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2 Re 17
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2 Re 17
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17 Nell'anno dodicesimo di Achaz, re di Giuda. Hosea figlio di Elah, iniziò a regnare sopra Israele in Samaria, e regnò nove anni.
2 Egli fece ciò che è male agli occhi dell'Eterno, ma non come i re d'Israele che erano stati prima di lui.
3 Shalmaneser, re di Assiria, salí contro di lui; Hosea divenne quindi suo servo e gli pagò un tributo.
4 Ma il re di Assiria scoprí una congiura in Hosea, perché egli aveva inviato dei messaggeri a So, re d'Egitto, e non portava piú il tributo al re di Assiria come era solito fare ogni anno. Perciò il re di Assiria lo fece imprigionare e lo rinchiuse in carcere.
5 Poi il re di Assiria invase tutto il paese, salí contro Samaria e l'assediò per tre anni.
6 Nell'anno nono di Hosea, il re di Assiria espugnò Samaria, deportò gl'lsraeliti in Assiria e li stabilí in Halah e sull'Habor, fiume di Gozan, e nelle città dei Medi.
7 Questo avvenne perché i figli d'Israele avevano peccato contro l'Eterno, il loro DIO, che li aveva fatti uscire dal paese d'Egitto liberandoli dal potere del Faraone re d'Egitto e avevano riverito altri dèi;
8 essi avevano seguito le usanze delle nazioni che l'Eterno aveva scacciato davanti ai figli d'Israele e quelle introdotte dai re d'Israele.
9 Inoltre i figli d'Israele avevano fatto in segreto contro l'Eterno, il loro DIO, cose non giuste e si erano costruiti alti luoghi in tutte le loro città, dalle torri di guardia alle città fortificate.
10 Avevano eretto per sé colonne sacre e Ascerim su ogni alto colle e sotto ogni albero verdeggiante;
11 e là, su tutti gli alti luoghi, avevano bruciato incenso, come avevano fatto le nazioni che l'Eterno aveva scacciato davanti a loro, e avevano commesso azioni malvagie, provocando ad ira l'Eterno;
12 avevano inoltre servito gli idoli intorno ai quali l'Eterno aveva loro detto: «Non fate una simile cosa!».
13 Eppure l'Eterno aveva avvertito Israele e Giuda per mezzo di tutti i profeti e di tutti i veggenti, dicendo: «Tornate indietro dalle vostre vie malvagie e osservate i miei comandamenti e i miei statuti, secondo tutta la legge che io prescrissi ai vostri padri e che ho mandato a voi per mezzo dei miei servi i profeti».
14 Ma essi non prestarono ascolto e indurirono il loro collo, come l'avevano indurito i loro padri che non ebbero fede nell'Eterno, il loro DIO.
15 E rigettarono i suoi statuti e il patto che egli aveva stabilito con i loro padri e gli avvertimenti che egli aveva loro dato. Perciò seguirono cose vane, diventando fatui essi stessi, e andarono dietro le nazioni che li circondavano, che l'Eterno aveva loro proibito di imitare.
16 Cosí essi abbandonarono tutti i comandamenti dell'Eterno, il loro DIO; si fecero due vitelli di metallo fuso e fecero un'Ascerah e adorarono tutto l'esercito del cielo e servirono Baal,
17 fecero passare per il fuoco i loro figli e le loro figlie, praticarono la divinazione, interpretarono presagi e si diedero a fare ciò che è male agli occhi dell'Eterno, provocandolo ad ira.
18 Per questo l'Eterno si adirò grandemente contro Israele e lo allontanò dalla sua presenza; non rimase se non la sola tribú di Giuda
19 Neppure Giuda osservò i comandamenti dell'Eterno, il suo DIO, ma seguí le usanze introdotte da Israele.
20 Perciò l'Eterno rigettò tutta la stirpe d'Israele, li umiliò e li abbandonò in mano dei predoni, finché li scacciò dalla sua presenza.
