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in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of
Judah, and reigned in his place.
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15:29 he killed all the house of Jeroboam. reign, as soon as he was seated on his throne,
Baasha,the northern king,in a vicious practice that he killed all the household of Baasha; he
too common in the ancient Near East, annihi- did not leave him one male, neither of his rel-
lated all of Jeroboam’s family.This act fulfilled atives nor of his friends. 12 Thus Zimri
Ahijah’s prophecy against Jeroboam (14:9–11). destroyed all the household of Baasha, accord-
However, Baasha went beyond the words of ing to the word of the LORD, which He spoke
the prophecy, since 14:10 specified judgment against Baasha by Jehu the prophet, for all
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only on every male, while Baasha killed all the sins of Baasha and the sins of Elah his son,
men, women, and children.
by which they had sinned and by which they
had made Israel sin, in provoking the LORD
God of Israel to anger with their idols.
that he did, are they not written in the book of 14 Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all
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the chronicles of the kings of Israel? And that he did, are they not written in the book of
there was war between Asa and Baasha king the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
of Israel all their days. 15 In the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of
In the third year of Asa king of Judah, Judah, Zimri had reigned in Tirzah seven days.
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Baasha the son of Ahijah became king over all And the people were encamped against
Israel in Tirzah, and reigned twenty-four years. Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines.
He did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked 16 Now the people who were encamped heard it
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in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin by which said, “Zimri has conspired and also has killed
he had made Israel sin. the king.” So all Israel made Omri, the com-
Then the word of the LORD came to Jehu mander of the army, king over Israel that day in
16 the son of Hanani, against Baasha, say- the camp. Then Omri and all Israel with him
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ing: “Inasmuch as I lifted you out of the dust went up from Gibbethon, and they besieged
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and made you ruler over My people Israel, and Tirzah. And it happened, when Zimri saw that
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you have walked in the way of Jeroboam, and the city was taken, that he went into the citadel
have made My people Israel sin, to provoke of the king’s house and burned the king’s
Me to anger with their sins, surely I will take house down upon himself with fire, and died,
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away the posterity of Baasha and the posterity 19 because of the sins which he had committed
of his house, and I will make your house like in doing evil in the sight of the LORD, in walking
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the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat. The in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he
dogs shall eat whoever belongs to Baasha and had committed to make Israel sin.
dies in the city, and the birds of the air shall eat 20 Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and the
whoever dies in the fields.” treason he committed, are they not written in
Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, what he the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
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did, and his might, are they not written in the 21 Then the people of Israel were divided into
book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? two parts: half of the people followed Tibni the
So Baasha rested with his fathers and was son of Ginath, to make him king, and half fol-
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buried in Tirzah. Then Elah his son reigned in lowed Omri. But the people who followed
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his place. Omri prevailed over the people who followed
And also the word of the LORD came by the Tibni the son of Ginath. So Tibni died and
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prophet Jehu the son of Hanani against Omri reigned. In the thirty-first year of Asa
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Baasha and his house, because of all the evil king of Judah, Omri became king over Israel,
that he did in the sight of the LORD in provok- and reigned twelve years. Six years he reigned
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ing Him to anger with the work of his hands, in Tirzah. And he bought the hill of Samaria
in being like the house of Jeroboam, and from Shemer for two talents of silver; then he
because he killed them. built on the hill, and called the name of the city
In the twenty-sixth year of Asa king of Ju- which he built, Samaria, after the name of
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dah, Elah the son of Baasha became king over Shemer, owner of the hill. Omri did evil in
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Israel, and reigned two years in Tirzah. Now the eyes of the LORD, and did worse than all
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his servant Zimri, commander of half his char- who were before him. For he walked in all the
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iots, conspired against him as he was in ways of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in his
Tirzah drinking himself drunk in the house of sin by which he had made Israel sin, provok-
Arza, steward of his house in Tirzah. And ing the LORD God of Israel to anger with their
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Zimri went in and struck him and killed him idols.
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