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1 Kings 16:1 (GW)
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The Lord spoke his word to Jehu, Hanani’s son, against Baasha.

1 Kings 16:2 (GW)
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He said, “I raised you from the dust and made you leader of my people Israel. But you have lived like Jeroboam. You have led my people to sin, and their sins make me furious.

1 Kings 16:3 (GW)
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So I will destroy Baasha and his family. I will make his family like the family of Jeroboam (Nebat’s son).

1 Kings 16:4 (GW)
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Dogs will eat anyone from Baasha’s family who dies in the city. Birds will eat anyone from his family who dies in the country.”

1 Kings 16:5 (GW)
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Isn’t everything else about Baasha—what he did and his heroic acts—written in the official records of the kings of Israel?

1 Kings 16:6 (GW)
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Baasha lay down in death with his ancestors and was buried in Tirzah. His son Elah succeeded him as king.

1 Kings 16:7 (GW)
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In addition, the Lord spoke his word to the prophet Jehu, Hanani’s son, against Baasha and his family because of all the things Baasha did which the Lord considered evil. Baasha’s actions, which made the Lord furious, were like the sin of Jeroboam’s family. The Lord was also furious because Baasha destroyed Jeroboam’s family.

1 Kings 16:8 (GW)
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Elah, son of Baasha, began to rule Israel in Asa’s twenty-sixth year as Judah’s king. He ruled in Tirzah for two years.

1 Kings 16:9 (GW)
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But Zimri, the general who commanded half of Elah’s chariots, plotted against him. Elah was getting drunk in Tirzah at Arza’s house. (Arza was in charge of the palace in Tirzah.)

1 Kings 16:10 (GW)
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Zimri entered Arza’s house, attacked Elah, and killed him in Asa’s twenty-seventh year as king of Judah. Zimri succeeded Elah as king of Israel.

1 Kings 16:11 (GW)
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At the beginning of Zimri’s reign, as soon as he was on his throne, he killed Baasha’s entire family. He didn’t spare any of Baasha’s male relatives or friends.

1 Kings 16:12 (GW)
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So Zimri destroyed Baasha’s entire family, as the Lord had spoken through the prophet Jehu.

1 Kings 16:13 (GW)
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This was for all the sins committed by Baasha and his son Elah. They sinned, led Israel to sin, and made the Lord God of Israel furious because of their worthless idols.

1 Kings 16:14 (GW)
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Isn’t everything else about Elah—everything he did—written in the official records of the kings of Israel?

1 Kings 16:15 (GW)
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In Asa’s twenty-seventh year as Judah’s king, Zimri ruled for seven days in Tirzah while the army was camped near the Philistine city of Gibbethon.

1 Kings 16:16 (GW)
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When the army heard that Zimri had plotted against the king and killed him, the Israelite troops in the camp made Omri, the commander of the army, king of Israel.

1 Kings 16:17 (GW)
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Omri and the Israelite troops with him left Gibbethon and attacked Tirzah.

1 Kings 16:18 (GW)
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When Zimri saw that the city had been captured, he went into the stronghold in the royal palace and burned down the palace over his own head. He died

1 Kings 16:19 (GW)
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because of the sins he had committed—the things the Lord considered evil. Zimri lived like Jeroboam and led Israel to sin.

1 Kings 16:20 (GW)
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Isn’t everything else about Zimri and his plot written in the official records of the kings of Israel?

1 Kings 16:21 (GW)
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Then the army of Israel was divided into two factions. Half of the army followed Tibni, son of Ginath, and wanted to make him king. The other half followed Omri.

1 Kings 16:22 (GW)
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But the half which followed Omri was stronger than the half which followed Tibni, Ginath’s son. Tibni died, and Omri became king.

1 Kings 16:23 (GW)
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Omri began to rule Israel in Asa’s thirty-first year as king of Judah. He ruled for 12 years, 6 of them in Tirzah.

1 Kings 16:24 (GW)
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Omri bought a hill from Shemer for 150 pounds of silver. He fortified the hill and built the city of Samaria on it. He named the city after its former owner, Shemer.

1 Kings 16:25 (GW)
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Omri did what the Lord considered evil. He did more evil things than all the kings before him.

1 Kings 16:26 (GW)
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He lived exactly like Jeroboam (Nebat’s son). He sinned and led Israel to sin with worthless idols, and the Israelites made the Lord God of Israel furious.

1 Kings 16:27 (GW)
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Isn’t everything else about Omri—what he did and his heroic acts—written in the official records of the kings of Israel?

1 Kings 16:28 (GW)
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Omri lay down in death with his ancestors and was buried in Samaria. His son Ahab succeeded him as king.

1 Kings 16:29 (GW)
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Ahab, son of Omri, began to rule Israel in Asa’s thirty-eighth year as king of Judah. He ruled for 22 years in Samaria.

1 Kings 16:30 (GW)
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Ahab, son of Omri, did what the Lord considered evil. He was worse than all the kings who were before him.

1 Kings 16:31 (GW)
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It wasn’t enough that he committed the same sins as Jeroboam (Nebat’s son). He also married Jezebel, daughter of King Ethbaal of Sidon. Ahab then served and worshiped Baal.

1 Kings 16:32 (GW)
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He built the temple of Baal in Samaria and set up an altar there.

1 Kings 16:33 (GW)
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Ahab made poles dedicated to the goddess Asherah. He did more to make the Lord God of Israel furious than all the kings of Israel who came before him.

1 Kings 16:34 (GW)
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In Ahab’s time Hiel from Bethel rebuilt Jericho. Laying the foundation cost him his firstborn son, Abiram. Setting up the city doors cost him his youngest son, Segub. The Lord had spoken this through Joshua, son of Nun.

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