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1. Hoshea son of Elah began to rule in Samaria over Israel. This was during the 12 year that Ahaz was king of Judah. Hoshea ruled nine years.
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1. In the twelfth H8147 H6240 year H8141 of Ahaz H271 king H4428 of Judah H3063 began Hoshea H1954 the son H1121 of Elah H425 to reign H4427 in Samaria H8111 over H5921 Israel H3478 nine H8672 years H8141 .
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2. He did what the Lord said was wrong, but he was not as bad as the kings of Israel who had ruled before him.
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2. And he did H6213 that which was evil H7451 in the sight H5869 of the LORD H3068 , but H7535 not H3808 as the kings H4428 of Israel H3478 that H834 were H1961 before H6440 him.
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3. King Shalmaneser of Assyria came to fight against Hoshea and defeated him. So Hoshea paid tribute to Shalmaneser.
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3. Against H5921 him came up H5927 Shalmaneser H8022 king H4428 of Assyria H804 ; and Hoshea H1954 became H1961 his servant H5650 , and gave H7725 him presents H4503 .
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4. Later, Hoshea sent messengers to the king of Egypt to ask for help. That king's name was So. That year Hoshea did not pay tribute to the king of Assyria as he did every other year. The king of Assyria learned that Hoshea had made plans against him. So he arrested Hoshea and put him in jail.
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4. And the king H4428 of Assyria H804 found H4672 conspiracy H7195 in Hoshea H1954 : for he had sent H7971 messengers H4397 to H413 So H5471 king H4428 of Egypt H4714 , and brought H5927 no H3808 present H4503 to the king H4428 of Assyria H804 , as he had done year H8141 by year H8141 : therefore the king H4428 of Assyria H804 shut him up H6113 , and bound H631 him in prison H1004 H3608 .
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5. The king of Assyria attacked many places in Israel. Then he came to Samaria and fought against it for three years.
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5. Then the king H4428 of Assyria H804 came up H5927 throughout all H3605 the land H776 , and went up H5927 to Samaria H8111 , and besieged H6696 H5921 it three H7969 years H8141 .
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6. The king of Assyria took Samaria during the ninth year that Hoshea was king of Israel. He captured many Israelites and took them as prisoners to Assyria. He made them live in Halah by the Habor River at Gozan and in other cities of the Medes.
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6. In the ninth H8671 year H8141 of Hoshea H1954 the king H4428 of Assyria H804 took H3920 H853 Samaria H8111 , and carried Israel away H1540 H853 H3478 into Assyria H804 , and placed H3427 them in Halah H2477 and in Habor H2249 by the river H5104 of Gozan H1470 , and in the cities H5892 of the Medes H4074 .
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7. These things happened because the Israelites had sinned against the Lord their God. And it was the Lord who brought the Israelites out of the land of Egypt! He saved them from the power of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. But the Israelites began worshiping other gods.
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7. For so it was H1961 , that H3588 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 had sinned H2398 against the LORD H3068 their God H430 , which had brought them up H5927 H853 out of the land H4480 H776 of Egypt H4714 , from under H4480 H8478 the hand H3027 of Pharaoh H6547 king H4428 of Egypt H4714 , and had feared H3372 other H312 gods H430 ,
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8. They began doing the same things that other people did. And the Lord had forced those people to leave their land when the Israelites came. The Israelites also chose to be ruled by kings.
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8. And walked H1980 in the statutes H2708 of the heathen H1471 , whom H834 the LORD H3068 cast out H3423 from before H4480 H6440 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 , and of the kings H4428 of Israel H3478 , which H834 they had made H6213 .
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9. The Israelites secretly did things against the Lord their God, and those things were wrong! The Israelites built high places in all their cities�from the smallest town to the largest city.
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9. And the children H1121 of Israel H3478 did secretly H2644 those things H1697 that H834 were not H3808 right H3651 against H5921 the LORD H3068 their God H430 , and they built H1129 them high places H1116 in all H3605 their cities H5892 , from the tower H4480 H4026 of the watchmen H5341 to H5704 the fenced H4013 city H5892 .
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10. They put up memorial stones and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
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10. And they set them up H5324 images H4676 and groves H842 in H5921 every H3605 high H1364 hill H1389 , and under H8478 every H3605 green H7488 tree H6086 :
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11. They burned incense there in all those places for worship. They did these things like the nations that the Lord forced out of the land before them. The Israelites did evil things that made the Lord angry.
