But the angel of the Lord said to Eli´jah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that ye go to inquire of Ba-al´–zebub the god of Ekron?
And Hoshe´a the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remali´ah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzzi´ah.
And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshe´a: for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present 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.
The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us.