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* And the word of Jehovah came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha , saying , * Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust , and made thee prince over my people Israel , and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam , and hast made my people Israel to sin , provoking me to anger with their sins ; * behold , I will take away Baasha and his house , and will make thy house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat . * Him that dieth of Baasha in the city shall the dogs eat , and him that dieth of his in the field shall the fowl of the heavens eat . * And 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 Tirzah ; and Elah his son reigned in his stead . * And also through the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani the word of Jehovah came against Baasha , and against his house , even for all the evil that he did in the sight of Jehovah , provoking him to anger with the work of his hands , in being like the house of Jeroboam ; and because he had smitten him . * In the twenty-sixth year of Asa king of Judah , Elah the son of Baasha began to reign over Israel in Tirzah for two years . * And his servant Zimri , captain of half [his ] chariots , conspired against him ; and he was in Tirzah , drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza , who was the steward of his house in Tirzah ; * and Zimri went in and smote him , and killed him , in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah , and he reigned in his stead . * And it came to pass when he began to reign , as soon as he sat on his throne , he slew all the house of Baasha : he left him not a male , neither of his kinsmen nor of his friends . * And Zimri destroyed all the house of Baasha , according to the word of Jehovah , which he spoke against Baasha through Jehu the prophet , * for all the sins of Baasha , and the sins of Elah his son , which they sinned and wherewith they made Israel to sin , provoking Jehovah the God of Israel to anger with their vanities . * And 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 in Tirzah . Now the people were encamped against Gibbethon , which [belonged ] to the Philistines . * And the people that were encamped heard say , Zimri has conspired , and has also smitten the king ; and all Israel made Omri , the captain of the host , king over Israel that day in the camp . * And Omri went up from Gibbethon , and all Israel with him , and they besieged Tirzah . * And it came to pass when Zimri saw that the city was taken , that he went into the citadel of the king 's house , and burned the king 's house over him with fire ; * and he died for his sins which he sinned in doing evil in the sight of Jehovah , in walking in the way of Jeroboam , and in his sin which he did , making Israel to sin . * And the rest of the acts of Zimri , and his conspiracy which he wrought , are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel ? * Then were the people of Israel divided into two parts : half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath , to make him king ; and half followed Omri . * But the people that followed Omri overcame the people that followed Tibni the son of Ginath ; and Tibni died , and Omri reigned . * In the thirty-first year of Asa king of Judah , Omri began to reign over Israel , -- twelve years ; he reigned six years in Tirzah . * And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver ; and built on the hill , and called the name of the city that he built , after the name of Shemer , owner of the hill , Samaria . * And Omri wrought evil in the sight of Jehovah , and did worse than all that were before him . * And he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat , and in his sins wherewith he made Israel to sin , provoking Jehovah the God of Israel to anger with their vanities . * And the rest of the acts of Omri , what he did , and his might which he shewed , are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel ? * And Omri slept with his fathers , and was buried in Samaria ; and Ahab his son reigned in his stead . * And Ahab the son of Omri began to reign 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 . * And Ahab the son of Omri wrought evil in the sight of Jehovah more than all that were before him . * And it came to pass , as if it was a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat , that he took as wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians ; and he went and served Baal and worshipped him . * And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal , which he built in Samaria . * And Ahab made the Asherah ; and Ahab did more to provoke Jehovah the God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him . * In his days Hiel the Bethelite built Jericho ; he laid its foundation in Abiram his firstborn , and set up its gates in Segub his youngest , according to the word of Jehovah which he spoke through Joshua the son of Nun .

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