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11. And there H8033 they burnt incense H6999 in all H3605 the high places H1116 , as did the heathen H1471 whom H834 the LORD H3068 carried away H1540 before H4480 H6440 them ; and wrought H6213 wicked H7451 things H1697 to provoke H3707 H853 the LORD H3068 to anger:
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12. They served idols, and the Lord had said to them, "You must not do this."
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12. For they served H5647 idols H1544 , whereof H834 the LORD H3068 had said H559 unto them , Ye shall not H3808 do H6213 H853 this H2088 thing H1697 .
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13. The Lord used every prophet and every seer to warn Israel and Judah. He said, "Turn away from the evil things you do. Obey my commands and laws. Follow all the law that I gave to your ancestors. I used my servants the prophets to give this law to you."
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13. Yet the LORD H3068 testified H5749 against Israel H3478 , and against Judah H3063 , by H3027 all H3605 the prophets H5030 , and by all H3605 the seers H2374 , saying H559 , Turn H7725 ye from your evil ways H4480 H1870 H7451 , and keep H8104 my commandments H4687 and my statutes H2708 , according to all H3605 the law H8451 which H834 I commanded H6680 H853 your fathers H1 , and which H834 I sent H7971 to H413 you by H3027 my servants H5650 the prophets H5030 .
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14. But the people would not listen. They were very stubborn like their ancestors. Their ancestors did not believe the Lord their God.
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14. Notwithstanding they would not H3808 hear H8085 , but hardened H7185 H853 their necks H6203 , like to the neck H6203 of their fathers H1 , that H834 did not H3808 believe H539 in the LORD H3068 their God H430 .
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15. They refused the Lord's laws and the agreement that he made with their ancestors. They refused to listen to the Lord's warnings. They worshiped idols that were worth nothing and they themselves became worth nothing. They lived like the people in the nations around them. They did those bad things. And the Lord had warned the Israelites. The Lord told them not to do those bad things.
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15. And they rejected H3988 H853 his statutes H2706 , and his covenant H1285 that H834 he made H3772 with H854 their fathers H1 , and his testimonies H5715 which H834 he testified H5749 against them ; and they followed H1980 H310 vanity H1892 , and became vain H1891 , and went after H310 the heathen H1471 that H834 were round about H5439 them, concerning whom H834 the LORD H3068 had charged H6680 them , that they should not H1115 do H6213 like them.
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16. The people stopped following the commands of the Lord their God. They made two gold statues of calves. They made Asherah poles. They worshiped all the stars of heaven and served Baal.
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16. And they left H5800 H853 all H3605 the commandments H4687 of the LORD H3068 their God H430 , and made H6213 them molten images H4541 , even two H8147 calves H5695 , and made H6213 a grove H842 , and worshiped H7812 all H3605 the host H6635 of heaven H8064 , and served H5647 H853 Baal H1168 .
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17. They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire. They used magic and witchcraft to try to learn the future. They sold themselves to do what the Lord said was evil. They did this to make the Lord angry.
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17. And they caused H853 their sons H1121 and their daughters H1323 to pass through H5674 the fire H784 , and used H7080 divination H7081 and enchantments H5172 , and sold themselves H4376 to do H6213 evil H7451 in the sight H5869 of the LORD H3068 , to provoke him to anger H3707 .
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18. So the Lord became very angry with Israel and removed them from his sight. There were no Israelites left, except the tribe of Judah.
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18. Therefore the LORD H3068 was very angry H599 H3966 with Israel H3478 , and removed H5493 them out of H4480 H5921 his sight H6440 : there was none H3808 left H7604 but H7535 the tribe H7626 of Judah H3063 only H905 .
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19. But even the people of Judah did not obey the commands of the Lord their God. They lived just as the Israelites had.
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19. Also H1571 Judah H3063 kept H8104 not H3808 H853 the commandments H4687 of the LORD H3068 their God H430 , but walked H1980 in the statutes H2708 of Israel H3478 which H834 they made H6213 .
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20. The Lord rejected all the Israelites. He brought them many troubles. He let people destroy them. Finally he threw them away and removed them from his sight.
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20. And the LORD H3068 rejected H3988 all H3605 the seed H2233 of Israel H3478 , and afflicted H6031 them , and delivered H5414 them into the hand H3027 of spoilers H8154 , until H5704 H834 he had cast them out H7993 of his sight H4480 H6440 .
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21. The Lord tore them from the family of David, and they made Jeroboam son of Nebat their king. Jeroboam pulled the Israelites away from following the Lord. He caused them to commit a great sin.
