CONTENTS
This chapter relates nothing of the history of Judah but wholly
concerns the kingdom of Israel. Jehu comes with an alarming message
from the Lord to Baasha. His ruin and death; the reign of his son
Elah; the conspiracy of Zimri; the division of Israel after the death
of Zimri between Tibni... [ Continue Reading ]
(1) В¶ 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 s... [ Continue Reading ]
(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 s... [ Continue Reading ]
(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 Tirza... [ Continue Reading ]
(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 LO... [ Continue Reading ]
(15) В¶ 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 Isr... [ Continue Reading ]
(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 Shem... [ Continue Reading ]
(29) В¶ 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 ca... [ Continue Reading ]
(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.
It was about 500 years before this period when, at the d... [ Continue Reading ]