Hello, and welcome
back to His Words are Life.
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I'm Kelly Mowrer and today we're
going to be reading in the book
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of 2nd Kings together continuing
with the stories of the years
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that the kings reigned
over Israel and Judah. Before we
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start, let's pray together.
Dear God, thank you again
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for an opportunity
to sit in your presence
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and hear your words spoken to
us down through the centuries.
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And the words truly are life
to us today and may we hear them
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and may they be a lamp to
our feet, a light to our path,
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bread for our hungry souls and
our hearts to fit us for service
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to you. We love you so much
and thank you for loving us.
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Amen. We're beginning to read
now in 2nd Kings, chapter 15,
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picking up in verse 27. In the
two and fiftieth year of Azariah
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king of Judah, Pekah the son
of Remaliah began to reign over
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Israel in Samaria, and reigned
20 years. And he did that which
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was evil in the sight of the
Lord: he departed not from the
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sins of Jeroboam the son of
Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
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In the days of Pekah king
of Israel came Tiglathpileser
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king of Assyria, and took
Ijoh, and Abelbethmaachagh,
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and Janoah, and Kedesh, and
Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee,
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all the land of Naphtali, and
carried them captive to Assyria.
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And Hoshea the son of Elah
made a conspiracy against Pekah
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the son of Remaliah, and smote
him, and slew him, and reigned
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in his stead, in the 20th year
of Jotham the son of Uzziah.
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And the rest of the acts
of Pekah, and all that he did,
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behold, they are written in the
book of the chronicles of the
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kings of Israel. In the 2nd year
of Pekah the son of Remaliah
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king of Israel began Jotham
the son of Uzziah king of Judah
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to reign. Five and twenty years
old was he when he began to
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reign, and he reigned 16 years
in Jerusalem. And his mother's
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name was Jerusha, the daughter
of Zadok. And he did that which
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was right in the sight of the
Lord: he according to all that
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his father Uzziah had
done. Howbeit the high places
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were not removed: the people
sacrificed and burned incense
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still in the high places.
He built the higher gate of the
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house of the Lord. Now the
rest of the acts of Jotham,
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and all that he did, are they
not written in the book of the
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chronicles of the kings of
Judah? In those days the Lord
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began to send against
Judah Rezin the king of Syria,
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and Pekah the son of Remaliah.
And Jotham slept with his
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fathers, and was buried with
his fathers in the city of David
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his father: and Ahaz his
son reigned in his stead.
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We're continuing now with
2nd Kings, chapter 16, verse 1.
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In the 17th year of Pekah the
son of Remaliah, Ahaz the son of
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Jotham king of Judah began
to reign. 20 years old was Ahaz
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when he began to reign, and
reigned 16 years in Jerusalem,
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and did that which was right in
the sight of the Lord, his God,
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like David his father. But he
walked in the way of the kings
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of Israel, yea, and made his
son to pass through the fire,
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according to the abominations
of the heathen, whom the Lord
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cast out from before
the children of Israel.
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And he sacrificed and burnt
incense in the high places,
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and on the hills, and
under every green tree.
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Then Rezin king of Syria and
Pekah son of Remaliah king of
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Israel came up to Jerusalem
to war: and they besieged Ahaz,
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but could not overcome him.
At that time Rezin king of Syria
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recovered Elath to Syria,
and drave the Jews from Elath:
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and the Syrians came to Elath,
and dwelt there unto this day.
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So Ahaz sent messengers to
Tiglathpileser king of Assyria,
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saying, I am thy servant and
thy son: come up, and save me
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out of the hand of the king
of Syria, and out of the hand of
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the king of Israel,
which rise up against me.
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And Ahaz took the silver and
gold that was found in the house
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of the Lord and in the treasures
of the king's house, and sent it
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for a present to the king of
Assyria. And the king of Assyria
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hearkened unto him: for the
king of Assyria went up against
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Damascus, and took it, and
carried the people of it captive
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to Kir, and slew Rezin. And king
Ahaz went to Damascus to meet
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Tiglathpileser king of Assyria,
and saw an altar that was at
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Damascus: and king Ahaz sent
to Urijah the priest the fashion
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of the altar, and
the pattern of it,
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according to all the workmanship
thereof. And Urijah the priest
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built and altar according to
all that king Ahaz had sent from
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Damascus. So Urijah the priest
made it against king Ahaz came
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from Damascus. And when the
king was come from Damascus,
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the king saw the altar: and
the king approached to the altar
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and offered thereon. And
he burnt his burnt offering
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and his meat offering,
and poured his drink offering,
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and sprinkled the blood of his
peace offerings, upon the altar.
