Nevi'im
Melakhim Bet15
2 Kings · Chapter 15
In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of Yisra'el began Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign.
Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned two and fifty years in Yerushalayim. And his mother’s name
was Jecholiah of Yerushalayim.
And he did
that which was right in the sight of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), according to all that his father Amaziah had done;
Save that the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places.
And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) smote the king, so that he was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house. And Jotham the king’s son
was
over the house, judging the people of the land.
And the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did,
are
they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
So Azariah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of Dawid: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.
In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah king of Judah did Zachariah the son of Jeroboam reign over Yisra'el in Samaria six months.
And he did
that which was evil in the sight of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), as his fathers had done: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Yisra'el to sin.
And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.
And the rest of the acts of Zachariah, behold, they
are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Yisra'el.
This
was the word of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) which he spake unto Jehu, saying, Thy sons shall sit on the throne of Yisra'el unto the fourth
generation.
And so it came to pass.
Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the nine and thirtieth year of Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned a full month in Samaria.
For Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, and came to Samaria, and smote Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.
And the rest of the acts of Shallum, and his conspiracy which he made, behold, they
are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Yisra'el.
Then Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all that
were therein, and the coasts thereof from Tirzah: because they opened not
to him, therefore he smote
it; and all the women therein that were with child he ripped up.
In the nine and thirtieth year of Azariah king of Judah began Menahem the son of Gadi to reign over Yisra'el,
and reigned ten years in Samaria.
And he did
that which was evil in the sight of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH): he departed not all his days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Yisra'el to sin.
And Pul the king of Assyria came against the land: and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand.
And Menahem exacted the money of Yisra'el,
even of all the mighty men of wealth, of each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back, and stayed not there in the land.
And the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all that he did,
are
they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Yisra'el?
And Menahem slept with his fathers; and Pekahiah his son reigned in his stead.
In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekahiah the son of Menahem began to reign over Yisra'el in Samaria,
and reigned two years.
And he did
that which was evil in the sight of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH): he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Yisra'el to sin.
But Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain of his, conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria, in the palace of the king’s house, with Argob and Arieh, and with him fifty men of the Gileadites: and he killed him, and reigned in his room.
And the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and all that he did, behold, they
are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Yisra'el.
In the two and fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekah the son of Remaliah began to reign over Yisra'el in Samaria,
and reigned twenty years.
And he did
that which was evil in the sight of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH): he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Yisra'el to sin.
In the days of Pekah king of Yisra'el came Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel-beth-maachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.
And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.
And the rest of the acts of Pekah, and all that he did, behold, they
are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Yisra'el.
In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Yisra'el began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign.
Five and twenty years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Yerushalayim. And his mother’s name
was Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok.
And he did
that which was right in the sight of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH): he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done.
Howbeit the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burned incense still in the high places. He built the higher gate of the house of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH).
Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all that he did,
are
they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
In those days 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.
And Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of Dawid his father: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.
Nevi'im
Melakhim Bet16
2 Kings · Chapter 16
In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.
Twenty years old
was Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Yerushalayim, and did not
that which was right in the sight of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) his Elohim, like Dawid his father.
But he walked in the way of the kings of Yisra'el, yea, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) cast out from before the children of Yisra'el.
And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.
Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Yisra'el came up to Yerushalayim to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome
him.
At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drave the Jews from Elath: and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there unto this day.
So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, I
am thy servant and thy son: come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Yisra'el, which rise up against me.
And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), and in the treasures of the king’s house, and sent
it for
a present to the king of Assyria.
And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him: for the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried
the people of it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin.
And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and saw an altar that
was at Damascus: and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the kohen the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship thereof.
And Urijah the kohen built an altar according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus: so Urijah the kohen made
it against king Ahaz came from Damascus.
And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king approached to the altar, and offered thereon.
and he burnt his burnt offering and his meat offering, and poured his drink offering, and sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings, upon the altar.
And he brought also the brasen altar, which
was before 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), from the forefront of the house, from between the altar and the house of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), and put it on the north side of the altar.
