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1 Kings 16

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1 Kings 16 . 1 , Jehu’s prophecy against Baasha; 1 Kings 16 . 5 , Elah succeeds him; 1 Kings 16 . 8 , Zimri , conspiring against Elah , succeeds him; 1 Kings 16 . 11 , Zimri executes Jehu’s prophecy; 1 Kings 16 . 15 , Omri , made king by the soldiers , forces Zimri desperately to burn himself; 1 Kings 16 . 21 , The kingdom being divided , Omri prevails against Tibni; 1 Kings 16 . 23 , Omri builds Samaria; 1 Kings 16 . 25 , His wicked reign; 1 Kings 16 . 27 , Ahab succeeds him; 1 Kings 16 . 29 , Ahab’s most wicked reign; 1 Kings 16 . 34 , Joshua’s curse upon Hiel the builder of Jericho.

1 Kings 16:1

Then the word of the LORD came to Jehu son of Hanani against Baasha, saying:

1 Kings 16:1 · BSB

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1 Kings 16:2

“Even though I lifted you out of the dust and made you ruler over My people Israel, you have walked in the way of Jeroboam and have caused My people Israel to sin and to provoke Me to anger by their sins.

1 Kings 16:2 · BSB

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1 Kings 16:3

So now I will consume Baasha and his house, and I will make your house like that of Jeroboam son of Nebat:

1 Kings 16:3 · BSB

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1 Kings 16:4

Anyone belonging to Baasha who dies in the city will be eaten by dogs, and anyone who dies in the field will be eaten by the birds of the air.”

1 Kings 16:4 · BSB

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1 Kings 16:5

As for the rest of the acts of Baasha, along with his accomplishments and might, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

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1 Kings 16:6

And Baasha rested with his fathers and was buried in Tirzah, and his son Elah reigned in his place.

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1 Kings 16:7

Moreover, the word of the LORD came through the prophet Jehu son of Hanani against Baasha and his house, because of all the evil he had done in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger with the work of his hands and becoming like the house of Jeroboam, and also because Baasha had struck down the house of Jeroboam.

1 Kings 16:7 · BSB

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This the Vulgate understands of Jehu the prophet; some think Baasha is intended; others Nadab the son of Jeroboam; and others Jeroboam , whom Baasha destroyed in his posterity by cruelly murdering them all

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1 Kings 16:8

In the twenty-sixth year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Elah son of Baasha became king of Israel, and he reigned in Tirzah two years.

1 Kings 16:8 · BSB

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Baasha began to reign in the third year of Asa , and reigned 24 years; yet he died and was succeeded by Elah in the 26th year of Asa; and , in like manner , Elah , who began to reign in the 26th year of Asa , and was killed in the 27th , is said to have reigned two years. Thus it is evident that a part of a year is calculated as a whole year. In the Chinese annals , the whole year in which a king dies is ascribed to his reign , the years of the succeeding king being reckoned only from the beginning of the following year

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1 Kings 16:9

However, while Elah was in Tirzah getting drunk in the house of Arza the steward of his household there, Elah’s servant Zimri, the commander of half his chariots, conspired against him.

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Heb. which was over

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1 Kings 16:10

So in the twenty-seventh year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Zimri went in, struck Elah down, and killed him. And Zimri reigned in his place.

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1 Kings 16:11

As soon as Zimri began to reign and was seated on the throne, he struck down the entire household of Baasha. He did not leave a single male, whether a kinsman or friend.

1 Kings 16:11 · BSB

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neither of his kinsfolks , nor of his friends or , both his kinsmen and his friends

1 Kings 16:12

So Zimri destroyed the entire household of Baasha, according to the word that the LORD had spoken against Baasha through Jehu the prophet.

1 Kings 16:12 · BSB

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Heb. by the hand of Jehu the prophet

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1 Kings 16:13

This happened because of all the sins Baasha and his son Elah had committed and had caused Israel to commit, provoking the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger with their worthless idols.