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And he brought also the brazen
altar, which was before the Lord
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from the forefront of the house
from between the altar and the
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house of the Lord, and put it
on the north side of the altar.
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And king Ahaz commanded Urijah
the priest, saying, Upon the
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great altar burn the morning
burnt offering, and the evening
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meat offering, and the king's
burnt sacrifice, and his meat
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offering with the burnt offering
of all the people of the land,
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and their meat offering,
and their drink offerings;
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and sprinkle upon it all
the blood of the burnt offering,
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and all the blood of the
sacrifice: and the brasen altar
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shall be for me to inquire
by. Thus did Urijah the priest
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according to all that king
Ahaz commanded. And king Ahaz
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cut off the borders of the bases
and removed the laver from off
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them; and took down the
sea from off the brasen oxen
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that were under it, and put
it upon a pavement of stones.
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And the covert for the Sabbath
that they had built in the house
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and the king's entry without,
turned he from the house
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of the Lord for
the king of Assyria.
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Now the rest of the acts of
Ahaz which he did, are they not
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written in the book of
the chronicles of the kings
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of Judah? And Ahaz slept
with his fathers, and was buried
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with his fathers in the city
of David: and Hezekiah his son
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reigned in his stead.
We're continuing now with
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2nd kings, chapter 17, and
this is the King James Version.
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In the 12th year of Ahaz king
of Judah began Hoshea the son of
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Elah to reign in Samaria
over Israel 9 years. And he did
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which was evil in the sight of
the Lord, but not as the kings
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of Israel that were before him.
Against him came up Shalmaneser
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king of Assyria; and
Hoshea became his servant,
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and gave him presents. And the
king of Assyria found conspiracy
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in Hoshea: for he had sent
messengers to So, king of Egypt,
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and brought no present to the
king of Assyria, as he had done
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year by year: therefore the
king of Assyria shut him up,
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and bound him in prison.
Then the king of Assyria came up
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throughout all the land, and
went up to Samaria, and besieged
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it 3 years. In the 9th year of
Hoshea the king of Assyria took
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Samaria, and carried
Israel away into Assyria,
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and placed them in Halah and
in Habor by the river of Gozan,
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and in the cities of the Medes.
For so it was, that the children
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of Israel had sinned against the
Lord their God which had brought
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them up out of the land of Egypt
from under the hand of Pharaoh
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king of Egypt, and had feared
other gods, and walked in the
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statutes of the heathen, whom
the Lord cast out from before
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the children of Israel,
and the of kings of Israel,
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which they had made. And the
children of Israel did secretly
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those things that were not right
against the Lord their God,
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and they built them high
places in all their cities,
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from the tower of the
watchmen to the fenced city.
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And they set them up images
and groves in every high hill,
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and under every green tree: and
there they burnt incense in all
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the high places, as did the
heathen whom the Lord carried
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away before them; and
wrought wicked things to provoke
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the Lord to anger: For they
served idols, whereof the Lord
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had said unto them, Ye
shall not do this thing.
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Yet the Lord testified against
Israel, and against Judah,
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by all the prophets, and
by all the seers, saying,
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Turn ye from your evil
ways, and keep my commandments
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and my statutes, according
to all the law which I commanded
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your fathers, and which I
sent to you by my servants
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the prophets. Notwithstanding
they would not hear but hardened
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their necks, like to the neck
of their fathers, that did not
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believe in the Lord their God.
And they rejected his statutes
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and his covenant that he
had made with their fathers
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and his testimonies which
he testified against them;
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and they followed vanity, and
became vain, and went after the
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heathen that were round about
them, concerning whom the Lord
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had charged them, that
they should not do like them.
