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    1 Kings 16

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    Jericho is rebuilt with a firstborn at its foundation and a youngest son at its gates, and the chapter declines to explain the arithmetic.

    A throne, a steward’s house, and seven daysvv. 1–14

    The word of the LORD comes through Jehu against Baasha, whose house is condemned even as Baasha is buried in Tirzah and Elah succeeds him. Elah’s reign has the peculiar setting of a steward’s house: Zimri, commander of half the chariots, finds the king drunk, strikes him down, and then removes the whole household. The old judgment is carried out with terrible efficiency, and the chapter is already looking for the next king.

    Seven days become a siegevv. 15–24

    Zimri’s entire reign lasts seven days, which is just long enough for the troops at Gibbethon to hear what has happened and proclaim Omri king. Omri marches on Tirzah; Zimri burns the royal citadel down upon himself; and Israel then divides between Omri and Tibni. Omri prevails, rules from Tirzah for six years, and buys a hill from Shemer, giving its new city the splendidly uncomplicated name of Samaria.

    Omri’s city and Ahab’s additionsvv. 25–34

    Omri is judged more wicked than those before him, and after his death Ahab reigns in Samaria. Ahab does not merely continue the sins of Jeroboam: he marries Jezebel, serves and worships Baal, builds Baal’s temple and altar, and sets up an Asherah pole. Then, in Ahab’s days, Hiel rebuilds Jericho, with Abiram named at the foundation and Segub at the gates; the chapter gives the costs and leaves the strange construction account standing there.

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    1. 1 Kgs 16:1Then the word of the LORD came to Jehu son of Hanani against Baasha, saying:

    2. 1 Kgs 16:2“Even though I lifted you out of the dust and made you ruler over My people Israel, you have walked in the way of Jeroboam and have caused My people Israel to sin and to provoke Me to anger by their sins.

    3. 1 Kgs 16:3So now I will consume Baasha and his house, and I will make your house like that of Jeroboam son of Nebat:

    4. 1 Kgs 16:4Anyone belonging to Baasha who dies in the city will be eaten by dogs, and anyone who dies in the field will be eaten by the birds of the air.”

    5. 1 Kgs 16:5As for the rest of the acts of Baasha, along with his accomplishments and might, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

    6. 1 Kgs 16:6And Baasha rested with his fathers and was buried in Tirzah, and his son Elah reigned in his place.

    7. 1 Kgs 16:7Moreover, the word of the LORD came through the prophet Jehu son of Hanani against Baasha and his house, because of all the evil he had done in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger with the work of his hands and becoming like the house of Jeroboam, and also because Baasha had struck down the house of Jeroboam.

    8. 1 Kgs 16:8In the twenty-sixth year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Elah son of Baasha became king of Israel, and he reigned in Tirzah two years.

    9. 1 Kgs 16:9However, while Elah was in Tirzah getting drunk in the house of Arza the steward of his household there, Elah’s servant Zimri, the commander of half his chariots, conspired against him.

    10. 1 Kgs 16:10So in the twenty-seventh year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Zimri went in, struck Elah down, and killed him. And Zimri reigned in his place.

    11. 1 Kgs 16:11As soon as Zimri began to reign and was seated on the throne, he struck down the entire household of Baasha. He did not leave a single male, whether a kinsman or friend.

    12. 1 Kgs 16:12So Zimri destroyed the entire household of Baasha, according to the word that the LORD had spoken against Baasha through Jehu the prophet.

    13. 1 Kgs 16:13This happened because of all the sins Baasha and his son Elah had committed and had caused Israel to commit, provoking the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger with their worthless idols.

    14. 1 Kgs 16:14As for the rest of the acts of Elah, along with all his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

    15. 1 Kgs 16:15In the twenty-seventh year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Zimri reigned in Tirzah for seven days. Now the troops were encamped against Gibbethon of the Philistines,

    16. 1 Kgs 16:16and the people in the camp heard that Zimri had conspired against the king and struck him down. So there in the camp that very day, all Israel proclaimed Omri, the commander of the army, king over Israel.

    17. 1 Kgs 16:17Then Omri and all the Israelites marched up from Gibbethon and besieged Tirzah.

    18. 1 Kgs 16:18When Zimri saw that the city was captured, he entered the citadel of the royal palace and burned it down upon himself. So he died

    19. 1 Kgs 16:19because of the sins he had committed, doing evil in the sight of the LORD and following the example of Jeroboam and the sin he had committed and had caused Israel to commit.

