1Kings:16-17,
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Then the word of the LORD came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha ,
saying ,
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Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust ,
and made thee prince over my people Israel Yisra #
el #;
and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam Yarob #
am #,
and hast made my people Israel to sin ,
to provoke me to anger with their sins chatta #
ah #;
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Behold ,
I will take away the posterity of Baasha ,
and the posterity of his house ;
and will make thy house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat .
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Him that dieth of Baasha in the city shall the dogs eat ;
and him that dieth of his in the fields shall the fowls of the air eat .
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Now the rest of the acts of Baasha ,
and what he did ,
and his might ,
are they not written in the book of the chronicles dabar #
of the kings of Israel Yisra #
el #?
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So Baasha slept with his fathers ,
and was buried in Tirzah :
and Elah his son reigned in his stead .
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And also by the hand of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the word of the LORD against Baasha ,
and against his house ,
even for all the evil that he did in the sight of the LORD ,
in provoking him to anger with the work of his hands ,
in being like the house of Jeroboam Yarob #
am #;
and because he killed him .
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In the twenty #
H8141and sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah the son of Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah ,
two years .
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And his servant Zimri ,
captain of half his chariots ,
conspired against him ,
as he was in Tirzah ,
drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza steward of his house in Tirzah .
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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 .
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And it came to pass ,
when he began to reign ,
as soon as he sat on his throne ,
that he slew all the house of Baasha :
he left him not one that pisseth against a wall ,
neither of his kinsfolks ,
nor of his friends .
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Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha ,
according to the word of the LORD ,
which he spake against Baasha by Jehu the prophet ,
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For all the sins of Baasha ,
and the sins of Elah his son ,
by which they sinned ,
and by which they made Israel to sin ,
in provoking the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities .
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Now the rest of the acts of Elah ,
and all that he did ,
are they not written in the book of the chronicles dabar #
of the kings of Israel Yisra #
el #?
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In the twenty #
H8141and seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri reign seven days in Tirzah .
And the people were encamped against Gibbethon ,
which belonged to the Philistines .
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And the people that were encamped heard say ,
Zimri hath conspired ,
and hath also slain the king :
wherefore all Israel made Omri ,
the captain of the host ,
king over Israel that day in the camp .
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And Omri went up from Gibbethon ,
and all Israel with him ,
and they besieged Tirzah .
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And it came to pass ,
when Zimri saw that the city was taken ,
that he went into the palace of the kings house ,
and burnt the kings house over him with fire ,
and died ,
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For his sins which he sinned in doing evil in the sight of the LORD ,
in walking in the way of Jeroboam Yarob #
am #,
and in his sin which he did ,
to make Israel to sin .
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Now the rest of the acts of Zimri ,
and his treason that he wrought ,
are they not written in the book of the chronicles dabar #
of the kings of Israel Yisra #
el #?
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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 .
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But the people that followed Omri prevailed against the people that followed Tibni the son of Ginath :
so Tibni died ,
and Omri reigned .
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In the thirty sh @
lowshiym #
and first year of Asa king of Judah began Omri to reign over Israel Yisra #
el #,
twelve sh @
nayim #
years :
six years reigned he in Tirzah .
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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 which he built ,
after the name of Shemer ,
owner of the hill ,
Samaria .
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But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the LORD ,
and did worse than all that were before him .
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For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat ,
and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin ,
to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities .
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Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did ,
and his might that he shewed ,
are they not written in the book of the chronicles dabar #
of the kings of Israel Yisra #
el #?
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So Omri slept with his fathers ,
and was buried in Samaria :
and Ahab #
Ach #
ab #
his son reigned in his stead .
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And in the thirty sh @
lowshiym #
and eighth year of Asa king of Judah began Ahab #
Ach #
ab #
the son of Omri to reign over Israel Yisra #
el #:
and Ahab #
Ach #
ab #
the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty and two years .
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And Ahab #
Ach #
ab #
the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD above all that were before him .