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And they left all
the commandments of the
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Lord their God, and made them
molten images, even 2 calves,
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and made a grove, and worshipped
all the host of heaven,
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and served Baal. And they caused
their sons and their daughters
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to pass through the
fire, and used divinations
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and enchantments, and
sold themselves to do evil
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in the sight of the
Lord, to provoke him to anger.
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Therefore the Lord was very
angry with Israel, and removed
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them out of his sight: there
was none left but the tribe of
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Judah only. Also Judah kept
not the commandments of the Lord
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their God, but walked in
the statutes of Israel which
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they made. And the Lord
rejected all the seed of Israel,
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and afflicted them, and
delivered them into the hand
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of spoilers, until he had
cast them out of his sight.
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For he rent Israel
from the house of David;
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and they made Jeroboam the
son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam
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drave Israel from following the
Lord, and made them sin a great
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sin. For the children of
Israel walked in all the sins of
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Jeroboam which he did;
they departed not from them;
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Until the Lord removed Israel
out of his sight, as he had
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said by all his servants the
prophets. So was Israel carried
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away out of their own
land to Assyria unto this day.
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And the king of Assyria brought
men from Babylon and from Cuthah
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and from Ava, and from Hamath,
and from Sepharvaim, and placed
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them in the cities of Samaria
instead of the children of
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Israel: and they possessed
Samaria, and dwelt in the cities
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thereof. And so it was at
the beginning of their dwelling
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there, that they feared not the
Lord: therefore the Lord sent
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lions among them, which slew
some of them. Wherefore they
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spake to the king of Assria,
saying, The nations which thou
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hast removed and placed in
the cities of Samaria, know not
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the manner of the God of
the Land. Therefore he hath sent
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lions among them and behold,
they slay them, because they
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know not the manner of the
God of the land. Then the king
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of Assyria commanded, saying,
Carry thither one of the priests
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whom ye brought from thence;
and let them go and dwell there,
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and let him teach them the
manner of the God of the land.
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Then one of the priests
whom they had carried away from
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Samaria came and dwelt in Bethel
and taught them how they should
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fear the Lord. Howbeit every
nation made gods of their own,
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and put them in the houses
of the high places which the
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Samaritans had made, every
nation in their cities wherein
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they dwelt. And the men of
Babylon made Succoth-benoth,
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and the men of Cuth made Nergal,
and the men of Hamath made
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Ashima, and the Avites
made Nighaz and Tartak,
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and the Sepharvites burnt their
children in fire to Adrammelech
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and Anammelech, the gods of
Sepharvaim. So they feared the
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Lord, and made unto themselves
of the lowest of them priests
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of the high places, which
sacrificed for them in the
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houses of the high places. They
feared the Lord and served their
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own gods, after the manner
of the nations whom they carried
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away from thence. Unto this day
they do after the former manners
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They fear not the Lord, neither
do they after their statutes,
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or after their ordinances,
or after the law and commandment
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which the Lord commanded the
children of Jacob, whom he named
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Israel; with whom the Lord
had made a covenant, and charged
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them, saying, Ye shall not fear
other gods, nor bow yourselves
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to them, nor serve them, nor
sacrifice to them: But the Lord
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who brought you up out of the
land of Egypt with great power
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and a stretched out arm, him
shall ye fear, and him shall ye
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worship, and to him shall ye
do sacrifice. And the statutes,
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and the ordinances, and the law,
and the commandment, which he
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wrote for you, ye shall
observe to do forevermore;
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and ye shall not fear other
gods. And the covenant that
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have made with you ye shall not
forget; neither shall ye fear
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other gods. But the Lord your
God ye shall fear; and he shall
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deliver you out of the hand of
all your enemies. Howbeit they
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did not hearken, but they
did after their former manner.
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So these nations feared the
Lord, and served their graven
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images, both their children,
and their children's children:
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as did their fathers,
so do they unto this day.
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Continuing in
2nd Kings chapter 18,
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This is the King James Version.
Now it came to pass in the
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3rd of year of Hoshea
son of Elah king of Israel,
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that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz
the son of Ahaz king of Judah
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began to reign. Twenty and five
years old was he when he began
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to reign; and he reigned twenty
and nine years in Jerusalem
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His mother's name also was
Abi, the daughter of Zachariah.
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And he did that which was
right in the sight of the Lord,
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according to all
that David his father did.
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