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2 Kungaboken 17
Svenska Folkbibeln
2 Kungaboken 17
Svenska Folkbibeln
Hosea blir Israels sista kung
17 I Ahas, Juda kungs, tolfte regeringsår blev Hosea, Elas son, kung i Samaria över Israel och regerade i nio år.[a] 2 Han gjorde det som var ont i Herrens ögon, men ändå inte som de israelitiska kungar som varit före honom. 3 Den assyriske kungen Salmaneser[b] drog upp mot honom och Hosea tvingades underkasta sig och ge honom gåvor. 4 Men kungen i Assyrien upptäckte att Hosea hade börjat en sammansvärjning. Han skickade nämligen sändebud till So, kungen i Egypten, och betalade inte som förut varje år skatt till kungen i Assyrien. Då lät denne spärra in honom och hålla honom bunden i fängelse.
Samaria faller
5 Kungen i Assyrien drog upp mot hela landet. Han tågade upp mot Samaria och belägrade det i tre år. 6 I Hoseas nionde regeringsår intog kungen i Assyrien Samaria och förde bort Israel till Assyrien och lät dem bo i Hala och vid floden Habor i Gozan och i Mediens städer.
7 Detta skedde på grund av att Israels barn hade syndat mot Herren, sin Gud, som hade fört dem upp ur Egyptens land undan faraos, den egyptiske kungens, hand och att de hade tillbett andra gudar. 8 De hade också levt efter sederna hos de folk som Herren hade fördrivit för Israels barn, men också efter de seder som Israels kungar hade infört. 9 Israels barn hade i hemlighet gjort sådant som inte var rätt mot Herren, sin Gud. De hade byggt sig offerhöjder i alla sina städer, vid väktartornen såväl som i de befästa städerna. 10 De hade rest stoder och aseror åt sig på alla höga kullar och under alla gröna träd. 11 Där hade de på alla offerhöjder tänt offereld, på samma sätt som de folk som Herren hade drivit bort för dem. De hade gjort det som var ont och därigenom uppväckt Herrens vrede. 12 De hade tjänat eländiga avgudar, fastän Herren hade sagt till dem: "Ni skall inte göra så."
13 Herren hade varnat både Israel och Juda genom alla sina profeter och siare och sagt: "Vänd om från era onda vägar och håll mina bud och stadgar enligt hela den lag som jag gav era fäder och som jag sände till er genom mina tjänare profeterna." 14 Men de hörde inte utan var hårdnackade som sina fäder, som inte trodde på Herren, sin Gud. 15 De förkastade hans stadgar och det förbund som han hade slutit med deras fäder och de förordningar som han hade givit dem. De följde förgängliga avgudar och uppfylldes av det förgängliga liksom folken omkring dem, fastän Herren hade förbjudit dem att göra som dessa. 16 De övergav Herrens, sin Guds, alla bud och gjorde sig gjutna bilder i form av två kalvar. De gjorde också aseror åt sig och tillbad himlens hela härskara och tjänade Baal. 17 De lät sina söner och döttrar gå genom eld och bedrev spådom och trolldom. De sålde sig till att göra det som var ont i Herrens ögon och uppväckte därmed hans vrede. 18 Därför blev också Herren mycket vred på Israel och försköt dem från sitt ansikte, så att endast Juda stam blev kvar.
19 Men inte heller Juda höll Herrens, sin Guds, bud, utan levde efter de seder som Israel hade infört. 20 Då förkastade Herren alla Israels avkomlingar och straffade dem och gav dem i plundrares hand, till dess att han kastade bort dem från sitt ansikte.
21 Ty när han hade ryckt Israel från Davids hus och de hade gjort Jerobeam, Nebats son, till kung, hindrade denne Israel att följa Herren och fick dem att begå en stor synd. 22 Israels barn levde i alla de synder som Jerobeam hade gjort. De vände sig inte bort från dem. 23 Men till slut försköt Herren Israel från sitt ansikte, så som han hade hotat genom alla sina tjänare profeterna. Så blev Israel bortfört från sitt land till Assyrien, där de är än i dag.
Främmande folk från Assyrien bosätter sig i Israel
24 Kungen i Assyrien lät folk komma från Babel, Kuta, Ava, Hamat och Sefarvajim och bosätta sig i Samariens städer i stället för Israels barn. Dessa tog Samarien i besittning och bosatte sig i städerna där. 25 Men då de under den första tiden av sin vistelse där inte fruktade Herren, sände Herren lejon bland dem och dessa dödade några av dem. 26 Man berättade detta för kungen i Assyrien och sade: "De folk som du har fört bort och låtit bosätta sig i Samariens städer vet inte hur landets Gud skall dyrkas. Därför har han sänt lejon mot dem och dessa dödar dem nu, eftersom de inte vet hur landets Gud skall dyrkas." 27 Då befallde kungen i Assyrien: "Låt en av de präster som ni har fört bort därifrån resa tillbaka och bosätta sig där. Han skall lära dem hur landets Gud skall dyrkas." 28 Och en av de präster som de hade fört bort från Samarien kom och bosatte sig i Betel. Han lärde dem hur de skulle frukta Herren.
