Now the word of the LORD
came
to aJehu
the son
of bHanani
against
Baasha
, saying
,
"Inasmuch as I aexalted
you from the dust
and made
you leader
over
My people
Israel
, and byou have walked
in the way
of Jeroboam
and have made My people
Israel
sin
, provoking
Me to anger
with their sins
,
behold, aI will consume
bBaasha
and his house
, and cI will make
your house
like the house
of Jeroboam
the son
of Nebat
.
" aAnyone of Baasha who dies
in the city
the dogs
will eat
, and anyone of his who dies
in the field
the birds
of the heavens
will eat
."
aNow the rest of the acts
of Baasha
and what
he did
and his might
, are they not written
in the Book
of the Chronicles
of the Kings
of Israel
?
And Baasha slept
with his fathers
and was buried
in aTirzah
, and Elah
his son
became
king
in his place
.
Moreover, the word
of the LORD
through
athe prophet
Jehu
the son
of Hanani
also
came
against
Baasha
and his household
, both because
of all
the evil
which
he did
in the sight
of the LORD
, provoking
Him to anger
with bthe work
of his hands
, in being
like the house
of Jeroboam
, and because
che struck
1it.
In the twenty-sixth year
of Asa
king
of Judah
, Elah
the son
of Baasha
became
king
over
Israel
at Tirzah
, and reigned two years
.
His servant aZimri
, commander
of half
his chariots
, conspired
against
him. Now he was at Tirzah
drinking
himself drunk
in the house
of Arza
, bwho
was over
the household
at Tirzah
.
Then Zimri went
in and struck
him and put
him to death
in the twenty-seventh
year
of Asa
king
of Judah
, and became
king
in his place
.
It came about when he became
king
, as soon as he sat
on his throne
, that ahe 1killed
all
the household
of Baasha
; he did not leave
2a single male
, neither of his 3relatives
nor of his friends
.
Thus Zimri destroyed
all
the household
of Baasha
, aaccording to the word
of the LORD
, which
He spoke
against
Baasha
through
bJehu
the prophet
,
for all the sins
of Baasha
and the sins
of Elah
his son
, which
they sinned
and which
they made Israel
sin
, aprovoking
the LORD
God
of Israel
to anger
with their 1idols
.
aNow the rest of the acts
of Elah
and all
that he did
, are they not written
in the Book
of the Chronicles
of the Kings
of Israel
?
In the twenty-seventh year
of Asa
king
of Judah
, Zimri
reigned
seven
days
at Tirzah
. Now the people
were camped
against
aGibbethon
, which
belonged to the Philistines
.
The people who were camped
heard
1it said
, "Zimri
has conspired
and has also
struck
down
the king
." Therefore all
Israel
made
Omri
, the commander
of the army
, king
over
Israel
that day
in the camp
.
Then Omri and all
Israel
with him went
up from Gibbethon
and besieged
Tirzah
.
When Zimri saw
that the city
was taken
, he went
into the citadel
of the king's
house
and burned
the king's
house
over
him with fire
, and adied
,
because of his sins
which
he sinned
, doing
evil
in the sight
of the LORD
, awalking
in the way
of Jeroboam
, and in his sin
which
he did
, making Israel
sin
.
aNow the rest of the acts
of Zimri
and his conspiracy
which
he 1carried
out, are they not written
in the Book
of the Chronicles
of the Kings
of Israel
?
Then the people
of Israel
were divided
into two
parts
: half
of the people
followed
Tibni
the son
of Ginath
, to make
him king
; the other half
followed
Omri
.
But the people who
followed
Omri
prevailed
over
the people
who
followed
Tibni
the son
of Ginath
. And Tibni
died
and Omri
became
king
.
In the thirty-first year
of Asa
king
of Judah
, Omri
became
king
over
Israel
and reigned twelve
years
; he reigned
six
years
at aTirzah
.
He bought the hill
1Samaria
from Shemer
for two talents
of silver
; and he built
on the hill
, and named
the city
which
he built
1 aSamaria
, after
the name
of Shemer
, the owner
of the hill
.
aOmri did
evil
in the sight
of the LORD
, and bacted
more
wickedly
than
all
who
were before
him.
For he awalked in all
the way
of Jeroboam
the son
of Nebat
and in his sins
which
he made Israel
sin
, provoking
the LORD
God
of Israel
with their 1idols
.
Now the rest of the acts
of Omri
which
he did
and his might
which
he 1showed
, are they not written
in the Book
of the Chronicles
of the Kings
of Israel
?
So Omri slept
with his fathers
and was buried
in Samaria
; and Ahab
his son
became
king
in his place
.
Now Ahab the son
of Omri
became
king
over
Israel
in the thirty-eighth
year
of Asa
king
of Judah
, and Ahab
the son
of Omri
reigned
over
Israel
in Samaria
twenty-two
years
.
Ahab the son
of Omri
did
evil
in the sight
of the LORD
amore
than
all
who
were before
him.
It came about, as though it had been a trivial
thing
for him to walk
in the sins
of Jeroboam
the son
of Nebat
, that ahe married
Jezebel
the daughter
of Ethbaal
king
of the bSidonians
, and went
to serve
Baal
and worshiped
him.
So he erected an altar
for Baal
in athe house
of Baal
which
he built
in Samaria
.
Ahab also made
athe 1Asherah
. Thus bAhab
did
more
to provoke
the LORD
God
of Israel
than
all
the kings
of Israel
who
were before
him.
aIn his days Hiel
the Bethelite
built
Jericho
; he laid
its foundations
with the loss of Abiram
his firstborn
, and set
up its gates
with the loss of his youngest
son Segub
, according to the word
of the LORD
, which
He spoke
by Joshua
the son
of Nun
.