II. Kines XVII. 34.

érs, until He had_cast_them_out of His sight.
21For He rent Israél from the_ house_of David ; and they made ~Jero- boam the_son_of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drave «Israél from following ‘the Lorp, and *made_them_sin a great sin.
22 For the_s children_of Israél walked in all the_sins_of Jeroboam which he did ; they departed not from them ;
%3 Until J the Lorp removed -Israél
B.C. 721. 21.1 Kin. 11. 11; 12.12,
20, 28-30.
8. Sons.
23. Amos 5. i
out of His sight, «as He had_said by all| 27
His servants the prophets. So was Israél carried_away out_of their_own land to Assyria unto xthis xday.
24 And the_king_of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthab, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the_cities_of Samaria instead of the_ schildren_of Israél: and they pos- sessed «Samaria, and dwelt in the_ cities thereof.
25 And so it was at the_beginning_of their dwelling there, that they feared not ‘the Lorp: therefore Jthe Lorp sent xlions among them, which -slew some of them,
26 Wherefore they spake to the_king_ of Assyria, saying, “ The nations which thou shast_removed, and placed in the_ cities_of Samaria, know not -the_man- ner_of the_=God_of the land: there- fore He hath_sent xlions among them, and, behold, they +slay them, because they know not -the_manner_of the_ =God_of the land.”
27 Then the_king_of Assyria com- manded, saying, “-Carry thither one of the priests whom ye brought from thence; and let_them_go and dwell there, and let_him_teach them -the_ manner_of the_=God_of the land.”
28 Then one of the priests whom they had_carried_away from Samaria came and dwelt in Beth-él, and «taught them how they should_fear ! «the Lorp.
29 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 thep dwelt.
30 And the_«men_of Babylon made bo -Succoth-benoth, and the_« men_of Cuth made -Nergal, and the_«men_of Hamath made «Ashima,
31 And the Avites made Nibhaz and -Tartak, and the Sepharvites 4burnt their s-children in xfire to Adramme- lech and Anammelech, the_gods_of Sepharvaim.
32 So they +feared !-the Lorp, and made unto themselves of the_lowest_of them priests_of the high_places, which 4sacrificed for them in the_houses_of the high_places.
33 They w-sfeared J-the Lorp, and seaserved their_own gods, after the_ manner_of the nations tyhom they carried_away from thence.
34 Unto «this xday thep +do after the former manners: they fear not J Lorp, neither -do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law and xcommandment which Jthe Lorp commanded -the_
a. accord- ing as.
GENTILES PLACED IN SAMARIA. about 678.
LIONS SENT.
J. Jehovah.
A PRIEST BROUGHT.
EacH NATION MAKING
daughters.
6. burnt-up.
Il. Kines XVII. 35.
B.C. about 678. 35. Judg. 6. 10. c.confirmed.
J. Jehovah.
a. all the days.
§. sons. a, accord- ing as,
HEZEKIAH REIGNS OVER JUDAH. about 726. 1, 2. 2 Cur. 29. 1.
h. Hezekiah, Strength_of Jehovah.
His Acts. 4. Num, 21. 9.
S. SONS.
p. Piece-of brass.
J3.G. Jehovah Elohim.
about 725. 7. See ch. 16.
7-9.
SAMARIA TAKEN.
about 721. a0: Ch. 17. 5,
schildren_of Jacob, whom He named Israél ;
8 With whom J the Lorp had_c made a covenant, and charged them, saying, “Ye shall not fear other gods, nor ‘bow_yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor tsacrifice to them :
36 But J-the Lorp, who brought pou up out_of the_land_of Egypt with great power and a stretched_out arm, Him shall_ye_fear, and Him _ shall_ye_wor- ship, and to Him shall_ye_do_sacri-
ce,
37 And the statutes, and -the ordin- ances, and the law, and the command- ment, which He wrote for you, ye shall_ observe to do «for evermore; and ye shall not fear other gods.
38 And the covenant that I have emade with you ye shall not forget; neither shall_ye_fear other gods,
39 But J-the Lorp your =God yeshall_ fear ; and He shall_deliver pou out_of the_hand_of all your enemies.”
40 Howbeit they did not hearken, but thep +did after their xformer manner.
41 So these nations «feared J-the Lorp, and «served their -graven_images, both their s children, and their s children’s schildren : «as did their fathers, so +do
thep unto xthis xday.
18 NOW it came_to_pass in the_ third year_of Hoshea son_of Elah
king_of Israel, that Hezekiah the_son_
of Ahaz king_of Judah began_to_
reign.
2 Twenty and five years old was he when he began_to_reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jeru- salem. His mother’s name also was Abi, the_daughter_of Zachariah.
3 And he did that which was xright in the_sight_of J the Lorp, according_to all that David his father did.
4 He removed -the high_places, and ‘brake «the images, and cut_down -the —groves, and -brake_in_pieces the brazen serpent that Moses had_made: for un- to xthose xdays the_s children_of Israél did +burn_incense to it: and he called it p Nehushtan.
5 He trusted in Jthe Lorp =God_of Israél; so that after him was none like him among all the_kings_of Judah, nor any that were before him.
6 For he clave to J the Lorp, and de- parted not from following Him, but kept His commandments, which / the Lord commanded «Moses.
7 And 4 the Lorp «was with him; and he ‘prospered whithersoever he went_ forth: and he rebelled against the_ king_of Assyria, and served him not.
8 He smote ~the Philistines, even un- to Gaza, and - from the_tower_of the watchmen to the fenced city.
9 And it came_to_pass in the fourth xyear of xking Hezekiah, which was the seventh xyear of Hoshea son_of Elah king-of Israél, that sh Shalmane- ser king_of Assyria came_up against Samaria, and besieged it.
10 And at the_end_of three years they took it : even in the sixth year_of Heze-