29 Men varje folk gjorde sig sin egen gud och ställde upp den i de offerhöjdshus som samariterna hade byggt, varje folk för sig i de städer där de bodde. 30 Folket från Babel gjorde sig en Suckot-Benot, folket från Kut gjorde sig en Nergal och folket från Hamat gjorde sig en Asima. 31 Aviterna gjorde sig en Nibhas och en Tartak, och sefarviterna brände upp sina barn i eld åt Sefarvajims gudar Adrammelek och Anammelek. 32 Men de fruktade också Herren. De gjorde män ur sin egen krets till offerhöjdspräster åt sig och dessa offrade åt dem i offerhöjdshusen. 33 Så fruktade de visserligen Herren, men de tjänade dessutom sina egna gudar på samma sätt som de folk de kom ifrån.
34 Än i dag gör de som förut: De tillber inte Herren och gör inte efter de stadgar och den sed som de har fått. De lever inte efter den lag och de bud som Herren har givit Jakobs efterkommande - Jakob var den man han gav namnet Israel. 35 Ty Herren slöt ett förbund med dem och befallde dem: "Ni skall inte frukta andra gudar, inte heller tillbe dem eller tjäna dem eller offra åt dem. 36 Herren skall ni frukta, han som förde er upp ur Egyptens land med stor makt och utsträckt arm, honom skall ni tillbe och åt honom skall ni offra. 37 Ni skall alltid hålla fast vid och följa de stadgar och budord, den lag och de bud som han har föreskrivit er. Men ni skall inte frukta andra gudar. 38 Ni skall inte glömma det förbund som jag har slutit med er. Ni skall inte frukta andra gudar. 39 Endast Herren, er Gud, skall ni frukta, och han skall rädda er ur alla era fienders hand." 40 Men de lydde inte utan gjorde som förut.
41 Så fruktade dessa folk Herren, men tjänade samtidigt sina avgudar. Även deras barn och deras barnbarn gör än i dag så som deras fäder har gjort.
Footnotes
- 2 Kungaboken 17:1 nio år Ca 732-722 f. Kr.
- 2 Kungaboken 17:3 Salmaneser Salmaneser V var kung i Assyrien 727-722 f. Kr.
2 Kings 17
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2 Kings 17
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Hoshea Last King of Israel(A)
17 In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, Hoshea(B) son of Elah became king of Israel in Samaria, and he reigned nine years. 2 He did evil(C) in the eyes of the Lord, but not like the kings of Israel who preceded him.
3 Shalmaneser(D) king of Assyria came up to attack Hoshea, who had been Shalmaneser’s vassal and had paid him tribute.(E) 4 But the king of Assyria discovered that Hoshea was a traitor, for he had sent envoys to So[a] king of Egypt,(F) and he no longer paid tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year. Therefore Shalmaneser seized him and put him in prison.(G) 5 The king of Assyria invaded the entire land, marched against Samaria and laid siege(H) to it for three years. 6 In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria(I) captured Samaria(J) and deported(K) the Israelites to Assyria. He settled them in Halah, in Gozan(L) on the Habor River and in the towns of the Medes.
Israel Exiled Because of Sin
7 All this took place because the Israelites had sinned(M) against the Lord their God, who had brought them up out of Egypt(N) from under the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They worshiped other gods 8 and followed the practices of the nations(O) the Lord had driven out before them, as well as the practices that the kings of Israel had introduced. 9 The Israelites secretly did things against the Lord their God that were not right. From watchtower to fortified city(P) they built themselves high places in all their towns. 10 They set up sacred stones(Q) and Asherah poles(R) on every high hill and under every spreading tree.(S) 11 At every high place they burned incense, as the nations whom the Lord had driven out before them had done. They did wicked things that aroused the Lord’s anger. 12 They worshiped idols,(T) though the Lord had said, “You shall not do this.”[b] 13 The Lord warned(U) Israel and Judah through all his prophets and seers:(V) “Turn from your evil ways.(W) Observe my commands and decrees, in accordance with the entire Law that I commanded your ancestors to obey and that I delivered to you through my servants the prophets.”(X)
14 But they would not listen and were as stiff-necked(Y) as their ancestors, who did not trust in the Lord their God. 15 They rejected his decrees and the covenant(Z) he had made with their ancestors and the statutes he had warned them to keep. They followed worthless idols(AA) and themselves became worthless.(AB) They imitated the nations(AC) around them although the Lord had ordered them, “Do not do as they do.”
