I Kings Chapter 16

I Kings Chapter 16
1 Then the word of the Lord came to
Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha,
saying,
2 Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the
dust, and made thee captain over my
people Israel, and thou hast walked in
the way of Jeroboam, and hast made my
people Israel to sin, to provoke me with
their sins,
3 Behold, I will take away the posterity
of Baasha, and the posterity of his house,
and will make thine house like the house
of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
4 He that dieth of Baasha's stock in the
city, him shall the dogs eat: and that man
of him which dieth in the fields, shall the
fowls of the air eat. 5 And the rest of the
acts of Baasha and what he did, and his
power, 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 stead.
7 And also by the hand of Jehu the son of
Hanani the prophet, came the word of
the Lord to Baasha, and to his house, that
he should be like the house of Jeroboam,
even for all the wickedness that he did in
the sight of the Lord, in provoking him
with the work of his hands, and because
he killed him. 8 In the six and twenty
year of Asa king of Judah began Elah the
son of Baasha to reign over Israel in
Tirzah, and reigned two year. 9 And his
servant Zimri, captain of half his
chariots, conspired against him, as he
was in Tirzah drinking, till he was
drunken in the house of Arza steward of
his house in Tirzah.
10 And Zimri came and smote him and
killed him, in the seven and twenty year
of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his
stead.
11 And when he was king, and sat on his
throne, he slew all the house of Baasha,
not leaving thereof one to piss against a
wall, neither of his kinsfolk nor of his
friends.
12 So did Zimri destroy all the house of
Baasha, according to the word of the
Lord which he spake against Baasha by
the hand of Jehu the prophet, 13 For all
the sins of Baasha, and sins of Elah his
son, which they sinned and made Israel
to sin, and provoked the Lord God of
Israel with their vanities. 14 And 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 seven and twenty year of Asa
king of Judah did Zimri reign seven days
in Tirzah, and the people was then in the
host besieging Gibbethon, which
belonged to the Philistines.
16 And the people of the host 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 same day, even in the host.
17 Then Omri went up from Gibbethon,
and all Israel with him, and they
besieged Tirzah.
18 And when Zimri saw, that the city
was taken, he went into the palace of the
king's house, and burned himself, and the
king's house with fire, and so died, 19
For his sins which he sinned, in doing
that which is evil in the sight of the Lord,
in walking in the way of Jeroboam, and
in his sins which he did, causing Israel
to sin.
20 And 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: for half the
people followed Tibni the son of Ginath
to make him king, and the other 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
one and thirty year of Asa king of Judah
began Omri to reign over Israel, and
reigned twelve year. Six year reigned he
in Tirzah. 24 And he bought the mountain
Samaria of one Shemer for two talents of
silver, and built in the mountain, and
called the name of the city, which he
built, after the name of Shemer lord of
the mountain, Samaria.
25 But Omri did evil in the eyes of the
Lord, 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
sins wherewith he made Israel to sin in
provoking the Lord God of Israel with
their vanities.
27 And the rest of the acts of Omri, that
he did, and his strength that he showed,
are they not written in the book of the
chronicles of the kings of Israel?
28 And Omri slept with his fathers, and
was buried in Samaria: and Ahab his
son reigned in his stead.
29 Now Ahab the son of Omri began to
reign over Israel, in the eight and thirty
year of Asa king of Judah: and Ahab the
son of Omri reigned over Israel in
Samaria two and twenty year.
30 And Ahab the son of Omri did worse
in the sight of the Lord than all that were
before him.
31 For was it a light thing for him to
walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of
Nebat, except he took Jezebel also the
daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians
to wife, and went and served Baal, and
worshiped him?
32 Also he reared up an altar to Baal in
the house of Baal, which he had built in
Samaria.
33 And Ahab made a grove, and Ahab
proceeded, and did provoke the Lord
God of Israel more than all the kings of
Israel that were before him. 34 In his
days did Hiel the Bethelite build
Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof in
Abiram his eldest son, 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.