1 Kings 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
prince over my
people Israel; and thou hast
walked in the
way of
Jeroboam, and hast made my
people Israel to
sin, to provoke me to
anger with their
sins; 3 Behold, I will take
away the
posterity of
Baasha, and the
posterity of his
house; and will
make thy
house like the
house of
Jeroboam the
son of
Nebat. 4 Him that
dieth of
Baasha in the
city shall the
dogs eat; and him that
dieth of his in the
fields shall the
fowls of the
air eat.
5 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? 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 the
prophet Jehu the
son of
Hanani came the
word of the
LORD against
Baasha, 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
Jeroboam; and because he
killed him.
8 In the
twenty and sixth year of
Asa king of
Judah began
Elah the
son of
Baasha to
reign over
Israel in
Tirzah, two
years. 9 And his
servant Zimri, captain of
half his
chariots, conspired against him, as he was in
Tirzah, drinking himself
drunk in the
house of
Arza steward of his
house in
Tirzah. 10 And
Zimri went
in and
smote him, and
killed him, in the
twenty and
seventh year of
Asa king of
Judah, and
reigned in his stead.
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
Baasha: he
left him not one that
pisseth against a
wall, neither of his
kinsfolks, nor of his
friends. 12 Thus did
Zimri destroy all the
house of
Baasha, according to the
word of the
LORD, which he
spake against
Baasha by Jehu the
prophet, 13 For all the
sins of
Baasha, and the
sins of
Elah 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. 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? 15 In the
twenty and seventh year of
Asa king of
Judah did
Zimri reign seven days in
Tirzah. And the
people were
encamped against
Gibbethon, which belonged to the
Philistines. 16 And the
people that were
encamped 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
day in the
camp. 17 And
Omri went
up from
Gibbethon, and all
Israel with him, and they
besieged Tirzah. 18 And it came to pass, when
Zimri 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,
19 For his
sins which he
sinned in
doing evil in the
sight of the
LORD, in
walking in the
way of
Jeroboam, and in his
sin which he
did, to make
Israel to
sin.
20 Now 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: half of the
people followed Tibni the
son of
Ginath, to make him
king; and
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
thirty and first year of
Asa king of
Judah began
Omri to
reign over
Israel, twelve years: six years reigned he in
Tirzah. 24 And he
bought the
hill Samaria of
Shemer for two
talents of
silver, and
built on the
hill, and
called the
name of the
city which he
built, after the
name of
Shemer, owner of the
hill, Samaria. 25 But
Omri wrought 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
sin wherewith he made
Israel to
sin, to provoke the
LORD God of
Israel to
anger with their
vanities. 27 Now the
rest of the
acts of
Omri which he
did, and his
might that he
shewed, are they not
written in the
book of the
chronicles of the
kings of
Israel? 28 So
Omri slept with his
fathers, and was
buried in
Samaria: and
Ahab his
son reigned in his stead.
29 And in the
thirty and eighth year of
Asa king of
Judah began
Ahab the
son of
Omri to
reign over
Israel: and
Ahab the
son of
Omri reigned over
Israel in
Samaria twenty and
two years. 30 And
Ahab the
son of
Omri did evil in the
sight of the
LORD above all that were
before him.
31 And it came to pass, as if it had been a light
thing for him to
walk in the
sins of
Jeroboam the
son of
Nebat, that he
took to
wife Jezebel the
daughter of
Ethbaal king of the
Zidonians, and
went and
served Baal, and
worshipped him.
32 And he reared
up an
altar for
Baal in the
house of
Baal, which he had
built in
Samaria. 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.
34 In his
days did
Hiel the
Bethelite build Jericho: he laid the
foundation thereof in
Abiram his
firstborn, 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.