3 Hoſhéa King of Iſraél is taken. 4 And he and all his realme broght to the Aſſyrians, 18 For their idolatrie 24 Lions deſtroie the Aſſyriãs that dwelt in Samaria 29 Euerie one worſhipeth the God of his nation, 35 Contrary to the commandement of God.

1.IN the twelfte yere of Aház King of Iudáh began Hoſhéa the ſonne of Eláh to reigne in Samaria ouer Iſraél, and reigned nine yeres,

2.And he did euil in the ſight of the Lord, ^a but not as the Kings of Iſraél, that were before him.

3.And Shalmanéſer King of Aſſhúr came vp againſt him, and Hoſhéa became his ſeruant, and gaue him preſents.

4.And the King of Aſſhúr founde treaſon in Hoſhéa: for he had ſent meſſengers to So King of Egypt, and broght no preſent vnto the King of Aſſhúr, ^b as he had done yerely: yerely: therefore the King of Aſſhúr ſhut him vp, and put him in priſon.

5.Then the King of Aſſhúr came vp throughout all the land, and went againſt Samaria, and beſieged it thre yere.

6.^* In the ninth yere of Hoſhéa, the King of Aſſhúr toke Samaria, and caryed Iſraél away vnto Aſſhúr, and put them in Haláh, and in Habór by the riuer of Gozán, and in the cities of the ^c Medes.

7.For when the children of Iſraél ^d ſinned againſt the Lord their God, which had broght them out of the land of Egypt, from vnder the hand of Pharaóh King of Egypt, and feared other gods,

8.And walked according to the facions of the heathen, whome the Lord had caſt out before the children of Iſraél, and after the maners of the Kings of Iſraél, which they vſed,

9.And the children of Iſraél had done ſecretly things that were not vpright before the Lord their God, and throughout all their cities had buylt hie places, bothe from the towre ^e of the watche, to the defenſed citie,

10.And had made them images and groues vpon euerie hie hil, and vnder euerie grene tre,

11.And there burnt incenſe in all the hie places, as did the heathē, whome the Lord had taken away before them, and wroght wicked things to angre the Lord,

12.And ſerued idoles: whereof the Lord had ſaid vnto them, ^* Ye ſhal do no ſuche thing,

13.Notwithſtanding the Lord teſtified to Iſraél, and to Iudáh ^" by all the Prophetes, and by all the Seers, ſaying, ^* Turne from your euil waies, & kepe my cōmandements & my ſtatutes, according to all the Lawe, which I commanded your fathers, and which I ſent to you by my ſeruants the Prophetes.

14.Neuertheles they wolde not obey, ^* but hardened their neckes, like to the neckes of their ^f fathers, that did not beleue in the Lord their God.

15.And thei refuſed his ſtatutes and his couenant, that he made with their fathers, and his teſtimonies (wherewith he witneſſed vnto them) and they followed vanitie, and became vaine, & followed the heathē that were rounde about them: concerning whome, the Lord had charged them, that they ſhulde not do like them.

16.Finally they left the commandements of the Lord their God, and made them molten images, ^* euen two calues, & made a groue, and worſhiped all the ^g hoſte of heauen, and ſerued Báal.

17.And thet made their ſonnes and their daughters ^h paſſe through the fyre, and vſed witchcraft and enchantements, yea, ⁱ ſolde them ſelues, to do euil in the ſight of the Lord, to angre him.

18.Therefore y^{e Lord was exceding wroth with Iſraél, and put them out of his ſight, and none was left but the tribe of Iudáh ^k onely.}

19.Yet Iudáh kept not the commandemēts of the Lord their God, but walked according to the facion of Iſraél, which they vſed.

20.Therefore the Lord caſt of all the ſede of Iſraél, and afflicted them, & deliuered them into the hands of ſpoylers, vntil he had caſt them out of his ^l ſight.

21.^m For he cut of Iſraél from the houſe of Dauid, and they made Ieroboám the ſonne of Nebát King: & Ieroboám drewe Iſraél away from following the Lord and made them ſinne a great ſinne.

22.For the children of Iſraél walked in all the ſinnes of Ieroboám, which he did, and departed not therefrom,

23.Vntil the Lord put Iſraél away out of his ſight, as he had ſaid ^" by all his ſeruāts the ^* Prophetes, & caryed Iſraél away out of their land to Aſſhúr vnto this day.

24.And the King of Aſſhúr broght folke from Babél, and from ⁿ Cutháh, and from Auá, and from Hamáth, and from Sepharuáim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria in ſteade of the children of Iſraél: ſo they poſſeſſed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.

25.¶ And at the beginning of their dwellīg there, thei ^o feared not the Lord: therefore the Lord ſent lyons among them, which ſlewe them.

26.Wherefore they ſpake to the King of Aſſhúr, ſaying, The nacions which thou haſt remoued, and placed in the cities of Samaria, knowe not the maner of y^e God of the land: therefore he hathe ſent lyons among them, and beholde, they ſlay them, becauſe they knowe not the maner of the God of the land.

27.Then the King of Aſſhúr commanded, ſaying, Cary thether one of the Prieſts, whome ye broght thence, and let him go and dwel there, & teache them the maner of the God ^p of the countrey.

28.So one of the Prieſts, which they had caryed from Samaria, came and dwelt in Beth-el, and taught them how thei ſhulde feare the Lord.

29.Howbeit euerie naciō made their gods, and put them in the houſes of the hie places, which the Samaritās had made, euerie nacion in their cities, wherein thei dwelt

30.For the men of Babél made ^q Succóth-Benóth: and the men of Cuth made Nergál, and the men of Hamáth made Aſhimá.

31.And the Auims made Nibház, and Tar-ták: and the Sepharuims burnt their chil-dren in the fyre to Adrammélech, and A-nammélech the gods of Sepharuáim.

32.Thus they feared the Lord, and appoin-ted out prieſts out of them ſelues for the hie places, who prepared for them ſacrifices in the houſes of the hie places.

33.They ^g feared the Lord, but ſerued their gods after the maner of the nacions who-me they caryed thence.

34.Vnto this day they do after the olde ma-ner: they nether feare God, nether do after ^f their ordinances nor after their cuſto-mes, nor after the Lawe, nor after the cõ-mandement, which the Lord commanded the children of Iaakób, ^* whome he na-med Iſraél,

35.And w^t whome the Lord had made coue-nãt, & charged them, ſaying, ^* Feare none other gods, nor bowe your ſelues to them, nor ſerue them, nor ſacrifice to them:

36.But feare the Lord which broght you out of the lãd of Egypt with great power, and a ſtretched out arme: him feare ye, and worſhip him, and ſacrifice to him.

37.Alſo kepe ye diligently the ſtatutes and the ordinances, and the Lawe, and the cõ-mandement, which he wrote for you, that ye do them continually, & feare not other gods.

38.And forget not the couenant that I haue made w^t you, nether feare ye other gods,

39.But feare the Lord your God, and he wil deliuer you out of the hands of all your enemies.

40.Howbeit they obeyed not, but did after their olde cuſtome.

41.So theſe ^e nacions feared the Lord, and ſerued their images alſo: ſo did their chil-dren, and their childrens children: as did their fathers, ſo do they vnto this day.

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