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21. For H3588 he rent H7167 Israel H3478 from H4480 H5921 the house H1004 of David H1732 ; and they made H853 Jeroboam H3379 the son H1121 of Nebat H5028 king H4427 : and Jeroboam H3379 drove H5080 H853 Israel H3478 from following H4480 H310 the LORD H3068 , and made them sin H2398 a great H1419 sin H2401 .
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22. So the Israelites sinned in all the ways Jeroboam did. And they did not stop committing these sins
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22. For the children H1121 of Israel H3478 walked H1980 in all H3605 the sins H2403 of Jeroboam H3379 which H834 he did H6213 ; they departed H5493 not H3808 from H4480 them;
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23. until the Lord took Israel away from his sight. And he said this would happen. He sent his prophets to tell the people this would happen. So the Israelites were taken out of their country into Assyria, and they have been there to this day.
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23. Until H5704 H834 the LORD H3068 removed H5493 H853 Israel H3478 out of H4480 H5921 his sight H6440 , as H834 he had said H1696 by H3027 all H3605 his servants H5650 the prophets H5030 . So was Israel H3478 carried away H1540 out of H4480 H5921 their own land H127 to Assyria H804 unto H5704 this H2088 day H3117 .
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24. The king of Assyria took the Israelites out of Samaria and brought in other people from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim. They took over Samaria and lived in the cities around it.
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24. And the king H4428 of Assyria H804 brought H935 men from Babylon H4480 H894 , and from Cuthah H4480 H3575 , and from Ava H4480 H5755 , and from Hamath H4480 H2574 , and from Sepharvaim H5617 , and placed H3427 them in the cities H5892 of Samaria H8111 instead H8478 of the children H1121 of Israel H3478 : and they possessed H3423 H853 Samaria H8111 , and dwelt H3427 in the cities H5892 thereof.
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25. When these people began to live in Samaria, they did not honor the Lord, so the Lord sent lions to attack them. The lions killed some of them.
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25. And so it was H1961 at the beginning H8462 of their dwelling H3427 there H8033 , that they feared H3372 not H3808 H853 the LORD H3068 : therefore the LORD H3068 sent H7971 H853 lions H738 among them , which slew H2026 some of them.
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26. Some people said to the king of Assyria, "The people who you took away and put in the cities of Samaria don't know the law of the god of that country. So that god sent lions to attack them. The lions killed them because they don't know the law of the god of that country."
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26. Wherefore they spoke H559 to the king H4428 of Assyria H804 , saying H559 , The nations H1471 which H834 thou hast removed H1540 , and placed H3427 in the cities H5892 of Samaria H8111 , know H3045 not H3808 H853 the manner H4941 of the God H430 of the land H776 : therefore he hath sent H7971 H853 lions H738 among them, and, behold H2009 , they slay H4191 them, because H834 they know H3045 not H369 H853 the manner H4941 of the God H430 of the land H776 .
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27. So the king of Assyria gave this command: "You took some priests from Samaria. Send one of them who I captured back to Samaria. Let that priest go and live there. Then he can teach the people the law of the god of that country."
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27. Then the king H4428 of Assyria H804 commanded H6680 , saying H559 , Carry H1980 thither H8033 one H259 of the priests H4480 H3548 whom H834 ye brought H1540 from thence H4480 H8033 ; and let them go H1980 and dwell H3427 there H8033 , and let him teach H3384 them H853 the manner H4941 of the God H430 of the land H776 .
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28. So one of the priests who the Assyrians had carried away from Samaria came to live in Bethel. He taught the people how they should honor the Lord.
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28. Then one H259 of the priests H4480 H3548 whom H834 they had carried away H1540 from Samaria H4480 H8111 came H935 and dwelt H3427 in Bethel H1008 , and taught H3384 them how H349 they should fear H3372 H853 the LORD H3068 .
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29. But all those people made gods of their own. They put them in the temples at the high places that the people of Samaria had made. They did this wherever they lived.
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29. Howbeit every nation H1471 H1471 made H6213 gods H430 of their own , and put H5117 them in the houses H1004 of the high places H1116 which H834 the Samaritans H8118 had made H6213 , every nation H1471 H1471 in their cities H5892 wherein H834 H8033 they H1992 dwelt H3427 .
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30. The people of Babylon made the false god Succoth Benoth. The people of Cuthah made the false god Nergal. The people of Hamath made the false god Ashima.
