1Kings:16

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* And the word of the LORD came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasa , 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 , to provoke Me with their sins ; * behold , I will utterly sweep away Baasa and his house ; and I will make thy house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat . * Him that dieth of Baasa in the city shall the dogs eat ; and him that dieth of his in the field shall the fowls of the air eat .' * Now the rest of the acts of Baasa , and what he did , and his might , are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel ? * And Baasa slept with his fathers , and was buried in Tirzah ; and Elah his son reigned in his stead . * And moreover by the hand of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the word of the LORD against Baasa , and against his house , both because of all the evil that he did in the sight of the LORD , to provoke Him with the work of his hands , in being like the house of Jeroboam , and because he smote him . * In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah the son of Baasa to reign over Israel in Tirzah , and reigned two years . * And his servant Zimri , captain of half his chariots , conspired against him ; now he was in Tirzah , drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza , who was over the household in Tirzah ; * and Zimri went in and smote him , and killed him , in the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah , and reigned in his stead . * And it came to pass , when he began to reign , as soon as he sat on his throne , that he smote all the house of Baasa ; he left him not a single man-child , neither of his kinsfolks , nor of his friends . * Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasa , according to the word of the LORD , which He spoke against Baasa by Jehu the prophet , * for all the sins of Baasa , and the sins of Elah his son , which they sinned , and wherewith they made Israel to sin , to provoke the LORD , the God of Israel , with their vanities . * Now 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 and seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri reign 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 hath conspired , and hath also smitten the king '; wherefore 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 castle of the king 's house , and burnt the king 's house over him with fire , and died ; * for his sins which he sinned in doing that which was evil in the sight of the LORD , in walking in the way of Jeroboam , and in his sin which he did , to make Israel to sin . * Now the rest of the acts of Zimri , and his treason that 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 prevailed against the people that followed Tibni the son of Ginath ; so Tibni died , and Omri reigned . * In the thirty and first year of Asa king of Judah began Omri to reign over Israel , and reigned twelve years ; six years reigned he in Tirzah . * And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver ; and he built on the hill , and called the name of the city which he built , after the name of Shemer , the owner of the hill , Samaria . * And Omri did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD , and dealt wickedly above all that were before him . * For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat , and in his sins wherewith he made Israel to sin , to provoke the LORD , the God of Israel , with their vanities . * Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did , and his might that he showed , 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 in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of Judah began Ahab the son of Omri to reign over Israel ; and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty and two years . * And Ahab the son of Omri did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD above all that were before him . * And it came to pass , as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat , that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians , and went and served Baal , and worshipped him . * And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal , which he had built in Samaria . * And Ahab made the Asherah ; and Ahab did yet more to provoke the LORD , the God of Israel , than all the kings of Israel that were before him . * In his days did Hiel the Bethelite build Jericho ; with Abiram his first-born he laid the foundation thereof , and with his youngest son Segub he set up the gates thereof ; according to the word of the LORD , which He spoke by the hand of Joshua the son of Nun .

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