1 Kings 16
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Then the word of the LORD came to a Jehu the son of b Hanani, against c Baasha, saying:
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d "Inasmuch as I lifted you out of the dust and made you ruler over My people Israel, and e you have walked in the way of Jeroboam, and have made My people Israel sin, to provoke Me to anger with their sins,
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"surely I will f take away the posterity of Baasha and the posterity of his house, and I will make your house like g the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
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"The dogs shall eat h whoever belongs to Baasha and dies in the city, and the birds of the air shall eat whoever dies in the fields."
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Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, what he did, and his might, i are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
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So Baasha rested with his fathers and was buried in j Tirzah. Then Elah his son reigned in his place.
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And also the word of the LORD came by the prophet k Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha and his house, because of all the evil that he did in the sight of the LORD in provoking Him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam, and because l he killed them.
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In the twenty-sixth year of Asa king of Judah, Elah the son of Baasha became king over Israel, and reigned two years in Tirzah.
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m Now his servant Zimri, commander of half his chariots, conspired against him as he was in Tirzah drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, n steward of his house in Tirzah.
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And Zimri went in and struck him and killed him in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his place.
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Then it came to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he was seated on his throne, that he killed all the household of Baasha; he o did not leave him one male, neither of his relatives nor of his friends.
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Thus Zimri destroyed all the household of Baasha, p according to the word of the LORD, which He spoke against Baasha by Jehu the prophet,
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for all the sins of Baasha and the sins of Elah his son, by which they had sinned and by which they had made Israel sin, in provoking the LORD God of Israel to anger q with their idols.
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Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
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In the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, Zimri had reigned in Tirzah seven days. And the people were encamped r against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines.
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Now the people who were encamped heard it said, "Zimri has conspired and also has killed the king." So all Israel made Omri, the commander of the army, king over Israel that day in the camp.
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Then Omri and all Israel with him went up from Gibbethon, and they besieged Tirzah.
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And it happened, when Zimri saw that the city was taken, that he went into the citadel of the king's house and burned the king's house down upon himself with fire, and died,
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because of the sins which he had committed in doing evil in the sight of the LORD, s in walking in the t way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he had committed to make Israel sin.
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Now 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?
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Then the people of Israel were divided into two parts: half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king, and half followed Omri.
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But the people who followed Omri prevailed over the people who followed Tibni the son of Ginath. So Tibni died and Omri reigned.
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In the thirty-first year of Asa king of Judah, Omri became king over Israel, and reigned twelve years. Six years he reigned in u Tirzah.
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And he bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver; then he built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, v Samaria, after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill.
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w Omri did evil in the eyes of the LORD, and did worse than all who were before him.
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For he x walked in all the ways of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in his sin by which he had made Israel sin, provoking the LORD God of Israel to anger with their y idols.
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Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and the might that he showed, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
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So Omri rested with his fathers and was buried in Samaria. Then Ahab his son reigned in his place.
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In the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah, Ahab the son of Omri became king over Israel; and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty-two years.
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Now Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD, more than all who were before him.
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And it came to pass, as though it had been a trivial thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, z that he took as wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal, king of the a Sidonians; b and he went and served Baal and worshiped him.
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Then he set up an altar for Baal in c the temple of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.
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d And Ahab made a wooden image. Ahab e did more to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel who were before him.
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In his days Hiel of Bethel built Jericho. He laid its foundation with Abiram his firstborn, and with his youngest son Segub he set up its gates, f according to the word of the LORD, which He had spoken through Joshua the son of Nun.
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1 Kings 16:7
And also the word of the LORD came by the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha and his house, because of all the evil that he did in the sight of the LORD in provoking Him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam, and because he killed them.
2 Chronicles 19:2
And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to King Jehoshaphat, "Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD? Therefore the wrath of the LORD is upon you.
2 Chronicles 20:34
Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, indeed they are written in the book of Jehu the son of Hanani, which is mentioned in the book of the kings of Israel.
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2 Chronicles 16:7 - 10
And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said to him: "Because you have relied on the king of Syria, and have not relied on the LORD your God, therefore the army of the king of Syria has escaped from your hand.
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1 Kings 15:27
Then Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him. And Baasha killed him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines, while Nadab and all Israel laid siege to Gibbethon.
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1 Samuel 2:8
He raises the poor from the dust And lifts the beggar from the ash heap, To set them among princes And make them inherit the throne of glory. "For the pillars of the earth are the LORD's, And He has set the world upon them.
1 Kings 14:7
Go, tell Jeroboam, 'Thus says the LORD God of Israel: "Because I exalted you from among the people, and made you ruler over My people Israel.
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1 Kings 12:25 - 33
Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the mountains of Ephraim, and dwelt there. Also he went out from there and built Penuel.
1 Kings 15:34
He did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin by which he had made Israel sin.
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1 Kings 16:11
Then it came to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he was seated on his throne, that he killed all the household of Baasha; he did not leave him one male, neither of his relatives nor of his friends.
1 Kings 21:21
Behold, I will bring calamity on you. I will take away your posterity, and will cut off from Ahab every male in Israel, both bond and free.
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1 Kings 14:10
Therefore behold! I will bring disaster on the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam every male in Israel, bond and free; I will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as one takes away refuse until it is all gone.
1 Kings 15:29
And it was so, when he became king, that he killed all the house of Jeroboam. He did not leave to Jeroboam anyone that breathed, until he had destroyed him, according to the word of the LORD which He had spoken by His servant Ahijah the Shilonite.
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1 Kings 14:11
"The dogs shall eat whoever belongs to Jeroboam and dies in the city, and the birds of the air shall eat whoever dies in the field; for the LORD has spoken!"'
