34AND HE DID THE EVIL IN [THE] EYES OF YAHWEH AND HE WALKED IN [THE] WAY OF JEROBOAM AND IN SIN HIS WHICH HE CAUSED TO SIN <OBJ.> ISRAEL 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.
1AND IT CAME [THE] WORD OF YAHWEH TO JEHU [THE] SON OF HANANI ON BAASHA <TO> SAYING Jehu’s Prophecy against Baasha 1Then the word of the LORD came to Jehu son of Hanani against Baasha, saying:
2BECAUSE THAT I RAISED UP YOU FROM THE DUST AND I MADE YOU A RULER OVER PEOPLE MY ISRAEL AND YOU HAVE WALKED IN [THE] WAY OF JEROBOAM AND YOU HAVE CAUSED TO SIN <OBJ.> PEOPLE MY ISRAEL TO PROVOKE TO ANGER ME BY SINS THEIR 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.
3HERE I [AM] ABOUT TO SWEEP AWAY AFTER BAASHA AND AFTER HOUSE HIS AND I WILL MAKE <OBJ.> HOUSE YOUR LIKE [THE] HOUSE OF JEROBOAM [THE] SON OF NEBAT 3So now I will consume Baasha and his house, and I will make your house like that of Jeroboam son of Nebat:
4THE [ONE WHO] DIES OF BAASHA IN THE CITY THEY WILL DEVOUR THE DOGS AND THE [ONE WHO] DIES OF HIM IN THE OPEN COUNTRY THEY WILL DEVOUR [THE] BIRD[S] OF THE HEAVENS 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.”
5AND [THE] REST OF [THE] MATTERS OF BAASHA AND [THAT] WHICH HE DID AND MIGHT HIS ¿ NOT [ARE] THEY WRITTEN ON [THE] SCROLL OF [THE] MATTERS OF THE DAYS OF [THE] KINGS OF ISRAEL 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?
6AND HE LAY DOWN BAASHA WITH ANCESTORS HIS AND HE WAS BURIED IN TIRZAH AND HE BECAME KING ELAH SON HIS IN PLACE OF HIM 6And Baasha rested with his fathers and was buried in Tirzah, and his son Elah reigned in his place.
7AND ALSO BY [THE] HAND OF JEHU [THE] SON OF HANANI THE PROPHET [THE] WORD OF YAHWEH IT CAME AGAINST BAASHA AND AGAINST HOUSE HIS AND ON ALL THE EVIL WHICH HE HAD DONE IN [THE] EYES OF YAHWEH TO PROVOKE TO ANGER HIM BY [THE] WORK OF HANDS HIS TO BE LIKE [THE] HOUSE OF JEROBOAM AND ON THAT HE STRUCK DOWN <OBJ.> IT 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.
8IN YEAR TWENTY AND SIX YEAR OF ASA [THE] KING OF JUDAH HE BECAME KING ELAH [THE] SON OF BAASHA OVER ISRAEL IN TIRZAH TWO YEARS Elah Reigns in Israel 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.
9AND HE CONSPIRED ON HIM SERVANT HIS ZIMRI [THE] COMMANDER OF <THE> HALF OF THE CHARIOTRY AND HE IN TIRZAH [WAS] DRINKING DRUNKEN [THE] HOUSE OF ARZA WHO [WAS] OVER THE HOUSEHOLD IN TIRZAH 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.
10AND HE CAME ZIMRI AND HE STRUCK DOWN HIM AND HE KILLED HIM IN YEAR TWENTY AND SEVEN OF ASA [THE] KING OF JUDAH AND HE BECAME KING IN PLACE OF HIM 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.
11AND IT WAS WHEN BECAME KING HE WHEN SAT HE ON THRONE HIS HE STRUCK DOWN <OBJ.> ALL [THE] HOUSE OF BAASHA NOT HE LEFT TO HIM [ONE WHO] URINATES ON A WALL AND KINSMAN REDEEMER HIS AND FRIEND HIS 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.
