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1 Kings 16

Jehu son of Hanani announces judgment on Baasha. Baasha’s son Elah is assassinated by Zimri, who destroys Baasha’s house but reigns only seven days before Omri’s supporters besiege him. After civil conflict Omri becomes king, buys the hill of Samaria, and establishes the northern capital. His son Ahab then surpasses earlier kings in evil, marries Jezebel, serves Baal, builds a Baal house, and makes an Asherah. The chapter closes with Hiel rebuilding Jericho at the cost Joshua had foretold.

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Jehu son of Hanani announces judgment on Baasha. Baasha’s son Elah is assassinated by Zimri, who destroys Baasha’s house but reigns only seven days before Omri’s supporters besiege him. After civil conflict Omri becomes king, buys the hill of Samaria, and establishes the northern capital. His son Ahab then surpasses earlier kings in evil, marries Jezebel, serves Baal, builds a Baal house, and makes an Asherah. The chapter closes with Hiel rebuilding Jericho at the cost Joshua had foretold.

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Verses 1–7Jehu prophesies against Baasha’s houseVerses 8–14Elah reigns and is killed by ZimriVerses 15–20Zimri reigns seven days and dies when Tirzah is takenVerses 21–28Omri defeats Tibni, builds Samaria, and reigns wickedlyVerses 29–34Ahab reigns, marries Jezebel, serves Baal, and Jericho is rebuilt
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1Then the word of the LORD came to Jehu the…2Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and…3Behold, I will take away the posterity of Baasha, and…4Him that dieth of Baasha in the city shall the…5Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, and what…6So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in…7And also by the hand of the prophet Jehu the…8In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of…9And his servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired…10And Zimri went in and smote him, and killed him,…11And it came to pass, when he began to reign,…12Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha, according…13For all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of…14Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all…15In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of…16And the people that were encamped heard say, Zimri hath…17And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with…18And it came to pass, when Zimri saw that the…19For his sins which he sinned in doing evil in…20Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his…21Then were the people of Israel divided into two parts:…22But the people that followed Omri prevailed against the people…23In the thirty and first year of Asa king of…24And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two…25But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the LORD,…26For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the…27Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he…28So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in…29And in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king…30And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the…31And it came to pass, as if it had been…32And he reared up an altar for Baal in the…33And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to…34In his days did Hiel the Bethelite build Jericho: he…