1 Kings 16:13 · BSB

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1 Kings 16:14

As for the rest of the acts of Elah, along with all his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

1 Kings 16:14 · BSB

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1 Kings 16:15

In the twenty-seventh year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Zimri reigned in Tirzah for seven days. Now the troops were encamped against Gibbethon of the Philistines,

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1 Kings 16:16

and the people in the camp heard that Zimri had not only conspired but had also struck down the king. So there in the camp that very day, all Israel proclaimed Omri, the commander of the army, king over Israel.

1 Kings 16:16 · BSB

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1 Kings 16:17

Then Omri and all the Israelites marched up from Gibbethon and besieged Tirzah.

1 Kings 16:17 · BSB

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1 Kings 16:18

When Zimri saw that the city was captured, he entered the citadel of the royal palace and burned it down upon himself. So he died

1 Kings 16:18 · BSB

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1 Kings 16:19

because of the sins he had committed, doing evil in the sight of the LORD and following the example of Jeroboam and the sin he had committed and had caused Israel to commit.

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1 Kings 16:20

As for the rest of the acts of Zimri and the treason he committed, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

1 Kings 16:20 · BSB

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1 Kings 16:21

At that time the people of Israel were divided: Half of the people supported Tibni son of Ginath as king, and half supported Omri.

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1 Kings 16:22

But the followers of Omri proved stronger than those of Tibni son of Ginath. So Tibni died and Omri became king.

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1 Kings 16:23

In the thirty-first year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Omri became king of Israel, and he reigned twelve years, six of them in Tirzah.

1 Kings 16:23 · BSB

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As it is stated in

  • 1 Kings 16:10 and
  • 1 Kings 16:15 that Zimri began to reign in the 27th year of Asa; and as he reigned only seven days , and Omri immediately succeeded him , this could not be the 31st , but in the 27th year of Asa. Jarchi , from Sedar Olam , reconciles this , by stating that Tibni and Omri began to reign jointly in the 27th year of Asa; and that Tibni dying about five years afterwards , Omri began to reign alone in the 31st year of Asa
  • 2 Chronicles 22:2

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1 Kings 16:24

He bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver and built a city there, calling it Samaria after the name of Shemer, who had owned the hill.

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Samaria Heb. Shomeron , Samaria was situated on a agreeable and fertile hill in the tribe of Ephraim , twelve miles from Dothaim and four from Atharoth , according to Eusebius , and one day's journey from Jerusalem , according to Josephus.

1 Kings 16:25

But Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD and acted more wickedly than all who were before him.

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1 Kings 16:26

For he walked in all the ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat and in his sins, which he caused Israel to commit, provoking the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger with their worthless idols.

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1 Kings 16:27

As for the rest of the acts of Omri, along with his accomplishments and the might he exercised, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

1 Kings 16:27 · BSB

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1 Kings 16:28

And Omri rested with his fathers and was buried in Samaria, and his son Ahab reigned in his place.

1 Kings 16:28 · BSB

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1 Kings 16:29

In the thirty-eighth year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Ahab son of Omri became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria twenty-two years.

1 Kings 16:29 · BSB

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1 Kings 16:30

However, Ahab son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD, more than all who were before him.

1 Kings 16:30 · BSB

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1 Kings 16:31

And as if it were not enough for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, he even married Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and he then proceeded to serve and worship Baal.

1 Kings 16:31 · BSB

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Heb. was it a light thing

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1 Kings 16:32

First, Ahab set up an altar for Baal in the temple of Baal that he had built in Samaria.

1 Kings 16:32 · BSB

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1 Kings 16:33

Then he set up an Asherah pole. Thus Ahab did more to provoke the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger than all the kings of Israel before him.

1 Kings 16:33 · BSB

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1 Kings 16:34

In Ahab’s days, Hiel the Bethelite rebuilt Jericho. At the cost of Abiram his firstborn he laid its foundation, and at the cost of Segub his youngest he set up its gates, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through Joshua son of Nun.

1 Kings 16:34 · BSB

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