21 Quando egli strappò Israele dalla casa di Davide, essi proclamarono re Geroboamo, figlio di Nebat: poi Geroboamo distolse Israele dal seguire l'Eterno e gli fece commettere un gran peccato.
22 Cosí i figli d'Israele seguirono tutti i peccati che Geroboamo aveva commesso e non se ne allontanarono.
23 fino a che l'Eterno mandò via Israele dalla sua presenza, come aveva detto per mezzo di tutti i profeti suoi servi; e Israele fu cosí deportato dal suo paese in Assiria, dove si trova fino al giorno d'oggi.
24 Poi il re di Assiria fece venire gente da Babilonia, da Kuthah, da Avva, da Hamath e da Sefarvaim e la stabilí nelle città della Samaria al posto dei figli d'Israele; cosí essi presero possesso della Samaria e abitarono nelle sue città.
25 Ma, all'inizio del loro insediamento colà, essi non temevano l'Eterno; perciò l'Eterno mandò in mezzo a loro dei leoni che uccisero alcuni di loro.
26 Allora dissero al re di Assiria: «Le genti che tu hai trasferito e stabilito nelle città della Samaria non conoscono la legge del DIO del paese; perciò egli ha mandato in mezzo a loro dei leoni che li uccidono, perché essi non conoscono la legge del DIO del paese».
27 Allora il re di Assiria diede quest'ordine, dicendo: «Fatevi ritornare uno dei sacerdoti che avete deportato di là; egli vada, vi si stabilisca ed insegni loro la legge del DIO del paese».
28 Così uno dei sacerdoti, che erano stati deportati dalla Samaria, venne a stabilirsi a Bethel e insegnò loro come dovevano temere l'Eterno.
29 Ciò nonostante, tutte quelle nazioni continuarono a fare i propri dèi e li collocarono nei templi degli alti luoghi che i Samaritani avevano costruito, ogni nazione nella città in cui abitava.
30 Quei di Babilonia fecero Sukkoth-Benoth; quelli di Kuth fecero Nergal quelli di Hamath fecero Ascima;
31 quelli di Avva fecero Nibhaz e Tartak e quelli di Sefarvaim bruciavano i loro figli col fuoco in onore di Adrammelek e di Anammelek, dèi di Sefarvaim.
32 Essi temevano l'Eterno, ma si scelsero dei sacerdoti degli alti luoghi provenienti da ogni classe e che offrivano per loro sacrifici nei templi degli alti luoghi.
33 Cosí essi temevano l'Eterno e servivano i loro dèi, secondo le usanze delle quali erano stati deportati.
34 A tutt'oggi essi continuano a seguire le antiche usanze: non temono l'Eterno e non agiscono secondo i suoi statuti e i suoi decreti e neppure secondo la legge e i comandamenti che l'Eterno prescrisse ai figli di Giacobbe, da lui chiamato Israele.
35 Con essi infatti l'Eterno aveva stabilito e aveva loro ordinato: «Non temete altri dèi, non prostratevi davanti a loro, non serviteli e non offrite loro sacrifici,
36 ma temete l'Eterno, che vi ha fatto salire dal paese d'Egitto con grande potenza e con braccio disteso; davanti a lui prostratevi e a lui offrite sacrifici.
37 Abbiate cura di mettere sempre in pratica gli statuti, i decreti, la legge e i comandamenti che egli scrisse per voi; ma non temete altri dèi.
38 Non dimenticate il patto che io ho stabilito con voi e non temete altri dèi;
39 ma temete l'Eterno, il vostro DIO, ed egli vi libererà dalle mani di tutti i vostri nemici».
40 Essi però non ubbidirono e continuarono invece a seguire le loro antiche usanze.
41 Cosí quelle nazioni temevano l'Eterno e servivano i loro idoli. Anche i loro figli e i figli dei loro figli hanno continuato a fare fino al giorno d'oggi come avevano fatto i loro padri.
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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