The First Book of The Kings

1Ki 16:1 Then the word of the Lord came to Je´-hu the son of Ha-na´-ni against Ba´-a-sha, saying,

1Ki 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 Jer-o-bo´-am, and hast made My people Israel to sin, to provoke Me to anger with their sins;

1Ki 16:3 Behold, I will take away the posterity of Ba´-a-sha, and the posterity of his house; and will make thy house like the house of Jer-o-bo´-am the son of Ne´-bat.

1Ki 16:4 Him that dieth of Ba´-a-sha in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth of his in the fields shall the fowls of the air eat.

1Ki 16:5 Now the rest of the acts of Ba´-asha, and what he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

1Ki 16:6 So Ba´-a-sha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tir´-zah: and E´-lah his son reigned in his stead.

1Ki 16:7 And also by the hand of the prophet Je´-hu the son of Ha-na´-ni came the word of the Lord against Ba´-a-sha, 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 Jer-o-bo´-am; and because he killed him.

1Ki 16:8 In the twenty and sixth year of A´-sa king of Judah began E´-lah the son of Ba´-a-sha to reign over Israel in Tir´-zah, two years.

1Ki 16:9 And his servant Zim´-ri, captain of half his chariots, conspired against him, as he was in Tir´-zah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Ar´-za steward of his house in Tir´-zah.

1Ki 16:10 And Zim´-ri went in and smote him, and killed him, in the twenty and seventh year of A´-sa king of Judah, and reigned in his stead.

1Ki 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 Ba´-a-sha: he left him not one that pisseth against a wall, neither of his kinsfolks, nor of his friends.

1Ki 16:12 Thus did Zim´-ri destroy all the house of Ba´-a-sha, according to the word of the Lord, which He spake against Ba´-a-sha by Je´-hu the prophet,

1Ki 16:13 For all the sins of Ba´-a-sha, and the sins of E´-lah 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.

1Ki 16:14 Now the rest of the acts of E´lah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

1Ki 16:15 In the twenty and seventh year of A´-sa king of Judah did Zim´ri reign seven days in Tir´-zah. And the people were encamped against Gib´-be-thon, which belonged to the Phi-lis´-tines.

1Ki 16:16 And the people that were encamped heard say, Zim´-ri hath conspired, and hath also slain the king: wherefore all Israel made Om´-ri, the captain of the host, king over Israel that day in the camp.

1Ki 16:17 And Om´-ri went up from Gib´be-thon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tir´-zah.

1Ki 16:18 And it came to pass, when Zim´ri 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,

1Ki 16:19 For his sins which he sinned in doing evil in the sight of the Lord, in walking in the way of Jer-o-bo´-am, and in his sin which he did, to make Israel to sin.

1Ki 16:20 Now the rest of the acts of Zim´ri, and his treason that he wrought, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

1Ki 16:21 Then were the people of Israel divided into two parts: half of the people followed Tib´-ni the son of Gi´-nath, to make him king; and half followed Om´-ri.

1Ki 16:22 But the people that followed Om´-ri prevailed against the people that followed Tib´-ni the son of Gi´nath: so Tib´-ni died, and Om´-ri reigned.

1Ki 16:23 In the thirty and first year of A´sa king of Judah began Om´-ri to reign over Israel, twelve years: six years reigned he in Tir´-zah.

1Ki 16:24 And he bought the hill Sa-ma´ri-a of She´-mer for two talents of silver, and built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, after the name of She´-mer, owner of the hill, Sa-ma´-ri-a.

1Ki 16:25 But Om´-ri wrought evil in the eyes of the Lord, and did worse than all that were before him.

1Ki 16:26 For he walked in all the way of Jer-o-bo´-am the son of Ne´-bat, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin, to provoke the Lord God of Israel to anger with their vanities.

1Ki 16:27 Now the rest of the acts of Om´ri which he did, and his might that he shewed, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

1Ki 16:28 So Om´-ri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Sa-ma´-ri-a: and Ahab his son reigned in his stead.

1Ki 16:29 And in the thirty and eighth year of A´-sa king of Judah began Ahab the son of Om´-ri to reign over Israel: and Ahab the son of Om´-ri reigned over Israel in Sa-ma´-ri-a twenty and two years.

1Ki 16:30 And Ahab the son of Om´-ri did evil in the sight of the Lord above all that were before him.

1Ki 16:31 And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jer-o-bo´-am the son of Ne´bat, that he took to wife Jez´-e-bel the daughter of Eth´-ba-al king of the Zido´-ni-ans, and went and served Ba´al, and worshipped him.

1Ki 16:32 And he reared up an altar for Ba´-al in the house of Ba´-al, which he had built in Sa-ma´-ri-a.

1Ki 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.

1Ki 16:34 In his days did Hi´-el the Beth´– el-ite build Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof in A-bi´-ram his firstborn, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest son Se´-gub, according to the word of the Lord, which He spake by Joshua the son of Nun.