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 Beth-elite 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.
1 factus est autem sermo Domini ad Hieu filium Anani contra Baasa dicens
2 pro eo quod exaltavi te de pulvere
et posui ducem super populum meum Israhel
tu autem ambulasti in via Hieroboam
et peccare fecisti populum meum Israhel
ut me inritares in peccatis eorum
3 ecce ego demetam posteriora Baasa et posteriora domus eius
et faciam domum tuam sicut domum Hieroboam filii Nabath
4 qui mortuus fuerit de Baasa in civitate comedent eum canes
et qui mortuus fuerit ex eo in regione comedent eum volucres caeli
5 reliqua autem sermonum Baasa et quaecumque fecit et proelia eius
nonne haec scripta sunt in libro verborum dierum regum Israhel
6 dormivit ergo Baasa cum patribus suis sepultusque est in Thersa
et regnavit Hela filius eius pro eo
7 cum autem in manu Hieu filii Anani prophetae
verbum Domini factum esset contra Baasa et contra domum eius
et contra omne malum quod fecerat coram Domino
ad inritandum eum in operibus manuum suarum
ut fieret sicut domus Hieroboam
ob hanc causam occidit eum
8 anno vicesimo sexto Asa regis Iuda
regnavit Hela filius Baasa super Israhel in Thersa duobus annis
9 et rebellavit contra eum servus suus Zamri
dux mediae partis equitum
erat autem Hela in Thersa bibens et temulentus
in domo Arsa praefecti Thersa
10 inruens ergo Zamri percussit et occidit eum
anno vicesimo septimo Asa regis Iuda
et regnavit pro eo
11 cumque regnasset et sedisset super solium eius
percussit omnem domum Baasa
et non dereliquit ex eo mingentem ad parietem
et propinquos et amicos eius
12 delevitque Zamri omnem domum Baasa iuxta verbum Domini
quod locutus fuerat ad Baasa in manu Hieu prophetae
13 propter universa peccata Baasa et peccata Hela filii eius
qui peccaverunt et peccare fecerunt Israhel
provocantes Dominum Deum Israhel in vanitatibus suis
14 reliqua autem sermonum Hela et omnia quae fecit
nonne haec scripta sunt in libro verborum dierum regum Israhel
15 anno vicesimo et septimo Asa regis Iuda
regnavit Zamri septem diebus in Thersa
porro exercitus obsidebat Gebbethon urbem Philisthinorum
16 cumque audisset rebellasse Zamri et occidisse regem
fecit sibi regem omnis Israhel Amri
qui erat princeps militiae super Israhel in die illa in castris
17 ascendit ergo Amri et omnis Israhel cum eo de Gebbethon
et obsidebant Thersa
18 videns autem Zamri quod expugnanda esset civitas
ingressus est palatium et succendit secum domum regiam
et mortuus est
19 in peccatis suis quae peccaverat
faciens malum coram Domino et ambulans in via Hieroboam
et in peccato eius quo fecit peccare Israhel
20 reliqua autem sermonum Zamri et insidiarum eius et tyrannidis
nonne haec scripta sunt in libro verborum dierum regum Israhel
21 tunc divisus est populus Israhel in duas partes
media pars populi sequebatur Thebni filium Gineth
ut constitueret eum regem
et media pars Amri
22 praevaluit autem populus qui erat cum Amri
populo qui sequebatur Thebni filium Gineth
mortuusque est Thebni et regnavit Amri
23 anno tricesimo primo Asa regis Iuda
regnavit Amri super Israhel duodecim annis
in Thersa regnavit sex annis
24 emitque montem Samariae a Somer duobus talentis argenti
et aedificavit eam
et vocavit nomen civitatis quam extruxerat
nomine Somer domini montis Samariae
25 fecit autem Amri malum in conspectu Domini
et operatus est nequiter super omnes qui fuerant
ante eum
26 ambulavitque in omni via Hieroboam filii Nabath
et in peccatis eius quibus peccare fecerat Israhel
ut inritaret Dominum Deum Israhel in vanitatibus suis
27 reliqua autem sermonum Amri et proelia eius quae gessit
nonne haec scripta sunt in libro verborum dierum regum Israhel
28 et dormivit Amri cum patribus suis
et sepultus est in Samaria
regnavitque Ahab filius eius pro eo
29 Ahab vero filius Amri regnavit super Israhel
anno tricesimo octavo Asa regis Iuda
et regnavit Ahab filius Amri super Israhel in Samaria
viginti et duobus annis
30 et fecit Ahab filius Amri malum in conspectu Domini
super omnes qui fuerunt ante eum
31 nec suffecit ei
ut ambularet in peccatis Hieroboam filii Nabath
insuper duxit uxorem Hiezabel filiam Ethbaal regis Sidoniorum
et abiit et servivit Baal et adoravit eum
32 et posuit aram Baal in templo Baal quod aedificaverat in Samaria
33 et plantavit lucum
et addidit Ahab in opere suo inritans Dominum Deum Israhel
super omnes reges Israhel qui fuerant ante eum
34 in diebus eius aedificavit Ahiel de Bethel Hiericho
in Abiram primitivo suo fundavit eam
et in Segub novissimo suo posuit portas eius
iuxta verbum Domini quod locutus fuerat in manu Iosue filii Nun