12AND HE DESTROYED ZIMRI <OBJ.> ALL [THE] HOUSE OF BAASHA ACCORDING TO [THE] WORD OF YAHWEH WHICH HE HAD SPOKEN AGAINST BAASHA BY [THE] HAND OF JEHU THE PROPHET 12So Zimri destroyed the entire household of Baasha, according to the word that the LORD had spoken against Baasha through Jehu the prophet.
13BECAUSE OF ALL [THE] SINS OF BAASHA AND [THE] SINS OF ELAH SON HIS WHICH THEY SINNED AND WHICH THEY CAUSED TO SIN <OBJ.> ISRAEL TO PROVOKE TO ANGER <OBJ.> YAHWEH [THE] GOD OF ISRAEL WITH VANITIES THEIR 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.
14AND [THE] REST OF [THE] MATTERS OF ELAH AND ALL THAT HE DID ¿ NOT [ARE] THEY WRITTEN ON [THE] SCROLL OF [THE] MATTERS OF THE DAYS OF [THE] KINGS OF ISRAEL 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?
15IN YEAR TWENTY AND SEVEN YEAR OF ASA [THE] KING OF JUDAH HE BECAME KING ZIMRI SEVEN DAYS IN TIRZAH AND THE PEOPLE [WERE] ENCAMPED ON GIBBETHON WHICH [BELONGED] TO THE PHILISTINES Zimri Reigns in Israel 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,
16AND IT HEARD THE PEOPLE THAT WERE ENCAMPING <TO> SAYING HE HAS CONSPIRED ZIMRI AND ALSO HE HAS STRUCK DOWN <OBJ.> THE KING AND THEY MADE KING ALL ISRAEL <OBJ.> OMRI [THE] COMMANDER OF [THE] ARMY OVER ISRAEL ON THE DAY <THE> THAT IN THE CAMP 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.
17AND HE WENT UP OMRI AND ALL ISRAEL WITH HIM FROM GIBBETHON AND THEY LAID SIEGE ON TIRZAH 17Then Omri and all the Israelites marched up from Gibbethon and besieged Tirzah.
18AND IT WAS WHEN SAW ZIMRI THAT IT WAS CAPTURED THE CITY AND HE WENT INTO [THE] FORTRESS OF [THE] HOUSE OF THE KING AND HE BURNED OVER HIMSELF <OBJ.> [THE] HOUSE OF [THE] KING WITH <THE> FIRE AND HE DIED 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
19ON SINS HIS WHICH HE SINNED BY DOING THE EVIL IN [THE] EYES OF YAHWEH BY WALKING IN [THE] WAY OF JEROBOAM AND IN SIN HIS WHICH HE DID TO CAUSE TO SIN <OBJ.> ISRAEL 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.
20AND [THE] REST OF [THE] MATTERS OF ZIMRI AND CONSPIRACY HIS WHICH HE CONSPIRED ¿ NOT [ARE] THEY WRITTEN ON [THE] SCROLL OF [THE] MATTERS OF THE DAYS OF [THE] KINGS OF ISRAEL 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?
21THEN IT WAS DIVIDED THE PEOPLE ISRAEL INTO THE HALF <THE> HALF OF THE PEOPLE IT WAS BEHIND TIBNI [THE] SON OF GINATH TO MAKE KING HIM AND <THE> HALF [WAS] BEHIND OMRI Omri Reigns in Israel 21At that time the people of Israel were divided: Half of the people supported Tibni son of Ginath as king, and half supported Omri.
22AND IT PREVAILED OVER THE PEOPLE WHICH [WAS] AFTER OMRI <OBJ.> THE PEOPLE WHICH [WAS] AFTER TIBNI [THE] SON OF GINATH AND HE DIED TIBNI AND HE BECAME KING OMRI 22But the followers of Omri proved stronger than those of Tibni son of Ginath. So Tibni died and Omri became king.
23IN YEAR THIRTY AND ONE YEAR OF ASA [THE] KING OF JUDAH HE BECAME KING OMRI OVER ISRAEL TWO [PLUS] TEN YEAR[S] IN TIRZAH HE REIGNED SIX YEARS 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.
