Bible verse
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, but not like the kings of Israel who preceded him.
2 Kings 17:2 · BSB
The verses around it, from 2 Kings 17.
1 In the twelfth year of the reign of Ahaz over Judah, Hoshea son of Elah became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria nine years.
2 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, but not like the kings of Israel who preceded him.
3 Shalmaneser king of Assyria attacked him, and Hoshea became his vassal and paid him tribute.
4 But the king of Assyria discovered that Hoshea had conspired to send envoys to King So of Egypt, and that he had not paid tribute to the king of Assyria as in previous years. Therefore the king of Assyria arrested Hoshea and put him in prison.
5 Then the king of Assyria invaded the whole land, marched up to Samaria, and besieged it for three years.
6 In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried away the Israelites to Assyria, where he settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.
KJV
And he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD, but not as the kings of Israel that were before him.
ASV
And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, yet not as the kings of Israel that were before him.
ERV
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, yet not as the kings of Israel that were before him.
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