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ylt @1Kings:16:1 @And a word of Jehovah is unto Jehu son of Hanani , against Baasha , saying , ylt @1Kings:16:2 @'Because that I have raised thee up out of the dust , and appoint thee leader over My people Israel , and thou walkest in the way of Jeroboam , and causest My people Israel to sin -- to provoke Me to anger with their sins ; ylt @1Kings:16:3 @lo , I am putting away the posterity of Baasha , even the posterity of his house , and have given up thy house as the house of Jeroboam son of Nebat ; ylt @1Kings:16:4 @him who dieth of Baasha in a city do the dogs eat , and him who dieth of his in a field do fowl of the heavens eat .' ylt @1Kings:16:5 @And the rest of the matters of Baasha , and that which he did , and his might , are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel ? ylt @1Kings:16:6 @And Baasha lieth with his fathers , and is buried in Tirzah , and Elah his son reigneth in his stead . ylt @1Kings:16:7 @And also by the hand of Jehu son of Hanani the prophet a word of Jehovah hath been concerning Baasha , and concerning his house , and concerning all the evil that he did in the eyes of Jehovah to provoke Him to anger with the work of his hands , to be like the house of Jeroboam , and concerning that for which he smote him . ylt @1Kings:16:8 @In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah reigned hath Elah son of Baasha over Israel in Tirzah , two years ; ylt @1Kings:16:9 @and conspire against him doth his servant Zimri (head of the half of the chariots ) and he [is ] in Tirzah drinking -- a drunkard in the house of Arza , who [is ] over the house in Tirzah . ylt @1Kings:16:10 @And Zimri cometh in and smiteth him , and putteth him to death , in the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah , and reigneth in his stead ; ylt @1Kings:16:11 @and it cometh to pass in his reigning , at his sitting on his throne , he hath smitten the whole house of Baasha ; he hath not left to him any sitting on the wall , and of his redeemers , and of his friends . ylt @1Kings:16:12 @And Zimri destroyeth the whole house of Baasha , according to the word of Jehovah , that He spake concerning Baasha , by the hand of Jehu the prophet : ylt @1Kings:16:13 @concerning all the sins of Baasha , and the sins of Elah his son , that they sinned , and that they caused Israel to sin to provoke Jehovah , God of Israel , with their vanities . ylt @1Kings:16:14 @And the rest of the matters of Elah , and all that he did , are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel ? ylt @1Kings:16:15 @In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah , reigned hath Zimri seven days in Tirzah ; and the people are encamping against Gibbethon , which [is ] to the Philistines ; ylt @1Kings:16:16 @and the people who are encamping hear , saying , 'Zimri hath conspired , and also hath smitten the king ;' and all Israel cause Omri head of the host to reign over Israel on that day in the camp . ylt @1Kings:16:17 @And Omri goeth up , and all Israel with him , from Gibbethon , and they lay siege to Tirzah . ylt @1Kings:16:18 @And it cometh to pass , at Zimri 's seeing that the city hath been captured , that he cometh in unto a high place of the house of the king , and burneth over him the house of the king with fire , and dieth , ylt @1Kings:16:19 @for his sins that he sinned , to do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah , to walk in the way of Jeroboam , and in his sin that he did , to cause Israel to sin ; ylt @1Kings:16:20 @and the rest of the matters of Zimri , and his conspiracy that he made , are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel ? ylt @1Kings:16:21 @Then are the sons of Israel parted into halves ; half of the people hath been after Tibni son of Ginath to cause him to reign , and the half after Omri ; ylt @1Kings:16:22 @and stronger are the people that are after Omri than the people that are after Tibni son of Ginath , and Tibni dieth , and Omri reigneth . ylt @1Kings:16:23 @In the thirty and first year of Asa king of Judah reigned hath Omri over Israel twelve years ; in Tirzah he hath reigned six years , ylt @1Kings:16:24 @and he buyeth the mount Samaria from Shemer , with two talents of silver , and buildeth [on ] the mount , and calleth the name of the city that he hath built by the name of Shemer , lord of the hill -- Samaria . ylt @1Kings:16:25 @And Omri doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah , and doth evil above all who [are ] before him , ylt @1Kings:16:26 @and walketh in all the way of Jeroboam son of Nebat , and in his sin that he caused Israel to sin , to provoke Jehovah , God of Israel , with their vanities . ylt @1Kings:16:27 @And the rest of the matters of Omri that he did , and his might that he got , are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel ? ylt @1Kings:16:28 @And Omri lieth with his fathers , and is buried in Samaria , and Ahab his son reigneth in his stead . ylt @1Kings:16:29 @And Ahab son of Omri hath reigned over Israel in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of Judah , and Ahab son of Omri reigneth over Israel in Samaria twenty and two years , ylt @1Kings:16:30 @and Ahab son of Omri doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah above all who [are ] before him . ylt @1Kings:16:31 @And it cometh to pass -- hath it been light his walking in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat ? -- then he taketh a wife , Jezebel daughter of Ethbaal , king of the Zidonians , and goeth and serveth Baal , and boweth himself to it , ylt @1Kings:16:32 @and raiseth up an altar for Baal , in the house of the Baal , that he built in Samaria ; ylt @1Kings:16:33 @and Ahab maketh the shrine , and Ahab addeth to do so as to provoke Jehovah , God of Israel , above all the kings of Israel who have been before him . ylt @1Kings:16:34 @In his days hath Hiel the Beth-Elite built Jericho ; in Abiram his first-born he laid its foundation , and in Segub his youngest he set up its doors , according to the word of Jehovah that He spake by the hand of Joshua son of Nun .

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