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I Kings
Chapter 16
1
Then the word/'doctrinal communication' {dabar}
of
Jehovah/God came to Jehu
the
son of Hanani against Baasha, saying, 2
Forasmuch
as I exalted you out of the dust,
and
made you prince over my people Israel;
and
you have walked in the way of Jeroboam,
and
have made My people Israel to sin,
to
provoke me to anger with their sins; 3
behold,
I will take away the posterity of Baasha,
and
the posterity of his house;
and
will make your house like the house of Jeroboam
the
son of Nebat.
4
Him who dies of Baasha in the city shall the dogs eat
and
him who dies of his in the fields
shall
the fowls of the air eat.
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?
6
So Baasha slept with his fathers,
and
was buried in Tirzah
and
Elah his son reigned in his place/stead.
7
And also by the hand of the prophet
Jehu
the son of Hanani
came
the word/'doctrinal communication' {dabar}
of
Jehovah/God against Baasha, and against his house,
even
for all the evil that he did in the sight of Jehovah/God,
in
provoking him to anger with the work of his hands,
in
being like the house of Jeroboam;
and
because he killed him.
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.
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.
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 place/stead.
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 who pisses against a wall
{only males do this - idiom for all males were killed},
neither
of his kinfolks,
nor
of his friends.
12
Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha,
according
to the word/'doctrinal communication' {dabar}
of
Jehovah/God,
which
he spoke against Baasha by Jehu the prophet, 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 Jehovah/God
'Elohiym/Godhead
of Israel to anger with their vanities.
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?
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.
16
And the people that were encamped heard say,
Zimri
has conspired, and has also slain the king
wherefore
all Israel made Omri,
the
captain of the army/host,
king
over Israel that day in the camp.
17
And Omri went up from Gibbethon,
and
all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah.
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, 19
for
his sins which he sinned in doing evil in the sight of Jehovah/God,
in
walking in the way of Jeroboam,
and
in his sin which he did, to make Israel to sin.
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?
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.
22
But the people that followed Omri
prevailed
against the people that followed Tibni the son of Ginath
so
Tibni died, and Omri reigned.
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.
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.
25
But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of Jehovah/God,
and
did worse than all that were before him.
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 Jehovah/God 'Elohiym/Godhead of Israel to anger
with
their vanities.
27
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?
28
So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria
and
Ahab his son reigned in his place/stead.
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.
30~~
And Ahab the son of Omri did evil
in
the sight of Jehovah/God above all that were before him.
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.
32~~
And he built up an altar for Baal
in
the house of Baal,
which
he had built in Samaria.
33~~
And Ahab made a statue of a naked woman,
and
Ahab did more to provoke Jehovah/God
'Elohiym/Godhead
of Israel to anger
than
all the kings of Israel that were before him.
34~~
In his days did Hiel the Bethelite build Jericho
{it was under a curse never to be rebuilt}
he
laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn,
and
set up the gates thereof in his youngest son Segub,
according
to the word/'doctrinal communication' {dabar}
of
Jehovah/God,
which
he spoke by Joshua the son of Nun.
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