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Second Book of Kings, Chapter 17

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2 Kings 17 NASB - New American Standard Bible2 Kings 17 NASB - New American Standard Bible

Chapter 17 of 2 Kings—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

  1. ¶ In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, 1Hoshea the son of Elah became king over Israel in Samaria, and reigned nine years.
  2. He did evil in the sight of the LORD, only not as the kings of Israel who were before him.
  3. 2Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up 3against him, and Hoshea became his servant and paid him tribute.
  4. But the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea, who had sent messengers to So king of Egypt and had offered no tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year; so the king of Assyria shut him up and bound him in prison.
  5. ¶ Then the king of Assyria invaded the whole land and went up to 4Samaria and besieged it three years.
  6. ¶ In the ninth year of Hoshea, 5the king of Assyria captured Samaria and 6carried Israel away into exile to Assyria, and 7settled them in Halah and Habor, on the river of 8Gozan, and 9in the cities of the Medes.
  7. ¶ Now 10this came about because the sons of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, 11who had brought them up from the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, 12and they had [a]feared other gods
  8. and 13walked in the [b]customs of the nations whom the LORD had driven out before the sons of Israel, and in the customs 14of the kings of Israel which they had [c]introduced.
  9. The sons of Israel [d]did things secretly which were not right against the LORD their God. Moreover, they built for themselves high places in all their towns, from 15watchtower to fortified city.
  10. 16They set for themselves sacred pillars and [e]17Asherim on every high hill and under every green tree,
  11. and there they burned incense on all the high places as the nations did which the LORD had carried away to exile before them; and they did evil things provoking the LORD.
  12. They served idols, 18concerning which the LORD had said to them, “You shall not do this thing.”
  13. Yet the 19LORD warned Israel and Judah 20through all His prophets and 21every seer, saying, “22Turn from your evil ways and keep My commandments, My statutes according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you through My servants the prophets.”
  14. However, they did not listen, but 23stiffened their neck [f]like their fathers, who did not believe in the LORD their God.
  15. 24They rejected His statutes and 25His covenant which He made with their fathers and His warnings with which He warned them. And 26they followed vanity and 27became vain, and went after the nations which surrounded them, concerning which the 28LORD had commanded them not to do like them.
  16. They forsook all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves molten images, even 29two calves, and 30made an [g]Asherah and 31worshiped all the host of heaven and 32served Baal.
  17. Then 33they made their sons and their daughters pass through the fire, and 34practiced divination and enchantments, and 35sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him.
  18. So the LORD was very angry with Israel and 36removed them from His [h]sight; 37none was left except the tribe of Judah.
  19. ¶ Also 38Judah did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God, but 39walked in the [i]customs [j]which Israel had [k]introduced.
  20. The LORD rejected all the [l]descendants of Israel and afflicted them and 40gave them into the hand of plunderers, until He had cast them [m]out of His sight.
  21. ¶ When 41He had torn Israel from the house of David, 42they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king. Then 43Jeroboam drove Israel away from following the LORD and made them [n]commit a great sin.
  22. The sons of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they did not depart from them
  23. 44until the LORD removed Israel from His sight, 45as He spoke through all His servants the prophets. 46So Israel was carried away into exile from their own land to Assyria until this day.
  24. 47The king of Assyria brought men from Babylon and from Cuthah and from [o]48Avva and from 49Hamath and Sepharvaim, and settled them in the cities of Samaria in place of the sons of Israel. So they possessed Samaria and lived in its cities.
  25. At the beginning of their living there, they 50did not fear the LORD; therefore the LORD sent lions among them which killed some of them.
  26. So they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, “The nations whom you have carried away into exile in the cities of Samaria do not know the custom of the god of the land; so he has sent lions among them, and behold, they kill them because they do not know the custom of the god of the land.”
  27. ¶ Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, “Take there one of the priests whom you carried away into [p]exile and let [q]him go and live there; and let him teach them the custom of the god of the land.”
  28. So one of the priests whom they had carried away into exile from Samaria came and lived at Bethel, and taught them how they should fear the LORD.
  29. ¶ But every nation still made gods of its own and put them 51in the houses of the high places which the people of Samaria had made, every nation in their cities in which they lived.
  30. 52The men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, the men of Cuth made Nergal, the men of Hamath made Ashima,
  31. and the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak; and 53the Sepharvites burned their children in the fire to 54Adrammelech and Anammelech the gods of 55Sepharvaim.
  32. 56They also feared the LORD and [r]57appointed from among themselves priests of the high places, who acted for them in the houses of the high places.
  33. They feared the LORD and served their own gods according to the custom of the nations from among whom they had been carried away into exile.
  34. ¶ To this day they do according to the earlier customs: they do not fear the LORD, nor do they [s]follow their statutes or their ordinances or the law, or the commandments which the LORD commanded the sons of Jacob, 58whom He named Israel;
  35. with whom the LORD made a covenant and commanded them, saying, “59You shall not fear other gods, nor 60bow down yourselves to them nor 61serve them nor sacrifice to them.
  36. But the LORD, 62who brought you up from the land of Egypt with great power and with 63an outstretched arm, 64Him you shall fear, and to Him you shall bow yourselves down, and to Him you shall sacrifice.
  37. The statutes and the ordinances and the law and the commandment which He wrote for you, 65you shall observe to do forever; and you shall not fear other gods.
  38. The covenant that I have made with you, 66you shall not forget, nor shall you fear other gods.
  39. But the LORD your God you shall fear; and He will deliver you from the hand of all your enemies.”
  40. However, they did not listen, but they did according to their earlier custom.
  41. 67So while these nations feared the LORD, they also served their [t]idols; their children likewise and their grandchildren, as their fathers did, so they do to this day.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Lit revered, and so throughout the ch
  2. ^ Lit statutes
  3. ^ Lit made
  4. ^ Or uttered words which
  5. ^ I.e. wooden symbols of a female deity
  6. ^ Lit like the neck of
  7. ^ I.e. a wooden symbol of a female deity
  8. ^ Lit face
  9. ^ Lit statutes
  10. ^ Lit of Israel which they
  11. ^ Lit made
  12. ^ Lit seed
  13. ^ Lit from His face
  14. ^ Lit sin
  15. ^ In 2 Kin 18:34, Ivvah
  16. ^ Lit exile from there
  17. ^ Lit them
  18. ^ Lit made for themselves from among
  19. ^ Lit do according to
  20. ^ Or graven images