16 They forsook all the commands of the Lord their God and made for themselves two idols cast in the shape of calves,(AD) and an Asherah(AE) pole. They bowed down to all the starry hosts,(AF) and they worshiped Baal.(AG) 17 They sacrificed(AH) their sons and daughters in the fire. They practiced divination and sought omens(AI) and sold(AJ) themselves to do evil in the eyes of the Lord, arousing his anger.
18 So the Lord was very angry with Israel and removed them from his presence.(AK) Only the tribe of Judah was left, 19 and even Judah did not keep the commands of the Lord their God. They followed the practices Israel had introduced.(AL) 20 Therefore the Lord rejected all the people of Israel; he afflicted them and gave them into the hands of plunderers,(AM) until he thrust them from his presence.(AN)
21 When he tore(AO) Israel away from the house of David, they made Jeroboam son of Nebat their king.(AP) Jeroboam enticed Israel away from following the Lord and caused them to commit a great sin.(AQ) 22 The Israelites persisted in all the sins of Jeroboam and did not turn away from them 23 until the Lord removed them from his presence,(AR) as he had warned(AS) through all his servants the prophets. So the people of Israel were taken from their homeland(AT) into exile in Assyria, and they are still there.
Samaria Resettled
24 The king of Assyria(AU) brought people from Babylon, Kuthah, Avva, Hamath and Sepharvaim(AV) and settled them in the towns of Samaria to replace the Israelites. They took over Samaria and lived in its towns. 25 When they first lived there, they did not worship the Lord; so he sent lions(AW) among them and they killed some of the people. 26 It was reported to the king of Assyria: “The people you deported and resettled in the towns of Samaria do not know what the god of that country requires. He has sent lions among them, which are killing them off, because the people do not know what he requires.”
27 Then the king of Assyria gave this order: “Have one of the priests you took captive from Samaria go back to live there and teach the people what the god of the land requires.” 28 So one of the priests who had been exiled from Samaria came to live in Bethel and taught them how to worship the Lord.
29 Nevertheless, each national group made its own gods in the several towns(AX) where they settled, and set them up in the shrines(AY) the people of Samaria had made at the high places.(AZ) 30 The people from Babylon made Sukkoth Benoth, those from Kuthah made Nergal, and those from Hamath made Ashima; 31 the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burned their children in the fire as sacrifices to Adrammelek(BA) and Anammelek, the gods of Sepharvaim.(BB) 32 They worshiped the Lord, but they also appointed all sorts(BC) of their own people to officiate for them as priests in the shrines at the high places. 33 They worshiped the Lord, but they also served their own gods in accordance with the customs of the nations from which they had been brought.
34 To this day they persist in their former practices. They neither worship the Lord nor adhere to the decrees and regulations, the laws and commands that the Lord gave the descendants of Jacob, whom he named Israel.(BD) 35 When the Lord made a covenant with the Israelites, he commanded them: “Do not worship(BE) any other gods or bow down to them, serve them or sacrifice to them.(BF) 36 But the Lord, who brought you up out of Egypt with mighty power and outstretched arm,(BG) is the one you must worship. To him you shall bow down and to him offer sacrifices. 37 You must always be careful(BH) to keep the decrees(BI) and regulations, the laws and commands he wrote for you. Do not worship other gods. 38 Do not forget(BJ) the covenant I have made with you, and do not worship other gods. 39 Rather, worship the Lord your God; it is he who will deliver you from the hand of all your enemies.”
40 They would not listen, however, but persisted in their former practices. 41 Even while these people were worshiping the Lord,(BK) they were serving their idols. To this day their children and grandchildren continue to do as their ancestors did.
Footnotes
- 2 Kings 17:4 So is probably an abbreviation for Osorkon.
- 2 Kings 17:12 Exodus 20:4,5
2 Kings 17
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2 Kings 17
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Hoshea Reigns in Israel
17 In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, (A)Hoshea the son of Elah began to reign in Samaria over Israel, and he reigned nine years. 2 And he did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, yet not as the kings of Israel who were before him. 3 (B)Against him came up (C)Shalmaneser king of Assyria. And Hoshea became his vassal and paid him tribute. 4 But the king of Assyria found treachery in Hoshea, for he had sent messengers to So, king of Egypt, and offered no tribute 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. 5 Then the king of Assyria invaded all the land and came to Samaria, and for three years he besieged it.
The Fall of Israel
6 In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria (D)captured Samaria, (E)and he carried the Israelites away to Assyria (F)and placed them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of (G)Gozan, and in the cities of (H)the Medes.