And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the kohen, saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meat offering, and the king’s burnt sacrifice, and his meat offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings; and sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: and the brasen altar shall be for me to enquire
by.
Thus did Urijah the kohen, according to all that king Ahaz commanded.
And king Ahaz cut off the borders of the bases, and removed the laver from off them; and took down the sea from off the brasen oxen that
were
under it, and put it upon a pavement of stones.
And the covert for the shabbat that they had built in the house, and the king’s entry without, turned he from the house of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) for the king of Assyria.
Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did,
are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of Dawid: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.
Nevi'im
Melakhim Bet17
2 Kings · Chapter 17
In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Yisra'el nine years.
And he did
that which was evil in the sight of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), but not as the kings of Yisra'el that were before him.
Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and gave him presents.
And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to So king of Mitsrayim, and brought no present to the king of Assyria, as
he had done year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.
Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.
In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Yisra'el away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor
by
the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
For
so it was, that the children of Yisra'el had sinned against 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) their Elohim, which had brought them up out of the land of Mitsrayim, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Mitsrayim, and had feared other gods,
And walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) cast out from before the children of Yisra'el, and of the kings of Yisra'el, which they had made.
And the children of Yisra'el did secretly
those things that
were not right against 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) their Elohim, and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.
And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree:
And there they burnt incense in all the high places, as
did
the heathen whom 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) carried away before them; and wrought wicked things to provoke 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) to anger:
For they served idols, whereof 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing.
Yet 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) testified against Yisra'el, and against Judah, by all the nevi'im,
and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my mitsvot
and my statutes, according to all the torah which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the nevi'im.
Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) their Elohim.
And they rejected his statutes, and his b'rit that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen that
were
round about them,
concerning whom 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) had charged them, that they should not do like them.
And they left all the mitsvot of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) their Elohim, and made them molten images,
even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of shamayim, and served Baal.
And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), to provoke him to anger.
Therefore 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) was very angry with Yisra'el, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only.
Also Judah kept not the mitsvot of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) their Elohim, but walked in the statutes of Yisra'el which they made.
And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) rejected all the seed of Yisra'el, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight.
For he rent Yisra'el from the house of Dawid; and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drave Yisra'el from following 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), and made them sin a great sin.
For the children of Yisra'el walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they departed not from them;
Until 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) removed Yisra'el out of his sight, as he had said by all his servants the nevi'im. So was Yisra'el carried away out of their own land to Assyria unto this day.
And the king of Assyria brought
men from Bavel, and from Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed
them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Yisra'el: and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.
And
so it was at the beginning of their dwelling there,
that they feared not 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH): therefore 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) sent lions among them, which slew
some of them.
Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations which thou hast removed, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner of the Elohim of the land: therefore he hath sent lions among them, and, behold, they slay them, because they know not the manner of the Elohim of the land.
Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry thither one of the kohanim whom ye brought from thence; and let them go and dwell there, and let him teach them the manner of the Elohim of the land.
Then one of the kohanim whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelt in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH).
Howbeit every nation made gods of their own, and put
them
in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities wherein they dwelt.
And the men of Bavel made Succoth-benoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima,
And the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt their children in fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.
So they feared 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), and made unto themselves of the lowest of them kohanim of the high places, which sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places.
They feared 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations whom they carried away from thence.
Unto this day they do after the former manners: they fear not 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the torah and mitsvah which 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) commanded the children of Ya'aqov, whom he named Yisra'el;
With whom 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) had made a b'rit, and charged them saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them:
But 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), who brought you up out of the land of Mitsrayim with great power and a stretched out arm, him shall ye fear, and him shall ye worship, and to him shall ye do sacrifice.
And the statutes, and the ordinances, and the torah, and the mitsvah, which he wrote for you, ye shall observe to do for evermore; and ye shall not fear other gods.
And the b'rit that I have made with you ye shall not forget; neither shall ye fear other gods.
But 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) your Elohim ye shall fear; and he shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.
Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner.
So these nations feared 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), and served their graven images, both their children, and their children’s children: as did their fathers, so do they unto this day.