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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.