    20. 1 Kgs 16:20As for the rest of the acts of Zimri and the treason he committed, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

    21. 1 Kgs 16:21At that time the people of Israel were divided: Half of the people supported Tibni son of Ginath as king, and half supported Omri.

    22. 1 Kgs 16:22But the followers of Omri proved stronger than those of Tibni son of Ginath. So Tibni died and Omri became king.

    23. 1 Kgs 16:23In the thirty-first year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Omri became king of Israel, and he reigned twelve years, six of them in Tirzah.

    24. 1 Kgs 16:24He bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver and built a city there, calling it Samaria after the name of Shemer, who had owned the hill.

    25. 1 Kgs 16:25But Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD and acted more wickedly than all who were before him.

    26. 1 Kgs 16:26For he walked in all the ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat and in his sins, which he caused Israel to commit, provoking the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger with their worthless idols.

    27. 1 Kgs 16:27As for the rest of the acts of Omri, along with his accomplishments and the might he exercised, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

    28. 1 Kgs 16:28And Omri rested with his fathers and was buried in Samaria, and his son Ahab reigned in his place.

    29. 1 Kgs 16:29In the thirty-eighth year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Ahab son of Omri became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria twenty-two years.

    30. 1 Kgs 16:30However, Ahab son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD, more than all who were before him.

    31. 1 Kgs 16:31And as if it were not enough for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, he even married Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and he then proceeded to serve and worship Baal.

    32. 1 Kgs 16:32First, Ahab set up an altar for Baal in the temple of Baal that he had built in Samaria.

    33. 1 Kgs 16:33Then he set up an Asherah pole. Thus Ahab did more to provoke the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger than all the kings of Israel before him.

    34. 1 Kgs 16:34In Ahab’s days, Hiel the Bethelite rebuilt Jericho. At the cost of Abiram his firstborn he laid its foundation, and at the cost of Segub his youngest he set up its gates, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through Joshua son of Nun.

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    • 34Joshua 6:26At that time Joshua invoked this solemn oath: “Cursed before the LORD is the man who rises up and rebuilds this city, Jericho; at the cost of his firstborn he will lay its foundations; at the cost of his youngest he will set up its gates.”
    • 301 Kings 16:25But Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD and acted more wickedly than all who were before him.
    • 312 Kings 17:16They abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves two cast idols of calves and an Asherah pole. They bowed down to all the host of heaven and served Baal.
    • 12 Chronicles 20:34As for the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, from beginning to end, they are indeed written in the Chronicles of Jehu son of Hanani, which are recorded in the Book of the Kings of Israel.
    • 12 Chronicles 19:2Jehu son of Hanani the seer went out to confront him and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD? Because of this, the wrath of the LORD is upon you.
    • 21 Kings 14:7Go, tell Jeroboam that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I raised you up from among the people and appointed you ruler over My people Israel.
    • 21 Kings 15:34And Baasha did evil in the sight of the LORD and walked in the way of Jeroboam and in his sin, which he had caused Israel to commit.
    • 31 Kings 14:10Because of all this, behold, I am bringing disaster on the house of Jeroboam: I will cut off from Jeroboam every male, both slave and free, in Israel; I will burn up the house of Jeroboam as one burns up dung until it is gone!
    • 41 Kings 14:11Anyone belonging to Jeroboam who dies in the city will be eaten by dogs, and anyone who dies in the field will be eaten by the birds of the air.’ For the LORD has spoken.
    • 61 Kings 14:17Then Jeroboam’s wife got up and departed for Tirzah, and as soon as she stepped over the threshold of the house, the boy died.
    • 13Deuteronomy 32:21They have provoked My jealousy by that which is not God; they have enraged Me with their worthless idols. So I will make them jealous by those who are not a people; I will make them angry by a nation without understanding.
    • 151 Kings 15:27Then Baasha son of Ahijah of the house of Issachar conspired against Nadab, and Baasha struck him down at Gibbethon of the Philistines while Nadab and all Israel were besieging the city.
    • 241 Kings 13:32for the message that he cried out by the word of the LORD against the altar in Bethel and against all the shrines on the high places in the cities of Samaria will surely come to pass.”
    • 25Micah 6:16You have kept the statutes of Omri and all the practices of Ahab’s house; you have followed their counsel. Therefore I will make you a desolation, and your inhabitants an object of contempt; you will bear the scorn of the nations.”
    • 261 Kings 16:19because of the sins he had committed, doing evil in the sight of the LORD and following the example of Jeroboam and the sin he had committed and had caused Israel to commit.
    • 312 Kings 10:18Then Jehu brought all the people together and said, “Ahab served Baal a little, but Jehu will serve him a lot.

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