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1 Kings 16 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

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Now the word of Yahweh came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:2 - “Inasmuch as I exalted you from the dust and made you ruler over My people Israel, and you have walked in the way of Jeroboam and have made My people Israel sin, provoking Me to anger with their sins,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:3 - behold, I am going to sweep away Baasha and his house, and I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:4 - “Anyone of Baasha who dies in the city the dogs will eat, and anyone of his who dies in the field the birds of the sky will eat.”

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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?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:6 - And Baasha slept with his fathers and was buried in Tirzah, and Elah his son became king in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:7 - Moreover, the word of Yahweh through the hand of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani also came about against Baasha and his household, both because of all the evil which he did in the sight of Yahweh, provoking Him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam, and because he struck [fn]it.

Elah Reigns over Israel

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In the twenty-sixth year of Asa king of Judah, Elah the son of Baasha became king over Israel at Tirzah, and reigned two years.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:9 - And his servant Zimri, commander of half his chariots, conspired against him. Now he was at Tirzah drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, who was over the household at Tirzah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:10 - Then Zimri went in and struck him and put him to death in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and became king in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:11 - Now it happened when he became king, as soon as he sat on his throne, that he struck down all the household of Baasha; he did not leave [fn]a single male—not even any of his kinsman redeemers or his friends.

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Thus Zimri destroyed all the household of Baasha, according to the word of Yahweh, which He spoke against Baasha by the hand of Jehu the prophet,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:13 - for all the sins of Baasha and the sins of Elah his son, which they sinned and which they made Israel sin, provoking Yahweh, the God of Israel, to anger with their [fn]idols.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:14 - 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?

Zimri Reigns over Israel

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In the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, Zimri reigned seven days at Tirzah. Now the people were camped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:16 - And the people who were camped heard [fn]it said, “Zimri has conspired and has also struck down the king.” Therefore all Israel made Omri, the commander of the army, king over Israel that day in the camp.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:17 - Then Omri and all Israel with him went up from Gibbethon and besieged Tirzah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:18 - Now it happened that when Zimri saw that the city was captured, he went into the citadel of the king’s house and burned the king’s house over him with fire, and died,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:19 - because of his sins which he sinned, doing what is evil in the sight of Yahweh, walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he did, making Israel sin.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:20 - Now the rest of the acts of Zimri and his conspiracy which he [fn]carried out, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

Omri Reigns over Israel

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Then the people of Israel were divided into two parts: half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king; the other half followed Omri.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:22 - But the people who followed Omri prevailed over the people who followed Tibni the son of Ginath. And Tibni died and Omri became king.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:23 - In the thirty-first year of Asa king of Judah, Omri became king over Israel and reigned twelve years; he reigned six years at Tirzah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:24 - And he bought the hill [fn]Samaria from Shemer for two [fn]talents of silver; and he built on the hill, and named the city which he built [fn]Samaria, after the name of Shemer, the owner of the hill.

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And Omri did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and acted more wickedly than all who were before him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:26 - For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat and in his sins which he made Israel sin, provoking Yahweh, the God of Israel, to anger with their [fn]idols.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:27 - Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did and his might which he [fn]showed, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:28 - So Omri slept with his fathers and was buried in Samaria; and Ahab his son became king in his place.

Ahab Reigns over Israel

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

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:30 - And Ahab the son of Omri did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh more than all who were before him.

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Now it happened, as though it had been a trivial thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians as a wife, and went and served Baal and worshiped him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:32 - So he erected an altar for Baal in the house of Baal which he built in Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:33 - Ahab also made the [fn]Asherah. Thus Ahab did more to provoke Yahweh, the God of Israel, to anger than all the kings of Israel who were before him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:34 - In his days Hiel the Bethelite built Jericho; he laid its foundations with the loss of Abiram his firstborn, and set up its gates with the loss of his youngest son Segub, according to the word of Yahweh, which He spoke by the hand of Joshua the son of Nun.
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Or him
Lit him who urinates against the wall, cf. 1 Sam 25:22, 34; 1 Kin 14:10; 21:21; 2 Kin 9:8
Lit vanities
Lit saying
Lit conspired
Heb Shomeron
A talent was approx. 75 lb. or 34 kg
Heb Shomeron
Lit vanities
Lit did
A wooden symbol of a female deity
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