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30. And the men H376 of Babylon H894 made H6213 H853 Succothbenoth H5524 , and the men H376 of Cuth H3575 made H6213 H853 Nergal H5370 , and the men H376 of Hamath H2574 made H6213 H853 Ashima H807 ,
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31. The people of Avva made the false gods Nibhaz and Tartak. The people from Sepharvaim also burned their children in the fire to honor their false gods, Adrammelech and Anammelech.
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31. And the Avites H5761 made H6213 Nibhaz H5026 and Tartak H8662 , and the Sepharvites H5617 burnt H8313 H853 their children H1121 in fire H784 to Adrammelech H152 and Anammelech H6048 , the gods H430 of Sepharvaim H5617 .
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32. But they also worshiped the Lord. They chose priests for the high places from among the people. These priests made sacrifices for the people in the temples at those places of worship.
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32. So they feared H1961 H3372 H853 the LORD H3068 , and made H6213 unto themselves of the lowest H4480 H7098 of them priests H3548 of the high places H1116 , which sacrificed H6213 for them in the houses H1004 of the high places H1116 .
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33. They respected the Lord but also served their own gods, just as they did in their own countries.
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33. They feared H1961 H3372 H853 the LORD H3068 , and served H1961 H5647 their own gods H430 , after the manner H4941 of the nations H1471 whom H834 H853 they carried away H1540 from thence H4480 H8033 .
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34. Even today they live like they did in the past. They don't honor the Lord. They don't obey the rules and commands of the Israelites. They don't obey the law or the commands that the Lord gave to the children of Jacob.
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34. Unto H5704 this H2088 day H3117 they H1992 do H6213 after the former H7223 manners H4941 : they fear H3372 not H369 H853 the LORD H3068 , neither H369 do H6213 they after their statutes H2708 , or after their ordinances H4941 , or after the law H8451 and commandment H4687 which H834 the LORD H3068 commanded H6680 H853 the children H1121 of Jacob H3290 , whom H834 he named H7760 H8034 Israel H3478 ;
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35. The Lord made an agreement with the Israelites. The Lord commanded them, "You must not honor other gods. You must not worship or serve them or offer sacrifices to them.
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35. With H854 whom the LORD H3068 had made H3772 a covenant H1285 , and charged H6680 them, saying H559 , Ye shall not H3808 fear H3372 other H312 gods H430 , nor H3808 bow yourselves H7812 to them, nor H3808 serve H5647 them, nor H3808 sacrifice H2076 to them:
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36. But you must follow the Lord. He is the God who brought you out of Egypt. He used his great power to save you. You must worship the Lord and make sacrifices to him.
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36. But H3588 H518 H853 the LORD H3068 , who H834 brought you up H5927 H853 out of the land H4480 H776 of Egypt H4714 with great H1419 power H3581 and a stretched out H5186 arm H2220 , him shall ye fear H3372 , and him shall ye worship H7812 , and to him shall ye do sacrifice H2076 .
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37. You must obey the rules, laws, teachings, and commands that he wrote for you. You must obey these things all the time. You must not respect other gods.
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37. And the statutes H2706 , and the ordinances H4941 , and the law H8451 , and the commandment H4687 , which H834 he wrote H3789 for you , ye shall observe H8104 to do H6213 forevermore H3605 H3117 ; and ye shall not H3808 fear H3372 other H312 gods H430 .
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38. You must not forget the agreement that I made with you. You must not respect other gods.
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38. And the covenant H1285 that H834 I have made H3772 with H854 you ye shall not H3808 forget H7911 ; neither H3808 shall ye fear H3372 other H312 gods H430 .
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39. No, you must respect only the Lord your God. Then he will save you from all your enemies."
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39. But H3588 H518 H853 the LORD H3068 your God H430 ye shall fear H3372 ; and he H1931 shall deliver H5337 you out of the hand H4480 H3027 of all H3605 your enemies H341 .
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40. But the Israelites did not listen. They kept on doing the same things they did before.
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40. Howbeit they did not H3808 hearken H8085 , but H3588 H518 they H1992 did H6213 after their former H7223 manner H4941 .
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41. So now those other nations respected the Lord, but they also served their own idols. Their children and grandchildren did the same thing their ancestors did. They still do these things to this day.
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41. So these H428 nations H1471 feared H1961 H3372 H853 the LORD H3068 , and served H5647 their graven images H6456 , both H1571 their children H1121 , and their children H1121 's children H1121 : as H834 did H6213 their fathers H1 , so do H6213 they H1992 unto H5704 this H2088 day H3117 .
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