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King Ahaz gave this order to Uriah the priest, 'In future you will present the morning burnt offering, the evening oblation, the king's burnt offering and oblation, the burnt offering, the oblation and the libations of all the people of the country on the large altar; on it you will pour out all the blood of the burnt offerings and sacrifices. As regards the bronze altar, I shall see to that.' (2 Kings 16, 15)
Uriah the priest did everything that King Ahaz had ordered. (2 Kings 16, 16)
King Ahaz broke up the wheeled stands; removed the crosspieces and the basins from them, and took the bronze Sea off the oxen supporting it, and rested it on the stone pavement. (2 Kings 16, 17)
And from the Temple of Yahweh, in deference to the king of Assyria, he removed the dais for the throne which had been built inside, and the royal entrance on the outside. (2 Kings 16, 18)
In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, Hoshea son of Elah became king of Israel in Samaria, and reigned for nine years. (2 Kings 17, 1)
He did what is displeasing to Yahweh, though not like the preceding kings of Israel. (2 Kings 17, 2)
Shalmaneser king of Assyria made war on Hoshea who submitted to him and paid him tribute. (2 Kings 17, 3)
But the king of Assyria discovered that Hoshea was playing a double game with him; he had sent messengers to Sais, to the king of Egypt, and had not, as in previous years, handed over the tribute to the king of Assyria. For this the king of Assyria imprisoned him in chains. (2 Kings 17, 4)
The king of Assyria invaded the whole country and, coming to Samaria, laid siege to it for three years. (2 Kings 17, 5)
In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria captured Samaria and deported the Israelites to Assyria. He settled them in Halah on the Habor, a river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes. (2 Kings 17, 6)
This happened because the Israelites had sinned against Yahweh their God who had brought them out of Egypt, out of the grip of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They worshipped other gods, (2 Kings 17, 7)
And yet through all the prophets and the seers, Yahweh had given Israel and Judah this warning, 'Turn from your wicked ways and keep my commandments and my laws in accordance with the entire Law which I laid down for your fathers and delivered to them through my servants the prophets.' (2 Kings 17, 13)
