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but the Lord was gracious to them, had compassion on them, and turned toward them because of His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He was not willing to destroy them. Even now He has not banished them from His presence.

He did what was right in the Lord 's sight, but not like his ancestor David. He did everything his father Joash had done.

But Amaziah would not listen, so King Jehoash of Israel advanced. He and King Amaziah of Judah faced off at Beth-shemesh that belongs to Judah.

but walked in the way of the kings of Israel. He even made his son pass through the fire, imitating the detestable practices of the nations the Lord had dispossessed before the Israelites.

Then Aram's King Rezin and Israel's King Pekah son of Remaliah came to wage war against Jerusalem. They besieged Ahaz but were not able to conquer him.

So the king of Assyria listened to him and marched up to Damascus and captured it. He deported its people to Kir but put Rezin to death.

He did what was evil in the Lord 's sight, but not like the kings of Israel who preceded him.

But the king of Assyria discovered Hoshea's conspiracy. He had sent envoys to So king of Egypt and had not paid tribute money to the king of Assyria as in previous years. Therefore the king of Assyria arrested him and put him in prison.

But they would not listen. Instead they became obstinate like their ancestors who did not believe the Lord their God.

Even Judah did not keep the commands of the Lord their God but lived according to the customs Israel had introduced.

But the people of each nation were still making their own gods in the cities where they lived and putting them in the shrines of the high places that the people of Samaria had made.

They feared the Lord , but they also appointed from their number priests to serve them in the shrines of the high places.

They feared the Lord , but they also worshiped their own gods according to the custom of the nations where they had been deported from.

but fear the Lord your God, and He will deliver you from the hand of all your enemies."

However, they would not listen but continued practicing their former customs.

These nations feared the Lord but also served their idols. Their children and grandchildren continue doing as their fathers did until today.

He remained faithful to Yahweh and did not turn from following Him but kept the commands the Lord had commanded Moses.

because they did not listen to the voice of the Lord their God but violated His covenant—all He had commanded Moses the servant of the Lord . They did not listen, and they did not obey.

Then they called for the king, but Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who was in charge of the palace, Shebnah the court secretary, and Joah son of Asaph, the court historian, came out to them.

But the Rabshakeh said to them, "Has my master sent me only to your master and to you to speak these words? Hasn't he also sent me to the men who sit on the wall, destined with you to eat their own excrement and drink their own urine?"