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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 #
Ethba #
al #
king of the Zidonians ,
and went and served Baal Ba #
al #,
and worshipped him .
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And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal Ba #
al #,
which he had built in Samaria .
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And Ahab #
Ach #
ab #
made a grove ;
and Ahab #
Ach #
ab #
did more to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him .
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In his days did Hiel the Bethelite Beyth ha -#
Eliy #
build Jericho :
he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn ,
and set up the gates thereof in his youngest son Segub ,
according to the word of the LORD ,
which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun .
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And Elijah the Tishbite ,
who was of the inhabitants of Gilead Gil #
ad #,
said unto Ahab #
Ach #
ab #,
As the LORD God of Israel liveth ,
before whom I stand ,
there shall not be dew nor rain these years ,
but according to my word .
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And the word of the LORD came unto him ,
saying ,
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Get thee hence ,
and turn thee eastward ,
and hide thyself by the brook Cherith ,
that is before Jordan .
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And it shall be ,
that thou shalt drink of the brook ;
and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there .
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So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD :
for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith ,
that is before Jordan .
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And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning ,
and bread and flesh in the evening ;
and he drank of the brook .
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And it came to pass after a while ,
that the brook dried up ,
because there had been no rain in the land .
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And the word of the LORD came unto him ,
saying ,
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Arise ,
get thee to Zarephath ,
which belongeth to Zidon ,
and dwell there :
behold ,
I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee .
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So he arose and went to Zarephath .
And when he came to the gate of the city ,
behold ,
the widow woman was there gathering of sticks :
and he called to her ,
and said ,
Fetch me ,
I pray thee ,
a little water in a vessel ,
that I may drink .
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And as she was going to fetch it ,
he called to her ,
and said ,
Bring me ,
I pray thee ,
a morsel of bread in thine hand .
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And she said ,
As the LORD thy God liveth ,
I have not a cake ma #
owg #,
but an handful m @
lo #
of meal in a barrel ,
and a little oil in a cruse :
and ,
behold ,
I am gathering two sticks ,
that I may go in and dress it for me and my son ,
that we may eat it ,
and die .
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And Elijah said unto her ,
Fear not ;
go and do as thou hast said :
but make me thereof a little cake first ri #
shown #,
and bring it unto me ,
and after make for thee and for thy son .
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For thus saith the LORD God of Israel Yisra #
el #,
The barrel of meal shall not waste ,
neither shall the cruse of oil fail ,
until the day that the LORD sendeth rain upon the earth .
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And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah :
and she ,
and he ,
and her house ,
did eat many days .
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And the barrel of meal wasted not ,
neither did the cruse of oil fail ,
according to the word of the LORD ,
which he spake by Elijah .
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And it came to pass after these things ,
that the son of the woman ,
the mistress of the house ,
fell sick ;
and his sickness was so sore ,
that there was no breath left in him .
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And she said unto Elijah ,
What have I to do with thee ,
O thou man of God ?
art thou come unto me to call #
my sin to remembrance ,
and to slay my son ?
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And he said unto her ,
Give me thy son .
And he took him out of her bosom ,
and carried him up into a loft ,
where he abode ,
and laid him upon his own bed .
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And he cried unto the LORD ,
and said ,
O LORD my God ,
hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn ,
by slaying her son ?
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And he stretched himself upon the child three times pa #
am #,
and cried unto the LORD ,
and said ,
O LORD my God ,
I pray thee ,
let this childs soul come #
into him again .
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And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah ;
and the soul of the child came #
into him again ,
and he revived .
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And Elijah took the child ,
and brought him down out of the chamber into the house ,
and delivered him unto his mother :
and Elijah said ,
See ,
thy son liveth .
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And the woman said to Elijah ,
Now by this I know that thou art a man of God ,
and that the word of the LORD in thy mouth is truth .
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And it came to pass after many days ,
that the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year ,
saying ,
Go ,
shew thyself unto Ahab #
Ach #
ab #;
and I will send rain upon the earth .