1 Kings 21:24
"The dogs shall eat whoever belongs to Ahab and dies in the city, and the birds of the air shall eat whoever dies in the field."
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2 Chronicles 16:11
Note that the acts of Asa, first and last, are indeed written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
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1 Kings 14:17
Then Jeroboam's wife arose and departed, and came to Tirzah. When she came to the threshold of the house, the child died.
1 Kings 15:21
Now it happened, when Baasha heard it, that he stopped building Ramah, and remained in Tirzah.
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1 Kings 16:1
Then the word of the LORD came to Jehu the son of Hanani, against Baasha, saying:
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1 Kings 15:27
Then Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him. And Baasha killed him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines, while Nadab and all Israel laid siege to Gibbethon.
1 Kings 15:29
And it was so, when he became king, that he killed all the house of Jeroboam. He did not leave to Jeroboam anyone that breathed, until he had destroyed him, according to the word of the LORD which He had spoken by His servant Ahijah the Shilonite.
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2 Kings 9:30 - 33
Now when Jehu had come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she put paint on her eyes and adorned her head, and looked through a window.
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Genesis 24:2
So Abraham said to the oldest servant of his house, who ruled over all that he had, "Please, put your hand under my thigh.
Genesis 39:4
So Joseph found favor in his sight, and served him. Then he made him overseer of his house, and all that he had he put under his authority.
1 Kings 18:3
And Ahab had called Obadiah, who was in charge of his house. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly.
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1 Samuel 25:22
"May God do so, and more also, to the enemies of David, if I leave one male of all who belong to him by morning light."
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1 Kings 16:3
Surely I will take away the posterity of Baasha and the posterity of his house, and I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
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Deuteronomy 32:21
They have provoked Me to jealousy by what is no...
1 Samuel 12:21
And do not turn aside; for then you would go af...
Isaiah 41:29
Indeed they are all worthless; Their works are ...
Jonah 2:8
Those who regard worthless idols Forsake their ...
1 Corinthians 8:4
Therefore concerning the eating of things offer...
1 Corinthians 10:19
What am I saying then? That an idol is anything...
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1 Kings 15:27
Then Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him. And Baasha killed him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines, while Nadab and all Israel laid siege to Gibbethon.
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1 Kings 15:26
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin by which he had made Israel sin.
1 Kings 15:34
He did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin by which he had made Israel sin.
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1 Kings 12:25 - 33
Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the mountains of Ephraim, and dwelt there. Also he went out from there and built Penuel.
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1 Kings 15:21
Now it happened, when Baasha heard it, that he stopped building Ramah, and remained in Tirzah.
2 Kings 15:14
For Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, came to Samaria, and struck Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria and killed him; and he reigned in his place.
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1 Kings 13:32
"For the saying which he cried out by the word of the LORD against the altar in Bethel, and against all the shrines on the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, will surely come to pass."
2 Kings 17:24
Then the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Ava, Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel; and they took possession of Samaria and dwelt in its cities.
John 4:4
But He needed to go through Samaria.
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Micah 6:16
For the statutes of Omri are kept; All the works of Ahab's house are done; And you walk in their counsels, That I may make you a desolation, And your inhabitants a hissing. Therefore you shall bear the reproach of My people.
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1 Kings 16:19
Because of the sins which he had committed in doing evil in the sight of the LORD, in walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he had committed to make Israel sin.
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1 Kings 16:13
For all the sins of Baasha and the sins of Elah his son, 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.
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Deuteronomy 7:3
Nor shall you make marriages with them. You shall not give your daughter to their son, nor take their daughter for your son.
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Judges 18:7
So the five men departed and went to Laish. They saw the people who were there, how they dwelt safely, in the manner of the Sidonians, quiet and secure. There were no rulers in the land who might put them to shame for anything. They were far from the Sidonians, and they had no ties with anyone.
1 Kings 11:1 - 5
But King Solomon loved many foreign women, as well as the daughter of Pharaoh: women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites -
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1 Kings 21:25
But there was no one like Ahab who sold himself to do wickedness in the sight of the LORD, because Jezebel his wife stirred him up.
1 Kings 21:26
And he behaved very abominably in following idols, according to all that the Amorites had done, whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel.
2 Kings 10:18
Then Jehu gathered all the people together, and said to them, "Ahab served Baal a little, Jehu will serve him much.
2 Kings 17:16
So they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, made for themselves a molded image and two calves, made a wooden image and worshiped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.
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2 Kings 10:21
Then Jehu sent throughout all Israel; and all the worshipers of Baal came, so that there was not a man left who did not come. So they came into the temple of Baal, and the temple of Baal was full from one end to the other.
2 Kings 10:26
And they brought the sacred pillars out of the temple of Baal and burned them.
2 Kings 10:27
Then they broke down the sacred pillar of Baal, and tore down the temple of Baal and made it a refuse dump to this day.
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2 Kings 13:6
Nevertheless they did not depart from the sins of the house of Jeroboam, who had made Israel sin, but walked in them; and the wooden image also remained in Samaria.
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1 Kings 14:9
But you have done more evil than all who were before you, for you have gone and made for yourself other gods and molded images to provoke Me to anger, and have cast Me behind your back -
1 Kings 16:29
In the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah, Ahab the son of Omri became king over Israel; and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty-two years.
1 Kings 16:30
Now Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD, more than all who were before him.
1 Kings 21:25
But there was no one like Ahab who sold himself to do wickedness in the sight of the LORD, because Jezebel his wife stirred him up.
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Joshua 6:26
Then Joshua charged them at that time, saying, "Cursed be the man before the LORD who rises up and builds this city Jericho; he shall lay its foundation with his firstborn, and with his youngest he shall set up its gates.
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