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1 Kings 16
Prophecy against Baasha
1 Kings 16:1
Then the word
of the LORD
came to Jehu
the son
of Hanani
against Baasha
,
saying
,
1 Kings 16:2
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 to anger
with their sins
;
1 Kings 16:3
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
.
1 Kings 16:4
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
.
1 Kings 16:5
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
of the kings
of Israel
?
The Israelite Kings
1 Kings 16:6
So Baasha
slept
with his fathers
,
and was buried
in Tirzah
:
and Elah
his son
reigned
in his stead.
1 Kings 16:7
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.
1 Kings 16:8
¶
In the twenty
and sixth
year
of Asa
king
of Judah
began Elah
the son
of Baasha
to reign
over Israel
in Tirzah
,
two years
.
1 Kings 16:9
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
.
1 Kings 16:10
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.
1 Kings 16:11
¶
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
.
1 Kings 16:12
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
,
1 Kings 16:13
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
.
1 Kings 16:14
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
?
1 Kings 16:15
¶
In the twenty
and 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
.
1 Kings 16:16
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
.
1 Kings 16:17
And Omri
went up
from Gibbethon
,
and all Israel
with him, and they besieged
Tirzah
.
1 Kings 16:18
And it came to pass, when Zimri
saw
that the city
was taken
,
that he went
into the palace
of the king’s
house
,
and burnt
the king’s
house
over him with fire
,
and died
,
1 Kings 16:19
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
to sin
.
1 Kings 16:20
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
?
1 Kings 16:21
¶
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
.
1 Kings 16:22
But the people
that followed
Omri
prevailed
against
the people
that followed
Tibni
the son
of Ginath
:
so Tibni
died
,
and Omri
reigned
.
1 Kings 16:23
¶
In the thirty
and first
year
of Asa
king
of Judah
began Omri
to reign
over Israel
,
twelve
years
:
six
years
reigned
he in Tirzah
.
1 Kings 16:24
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
.
1 Kings 16:25
¶
But Omri
wrought
evil
in the eyes
of the LORD
,
and did worse
than all that
were
before
him.
1 Kings 16:26
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
.
1 Kings 16:27
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
of the kings
of Israel
?
1 Kings 16:28
So Omri
slept
with his fathers
,
and was buried
in Samaria
:
and Ahab
his son
reigned
in his stead.
1 Kings 16:29
¶
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
.
1 Kings 16:30
And Ahab
the son
of Omri
did
evil
in the sight
of the LORD
above all that
were
before
him.
1 Kings 16:31
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.
1 Kings 16:32
And he reared up
an altar
for Baal
in the house
of Baal
,
which he had built
in Samaria
.
1 Kings 16:33
And Ahab
made
a grove
;
and Ahab
did
more
to provoke the LORD
God
of Israel
to anger
than all the kings
of Israel
that were before
him.
1 Kings 16:34
¶
In his days
did Hiel
the Beth-elite
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
.