1Kings:16-17

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* And the word of the LORD came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha , saying , * Since I exalted you out of the dust , and made you ruler over My people Israel , and since you have walked in the way of Jeroboam , and have made My people Israel to sin , to provoke Me to anger with their sins , * behold , I will utterly sweep away Baasha and his house . And I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat . * Those of Baasha who die in the city shall the dogs eat . And those of his who die in the fields , the birds of the air shall 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 Matters of the Days of the Kings of Israel ? * And Baasha lay with his fathers , and was buried in Tirzah . And Elah his son reigned in his place . * 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 , and because he killed him . * In the twenty-sixth year of Asa king of Judah , Elah the son of Baasha began to reign over Israel in Tirzah , and he reigned two years . * And his servant Zimri , commander of half his chariots , plotted against him ; and he [was ] in Tirzah drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza the steward of [his ] house in Tirzah . * And Zimri went in and struck him , and killed him , in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah , and reigned in his place . * And it happened when he began to reign , as soon as he sat on his throne , he killed all the house of Baasha . He did not leave him one who urinated against a wall , nor of his kinsmen , nor of his friends . * And Zimri destroyed all the house of Baasha , according to the word of the LORD which He spoke against Baasha by Jehu the prophet , * for all the sins of Baasha , and the sins of Elah his son , by which they sinned and that they made Israel to sin , in provoking the LORD 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 Matters of the Days of the Kings of Israel ? * In the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah , Zimri reigned seven days in Tirzah . And the people [were ] camped against Gibbethon which [was ] to the Philistines . * And the people [that were ] camped heard it said that Zimri had plotted and had also slain the king . And all Israel made Omri , the commander of the army , king over Israel that day in the camp . * And Omri went up from Gibbethon , and all Israel with him , and they laid siege to Tirzah . * And it happened when Zimri saw that the city was taken , he went into the palace of the king 's house and burned the king 's house over him with fire , and died , * for his sins which he sinned in doing evil in the sight of the LORD , in walking in the way of Jeroboam , and in his sin which he did to make Israel sin . * And the rest of the acts of Zimri , and his treason which he did , [are ] they not written in the Book of the Matters of the Days of the Kings of Israel ? * And the people of Israel were divided into two parts . Half the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath , to make him king . And half followed Omri . * But the people who followed Omri were stronger than the people who 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 . He reigned twelve years , 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 which he built after the name of Shemer , the owner of the hill , Samaria . * And Omri did evil in the eyes of the LORD , and did worse than all who [were ] before him . * For he walked in all the ways of Jeroboam the son of Nebat , and in his sin with which he made Israel to sin , to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities . * And 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 Matters of the Days of the Kings of Israel ? * And Omri slept with his fathers , and was buried in Samaria . And Ahab his son reigned in his place . * And in the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah , Ahab the son of Omri began to reign over Israel . And Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty-two years . * And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD above all who [were ] before him . * And as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat , he also took Jezebel , the daughter of Eth-baal king of the Sidonians , for a wife . And he went and served Baal , and worshiped him . * And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal , which he had built in Samaria . * And Ahab made an Asherah . And Ahab did more to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel who were before him . * In his days Hiel the man of Bethel built Jericho . He laid the foundation of it in Abiram his first-born , and set up the gates of it in his youngest [son ] Segub , according to the word of the LORD which He spoke by Joshua the son of Nun . * And Elijah the Tishbite , of the sojourners of Gilead , said to Ahab , [As ] the LORD God of Israel lives , before whom I stand , there shall not be dew nor rain these years , except according to my word . * And the word of the LORD came to him , saying , * Go away from here and turn eastward , and hide yourself by the brook Cherith , before Jordan . * And it shall be , you shall drink of the brook . And I have commanded the ravens to feed you there . * So he went and did according to the word of the LORD . For he went and lived by the torrent Cherith , before Jordan . * And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning , and bread and flesh in the evening ; and he drank of the torrent . * And it happened after a while , the torrent dried up , because there had been no rain in the land . * And the word of the LORD came to him , saying , * Arise , go to Zarephath which [belongs ] to Sidon , and live there . Behold , I have commanded a widow to keep you there . * And he arose and went to Zarephath , and came in to the entrance of the city , and , behold , the widow was gathering sticks . And he called to her and said , Please , bring me a little water in a vessel so that I may drink . * And as she was going to bring [it ], he called to her and said , Please , bring me a piece of bread in your hand . * And she said , [As ] the LORD your God lives , I do not have a cake , but only a handful of meal in a pitcher and a little oil in a jar . And behold , I [am ] gathering two sticks , so that I may go in and dress it for me and my son , so that we may eat it and die . * And Elijah said to her , Do not fear , go . Do as you have said . But first make me a little cake of it , and bring [it ] to me . And then make for you and for your son . * For so says the LORD God of Israel , The pitcher of meal shall not be emptied , nor shall the jar of oil fail , until the day that the LORD sends rain on the earth . * And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah . And she and he and her house ate [many ] days ; * the pitcher of meal was not consumed , and the jar of oil did not fail , according to the word of the LORD which He spoke by Elijah . * And it happened after these things the son of the woman , the mistress of the house , fell sick . And his sickness was so severe that there was no breath left in him . * And she said to Elijah , What do I have to do with you , O man of God ? Have you come to me to call my sin to remembrance and to kill my son ? * And he said to her , Give me your son . And he took him out of her bosom and carried him up into a loft , where he stayed , and laid him on his own bed . * And he cried to the LORD , and said , O LORD my God , have You also brought evil on the widow with whom I am staying , by slaying her son ? * And he stretched himself on the child three times , and cried to the LORD , and said , O LORD my God , please let this child 's soul come to him again . * And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah , and the soul of the child came into him again , and he lived . * And Elijah took the child and brought him down out of the room into the house and delivered him to his mother . And Elijah said , See ! Your son lives ! * And the woman said to Elijah , Now I know this , that you [are ] a man of God , and that the word of the LORD in your mouth [is ] truth . * And it happened [after ] many days the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year saying , Go , show yourself to Ahab . And I will send rain on the earth .

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