REFERENCES

  1. ^ 2Ki 15:30
  2. ^ Ho 10:14
  3. ^ 2Ki 18:9-12
  4. ^ Ho 13:16
  5. ^ Ho 13:16
  6. ^ De 28:64; 29:27, 28
  7. ^ 2Ki 18:11; 1Ch 5:26
  8. ^ Is 37:12
  9. ^ Is 13:17; 21:2
  10. ^ Jos 23:16
  11. ^ Ex 14:15-30
  12. ^ Jg 6:10
  13. ^ Le 18:3; De 18:9
  14. ^ 2Ki 16:3; 17:19
  15. ^ 2Ki 18:8
  16. ^ Ex 34:12-14
  17. ^ 1Ki 14:23; Mc 5:14
  18. ^ Ex 20:4
  19. ^ Ne 9:29, 30
  20. ^ 2Ki 17:23
  21. ^ 1Sa 9:9
  22. ^ Je 7:3-7; 18:11; Eze 18:31
  23. ^ Ex 32:9; 33:3; Ac 7:51
  24. ^ Je 8:9
  25. ^ Ex 24:6-8; De 29:25
  26. ^ De 32:21
  27. ^ Je 2:5; Ro 1:21-23
  28. ^ De 12:30, 31
  29. ^ 1Ki 12:28
  30. ^ 1Ki 14:15, 23
  31. ^ De 4:19; 2Ki 21:3
  32. ^ 1Ki 16:31
  33. ^ 2Ki 16:3
  34. ^ Le 19:26; De 18:10-12
  35. ^ 1Ki 21:20
  36. ^ 2Ki 17:6
  37. ^ 1Ki 11:13, 32, 36
  38. ^ 1Ki 14:22, 23
  39. ^ 2Ki 16:3
  40. ^ 2Ki 15:29
  41. ^ 1Ki 11:11, 31
  42. ^ 1Ki 12:20
  43. ^ 1Ki 12:28-33
  44. ^ 2Ki 17:6
  45. ^ 2Ki 17:13
  46. ^ 2Ki 17:6
  47. ^ Ezr 4:2, 10
  48. ^ 2Ki 18:34
  49. ^ 1Ki 8:65
  50. ^ 2Ki 17:32-41
  51. ^ 1Ki 12:31; 13:32
  52. ^ 2Ki 17:24
  53. ^ 2Ki 17:17
  54. ^ 2Ki 19:37
  55. ^ 2Ki 17:24
  56. ^ Zp 1:5
  57. ^ 1Ki 12:31
  58. ^ Ge 32:28; 35:10
  59. ^ Jg 6:10
  60. ^ Ex 20:5
  61. ^ De 5:9
  62. ^ Ex 14:15-30
  63. ^ Ex 6:6; 9:15
  64. ^ Le 19:32; De 6:13
  65. ^ De 5:32
  66. ^ De 4:23; 6:12
  67. ^ Zp 1:5; Mt 6:24

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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