israel’s cities; after lion attacks, an Israelite priest is sent back, but the new populations combine fear of the LORD with worship of their own gods.

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Hoshea becomes Israel’s last king. He pays tribute to Assyria but later seeks Egyptian help and stops paying, so Shalmaneser imprisons him and besieges Samaria. After three years the city falls, and Israel is carried into Assyria. The narrative then explains why: persistent idolatry, rejection of prophets, divination, covenant breaking, and continued walking in Jeroboam’s sins. Assyria resettles foreigners in Israel’s cities; after lion attacks, an Israelite priest is sent back, but the new populations combine fear of the LORD with worship of their own gods.

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Verses 1–6Hoshea reigns, rebels against Assyria, and Samaria falls after a siegeVerses 7–18Israel is carried away because they rejected the LORD and served idolsVerses 19–23Judah also sins, and Israel is removed from the LORD’s sightVerses 24–33Foreign peoples settle the land and mix fear of the LORD with idol worshipVerses 34–41The mixed worship continues from generation to generation
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1In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began…2And he did that which was evil in the sight…3Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea…4And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for…5Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the…6In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria…7For so it was, that the children of Israel had…8And walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom the…9And the children of Israel did secretly those things that…10And they set them up images and groves in every…11And there they burnt incense in all the high places,…12For they served idols, whereof the LORD had said unto…13Yet the LORD testified against Israel, and against Judah, by…14Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like…15And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he…16And they left all the commandments of the LORD their…17And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass…18Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed…19Also Judah kept not the commandments of the LORD their…20And the LORD rejected all the seed of Israel, and…21For he rent Israel from the house of David; and…22For the children of Israel walked in all the sins…23Until the LORD removed Israel out of his sight, as…24And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and…25And so it was at the beginning of their dwelling…26Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria, saying, The…27Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry thither one…28Then one of the priests whom they had carried away…29Howbeit every nation made gods of their own, and put…30And the men of Babylon made Succothbenoth, and the men…31And the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites…32So they feared the LORD, and made unto themselves of…33They feared the LORD, and served their own gods, after…34Unto this day they do after the former manners: they…35With whom the LORD had made a covenant, and charged…36But the LORD, who brought you up out of the…37And the statutes, and the ordinances, and the law, and…38And the covenant that I have made with you ye…39But the LORD your God ye shall fear; and he…40Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their…41So these nations feared the LORD, and served their graven…