[389] Hos. iv. 4; v. 1, "Hear ye this, O priests ... ye have been a snare on Mizpah," etc.; vi. 9, "The company of the priests murder by the way to Shechem." [390] Hos. x. 10 (so R.V., and in the main the versions after the Hebrew margin). LXX., ἐν τῷ παιδεύεσθαι αὐτοὺς ἐν ταῖς δύσιν ἀδικίαις αὐτῶν; Vulg., "_cum corripientur propter duas iniquitates suas_"; A.V., "When they shall bind themselves in their two furrows." I believe that the "_two_ iniquities" may mean _two_ cherubs at Bethel. See x. 15: "So shall Bethel do unto you because of the evil of your evil." [391] Hos. xi. 8-11. [392] 2 Kings xvii. 1 is inconsistent with xv. 30, 33, and it is wholly useless for our purpose to enter into complicated chronological hypotheses, every one of which may be erroneous. [393] Schrader, _K. A. T._, p. 255. [394] _Seder Olam_, xxii. 2; 2 Chron. xxx. 6-11. [395] See Herod., ii. 137; called So (Heb., Sô or Seve) in 2 Kings xvii. 4. Perhaps Shebek, the founder of the twenty-fifth dynasty. LXX., Σηγώρ; Vulg., _Sua_; Manetho, _Sabachon_. In the _Eponym Canon_ he is called an Egyptian general, _Sibakhi_, who helped Gaza against Assyria, and was defeated. The _ka_ appended at the end of his name (Egyptian Shaba-ka) is thought by some to be the Cushite article. The race of the priest Hirhor died out with Piankhi, and the Ethiopians elected a noble named Kashta. Shabak was his son. He conquered Sais, and burnt his rival Bek-en-raut alive (B.C. 724). His dynasty ruled for fifty years; he was succeeded by Sevechus (Shabatok), and he by Tehrak (Tirhakah). [396] His name means "Salmân, pardon." We have no monuments or inscriptions of this king; only an imperial weight. [397] Mic. v. 1. [398] Hos. xiii. 13. [399] Hos. xiii. 7-11. The prophecy is rhythmic, though not written in actual poetry.