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1 Kings 16 :: Brenton's English Septuagint (BES)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:1 - And the word of the Lord came by the hand of Ju son of Anani to Baasa, saying,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:2 - Forasmuch as I lifted thee up from the earth, and made thee ruler over my people Israel; and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast caused my people Israel to sin, to provoke me with their vanities;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:3 - Behold, I raise up enemies after Baasa, and after his house; and I will [fn]make thy house as the house of Jeroboam son of Nabat.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:4 - Him that [fn]dies of Baasa in the city the dogs shall devour, and him that dies of his in the field the birds of the sky shall devour.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:5 - Now the rest of the history of Baasa, and all that he did, and his mighty acts, behold, are not these written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:6 - And Baasa slept with his fathers, and [fn]they bury him in Thersa; and Ela his son reigns in his stead.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:7 - And the Lord spoke by [fn]Ju the son of Anani against Baasa, and against his house, even all the evil which he wrought before the Lord to provoke him to anger by the works of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam; and because he smote him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:8 - [fn]And Ela son of Baasa reigned over Israel two years in Thersa.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:9 - And Zambri, captain of half his cavalry, conspired against him, while he was in Thersa, drinking himself drunk in the house of Osa the steward at Thersa.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:10 - And Zambri went in and smote him and slew him, [fn]and reigned in his stead.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:11 - And it came to pass when he reigned, when he sat upon his throne,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:12 - that he smote all the house of Baasa, according to the word which the Lord spoke against the house of Baasa, and to Ju the prophet,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:13 - for all the sins of Baasa and Ela his son, as he led Israel astray to sin, to provoke the Lord God of Israel with their vanities.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:14 - And the rest of the [fn]deeds of Ela which he did, behold, are not these written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:15 - And Zambri reigned in Thersa seven days: and the army of Israel was encamped against Gabathon of the Philistines.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:16 - And the people heard in the [fn]army, saying, Zambri has conspired and smitten the king: and the people [fn]of Israel made Ambri the captain of the host king in that day in the camp over Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:17 - And Ambri went up, and all Israel with him, out of Gabathon; and they besieged Thersa.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:18 - And it came to pass when Zambri saw that his city was [fn]taken, that he goes into the [fn]inner chamber of the house of the king, and burnt the king's house over him, and died.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:19 - Because of his sins which he committed, doing that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, so as to walk in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, and in his sins wherein he caused Israel to sin.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:20 - And the rest of the history of Zambri, and his conspiracies wherein he conspired, behold, are not these written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:21 - Then the people of Israel divides; half the people goes after Thamni the son of Gonath to make him king; and half the people goes after Ambri.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:22 - The people that followed Ambri overpowered the people that [fn]followed Thamni son of Gonath: and Thamni died and Joram his brother at that time, and Ambri reigned after Thamni.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:23 - In the thirty-first year of king Asa, Ambri [fn]begins to reign over Israel twelve years: he reigns six years in Thersa.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:24 - And Ambri bought the mount Semeron of Semer the lord of the mountain for two talents of silver; and he built upon the mountain, and they called the name of the mountain on which he built, after the name of Semer the lord of the mount, Semeron.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:25 - And Ambri did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, and wrought wickedly beyond all that were before him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:26 - And he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, and in his sins wherewith he caused Israel to sin, to provoke the Lord God of Israel by their vanities.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:27 - And the rest of the acts of Ambri, and all that he did, and all his might, behold, are not these things written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:28 - And Ambri slept with his fathers, and is buried in Samaria; and Achaab his son reigns in his stead.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:29 - In the second year of Josaphat king of Juda, Achaab son of Ambri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty-two years.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:30 - And Achaab did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, and did more wickedly than all that were before him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:31 - And it was not enough for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, but he took to wife Jezabel the daughter of Jethebaal king of the Sidonians; and he went and served Baal, and worshipped him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:32 - And he set up an altar to Baal in the house of his [fn]abominations, which he built in Samaria.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:33 - And Achaab made a grove; and Achaab did yet more abominably, to provoke the Lord God of Israel, and to sin against his own life so that he should be destroyed: he did evil above all the kings of Israel that were before him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:34 - And in his days Achiel the Bæthelite built Jericho: he laid the foundation of it in Abiron his first-born, and he set up the doors of it in Segub his younger son, according to the word of the Lord which he spoke by Joshua the son of Naue.
BES Footnotes
Gr. give.
Gr. has died.
Gr. he is buried.
Gr. the hand of Ju.
Heb. and Alex. 'in the 26th year of Asa king of Juda, Ela,' etc.
Heb. and Alex. insert 'in the 27th year of Asa king of Juda.'
Gr. words.
Or, camp.
Gr. in Israel.
Or, surprised.
Gr. the cave of the house.
Gr. was after.
Gr. reigns.
The word ἔτει is redundant.
Gr. in his kingdom.
Gr. might.
See 1 Kings 22:46-50. A. V.
Heb. כצב praefectus.
Or, for.
Or, let me.
Or, provocations, etc.
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Translation of the Greek Septuagint into English by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton, originally published in 1851 and is now in the Public Domain

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