24AND HE BOUGHT <OBJ.> THE HILL SAMARIA FROM WITH SHEMER FOR TWO TALENTS SILVER AND HE BUILT <OBJ.> THE HILL AND HE CALLED <OBJ.> [THE] NAME OF THE CITY WHICH HE BUILT ON [THE] NAME OF SHEMER [THE] OWNER<S> OF THE HILL SAMARIA 24He bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver*NoteClose2 talents is approximately 151 pounds or 68.4 kilograms of silver. and built a city there, calling it Samaria after the name of Shemer, who had owned the hill.
25AND HE DID OMRI THE EVIL IN [THE] EYES OF YAHWEH AND HE DID EVIL MORE THAN ALL [THOSE] WHO [WERE] <TO> BEFORE HIM 25But Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD and acted more wickedly than all who were before him.
26AND HE WALKED IN ALL [THE] WAY OF JEROBOAM [THE] SON OF NEBAT AND IN SIN HIS WHICH HE CAUSED TO SIN <OBJ.> ISRAEL TO PROVOKE TO ANGER <OBJ.> YAHWEH [THE] GOD OF ISRAEL WITH VANITIES THEIR 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.
27AND [THE] REST OF [THE] MATTERS OF OMRI WHICH HE DID AND MIGHT HIS WHICH HE DID ¿ NOT [ARE] THEY WRITTEN ON [THE] SCROLL OF [THE] MATTERS OF THE DAYS OF [THE] KINGS OF ISRAEL 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?
28AND HE LAY DOWN OMRI WITH ANCESTORS HIS AND HE WAS BURIED IN SAMARIA AND HE BECAME KING AHAB SON HIS IN PLACE OF HIM 28And Omri rested with his fathers and was buried in Samaria, and his son Ahab reigned in his place.
29AND AHAB [THE] SON OF OMRI HE BECAME KING OVER ISRAEL IN YEAR THIRTY AND EIGHT YEAR OF ASA [THE] KING OF JUDAH AND HE REIGNED AHAB [THE] SON OF OMRI OVER ISRAEL IN SAMARIA TWENTY AND TWO YEAR[S] Ahab Reigns in Israel, Marries Jezebel 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.
30AND HE DID AHAB [THE] SON OF OMRI THE EVIL IN [THE] EYES OF YAHWEH MORE THAN ALL [THOSE] WHO [WERE] <TO> BEFORE HIM 30However, Ahab son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD, more than all who were before him.
31AND IT WAS ¿ WAS IT TRIFLING TO WALK HE IN [THE] SINS OF JEROBOAM [THE] SON OF NEBAT AND HE TOOK A WIFE <OBJ.> JEZEBEL [THE] DAUGHTER OF ETHBAAL [THE] KING OF [THE] SIDONIANS AND HE WENT AND HE SERVED <OBJ.> <THE> BAAL AND HE BOWED DOWN TO IT 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.
32AND HE SET UP AN ALTAR TO <THE> BAAL [THE] HOUSE OF <THE> BAAL WHICH HE BUILT IN SAMARIA 32First, Ahab set up an altar for Baal in the temple of Baal that he had built in Samaria.
33AND HE MADE AHAB <OBJ.> <THE> ASHERAH POLE AND HE INCREASED AHAB TO DO TO PROVOKE TO ANGER <OBJ.> YAHWEH [THE] GOD OF ISRAEL MORE THAN ALL [THE] KINGS OF ISRAEL WHO THEY WERE <TO> BEFORE HIM 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.
34IN DAYS HIS HE REBUILT HIEL [THE] BETH- <THE> -ELITE <OBJ.> JERICHO BY ABIRAM FIRSTBORN HIS HE FOUNDED IT AND BY SEGUB YOUNG [SON] HIS HE SET UP GATES ITS ACCORDING TO [THE] WORD OF YAHWEH WHICH HE SPOKE BY [THE] HAND OF JOSHUA [THE] SON OF NUN 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.*NoteCloseSee Joshua 6:26.