Exile Because of Idolatry
7 And this occurred because the people of Israel had sinned against the Lord their God, (I)who had brought them up out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods 8 (J)and walked in the customs of the nations whom the Lord drove out before the people of Israel, (K)and in the customs that the kings of Israel had practiced. 9 And the people of Israel did secretly against the Lord their God things that were not right. They built for themselves high places in all their towns, (L)from watchtower to fortified city. 10 They set up for themselves (M)pillars and Asherim on every high hill and under every green tree, 11 and there they made offerings on all the high places, as the nations did whom the Lord carried away before them. And they did wicked things, provoking the Lord to anger, 12 and they served idols, (N)of which the Lord had said to them, “You shall not do this.” 13 Yet the Lord (O)warned Israel and Judah (P)by every prophet (Q)and every seer, saying, (R)“Turn from your evil ways and keep my commandments and my statutes, in accordance with all the Law that I commanded your fathers, and that I sent to you by my servants the prophets.”
14 But they would not listen, (S)but were stubborn, as their fathers had been, who did not believe in the Lord their God. 15 They despised his statutes (T)and his covenant that he made with their fathers and the warnings that he gave them. They went after (U)false idols (V)and became false, and they followed the nations that were around them, concerning whom the (W)Lord had commanded them that they should not do like them. 16 And they abandoned all the commandments of the Lord their God, and made for themselves metal images of (X)two calves; and they (Y)made an Asherah and (Z)worshiped all the host of heaven and served (AA)Baal. 17 (AB)And they burned their sons and their daughters as offerings[a] and used (AC)divination and (AD)omens and (AE)sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to anger. 18 Therefore the Lord was very angry with Israel and removed them out of his sight. None was left but (AF)the tribe of Judah only.
19 (AG)Judah also did not keep the commandments of the Lord their God, but walked in the customs that Israel had introduced. 20 And the Lord rejected all the descendants of Israel and afflicted them (AH)and gave them into the hand of plunderers, until he had cast them out of his sight.
21 (AI)When he had torn Israel from the house of David, (AJ)they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king. And Jeroboam drove Israel from following the Lord (AK)and made them commit great sin. 22 The people of Israel walked in all the sins that Jeroboam did. They did not depart from them, 23 until the Lord removed Israel out of his sight, (AL)as he had spoken by all his servants the prophets. (AM)So Israel was exiled from their own land to Assyria until this day.
Assyria Resettles Samaria
24 (AN)And the king of Assyria brought people from (AO)Babylon, Cuthah, (AP)Avva, (AQ)Hamath, and (AR)Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the people of Israel. And they took possession of Samaria and lived in its cities. 25 And at the beginning of their dwelling there, they did not fear the Lord. Therefore the Lord sent lions among them, which killed some of them. 26 So the king of Assyria was told, “The nations that you have carried away and placed in the cities of Samaria do not know the law of the god of the land. Therefore he has sent lions among them, and behold, they are killing them, because they do not know the law of the god of the land.” 27 Then the king of Assyria commanded, “Send there one of the priests whom you carried away from there, and let him[b] go and dwell there and teach them the law of the god of the land.” 28 So one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and lived in (AS)Bethel and taught them how they should fear the Lord.
29 But every nation still made gods of its own and put them (AT)in the shrines of the high places that the Samaritans had made, every nation in the cities in which they lived. 30 The men of (AU)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 the Sepharvites (AV)burned their children in the fire to (AW)Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of (AX)Sepharvaim. 32 (AY)They also feared the Lord (AZ)and appointed from among themselves all sorts of people as priests of the high places, who sacrificed for them in the shrines of (BA)the high places. 33 So they feared the Lord but also served their own gods, after the manner of the nations from among whom they had been carried away.
34 To this day they do according to the former manner. They do not fear the Lord, and they do not follow the statutes or the rules or the law or the commandment that the Lord commanded the children of Jacob, (BB)whom he named Israel. 35 The Lord made a covenant with them and commanded them, (BC)“You shall not fear other gods (BD)or bow yourselves to them or serve them or sacrifice to them, 36 but (BE)you shall fear the Lord, (BF)who brought you out of the land of Egypt with great power and (BG)with an outstretched arm. You shall bow yourselves to him, and to him you shall sacrifice. 37 And the statutes and the rules and the law and the commandment that he wrote for you, (BH)you shall always be careful to do. (BI)You shall not fear other gods, 38 and (BJ)you shall not forget the covenant that I have made with you. (BK)You shall not fear other gods, 39 but (BL)you shall fear the Lord your God, and he will deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.” 40 However, they would not listen, but they did according to their former manner.
41 (BM)So these nations feared the Lord and also served their carved images. Their children did likewise, and their children's children—as their fathers did, so they do to this day.
Footnotes
- 2 Kings 17:17 Or made their sons and their daughters pass through the fire
- 2 Kings 17:27 Syriac, Vulgate; Hebrew them
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