1 Kings 16
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And the word of the Lord came to n Jehu the son of o Hanani against Baasha, saying,
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"Since I p exalted you out of the dust and made you leader over my people Israel, and q you have walked in the way of Jeroboam and have made my people Israel to sin, provoking me to anger with their sins,
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behold, I will utterly r sweep away s Baasha and his house, and I will make your house t like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
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u Anyone belonging to Baasha who dies in the city the dogs shall eat, and anyone of his who dies in the field the birds of the heavens shall eat."
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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?
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And Baasha slept with his fathers and was buried at v Tirzah, and Elah his son reigned in his place.
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Moreover, the word of the Lord came by the prophet n Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha and his house, both because of all the evil that he did in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam, and also because w he destroyed it.
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In the twenty-sixth year of Asa king of Judah, Elah the son of Baasha began to reign over Israel in Tirzah, and he reigned two years.
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But his servant x Zimri, commander of half his chariots, conspired against him. When he was at Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, y who was over the household in Tirzah,
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Zimri came in and struck him down and killed him, in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his place.
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When he began to reign, as soon as he had seated himself on his throne, he struck down z all the house of Baasha. He a did not leave him a single male of his relatives or his friends.
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Thus Zimri destroyed all the house of Baasha, b according to the word of the Lord, which he spoke against Baasha by n Jehu the prophet,
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for all the sins of Baasha and the sins of Elah his son, which they sinned and which they made Israel to sin, c provoking the Lord God of Israel to anger 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 reigned seven days in Tirzah. Now the troops were encamped against d Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines,
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and the troops who were encamped heard it said, "Zimri has conspired, and he has killed the king." Therefore all Israel made Omri, the commander of the army, king over Israel that day in the camp.
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So Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah.
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And when Zimri saw that the city was taken, he went into the citadel of the king's house and burned the king's house over him with fire and died,
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because of his sins that he committed, doing evil in the sight of the Lord, e walking in the way of Jeroboam, and for his sin which he committed, making Israel to sin.
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Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and the conspiracy that he made, 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 overcame the people who followed Tibni the son of Ginath. So Tibni died, and Omri became king.
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In the thirty-first year of Asa king of Judah, Omri began to reign over Israel, and he reigned for twelve years; six years he reigned in Tirzah.
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He bought the hill of f Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver, and he fortified the hill and called the name of the city that he built g Samaria, after the name of Shemer, the owner of the hill.
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h Omri did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and did more evil i than all who were before him.
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For e he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in the sins that he made Israel to sin, j provoking the Lord, the God of Israel, to anger by their idols.
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Now the rest of the acts of Omri that 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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And Omri slept with his fathers and was buried in Samaria, and 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 began to reign over Israel, and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty-two years.
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And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the Lord, k more than all who were before him.
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And as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, l he took for his wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the m Sidonians, n and went and served Baal and worshiped him.
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He erected an altar for Baal in o the house of Baal, which he built in Samaria.
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And Ahab made an p Asherah. Ahab did more to provoke the Lord, the God of Israel, to anger k than all the kings of Israel who were before him.
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q In his days Hiel of Bethel built r Jericho. He laid its foundation at the cost of Abiram his firstborn, and set up its gates at the cost of his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the Lord, which he spoke by Joshua the son of Nun.
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2 Chronicles 19:2
But 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 ? Because of this, wrath has gone out against you from the Lord.
2 Chronicles 20:34
Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, from first to last, are written in the chronicles of Jehu the son of Hanani, which are recorded in the Book of the Kings of Israel.
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2 Chronicles 16:7
At that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah and said to him, "Because you relied on the king of Syria, and did not rely on the Lord your God, the army of the king of Syria has escaped you.
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1 Kings 14:7
Go, tell Jeroboam, 'Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: "Because I exalted you from among the people and made you leader over my people Israel
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1 Kings 15:34
He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord and walked in the way of Jeroboam and in his sin which he made Israel to sin.
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1 Kings 14:10
Therefore behold, I will bring harm upon the house of Jeroboam and will cut off from Jeroboam every male, both bond and free in Israel, and will burn up the house of Jeroboam, as a man burns up dung until it is all gone.
1 Kings 21:21
Behold, I will bring disaster upon you. I will utterly burn you up, and will cut off from Ahab every male, bond or free, in Israel.
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1 Kings 16:11
When he began to reign, as soon as he had seated himself on his throne, he struck down all the house of Baasha. He did not leave him a single male of his relatives or his friends.
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1 Kings 15:29
And as soon as he was king, he killed all the house of Jeroboam. He left to the house of Jeroboam not one that breathed, until he had destroyed it, according to the word of the Lord that he spoke by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite.
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1 Kings 14:11
Anyone belonging to Jeroboam who dies in the city the dogs shall eat, and anyone who dies in the open country the birds of the heavens shall eat, for the Lord has spoken it."
1 Kings 21:24
Anyone belonging to Ahab who dies in the city the dogs shall eat, and anyone of his who dies in the open country the birds of the heavens shall eat.
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1 Kings 14:17
Then Jeroboam's wife arose and departed and came to Tirzah. And as she came to the threshold of the house, the child died.
1 Kings 15:21
And when Baasha heard of it, he stopped building Ramah, and he lived in Tirzah.
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1 Kings 16:1
And the word of the Lord came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying.
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1 Kings 15:27
Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him. And Baasha struck him down at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines, for Nadab and all Israel were laying siege to Gibbethon.
1 Kings 15:29
And as soon as he was king, he killed all the house of Jeroboam. He left to the house of Jeroboam not one that breathed, until he had destroyed it, according to the word of the Lord that he spoke by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite.
Hosea 1:4
And the Lord said to him, "Call his name Jezreel, for in just a little while I will punish the house of Jehu for the blood of Jezreel, and I will put an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel.
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2 Kings 9:31
And as Jehu entered the gate, she said, "Is it peace, you Zimri, murderer of your master?
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1 Kings 18:3
And Ahab called Obadiah, who was over the household. (Now Obadiah feared the Lord greatly.
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1 Kings 16:3
Behold, I will utterly sweep away Baasha and his house, and I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
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1 Samuel 25:22
God do so to the enemies of David and more also, if by morning I leave so much as one male of all who belong to him.
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1 Kings 16:3
Behold, I will utterly sweep away Baasha and his house, and I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
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1 Kings 16:1
And the word of the Lord came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying.
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1 Kings 16:26
For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in the sins that he made Israel to sin, provoking the Lord, the God of Israel, to anger by their idols.
Deuteronomy 32:21
They have made me jealous with what is no god; they have provoked me to anger with their idols. So I will make them jealous with those who are no people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.
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1 Kings 15:27
Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him. And Baasha struck him down at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines, for Nadab and all Israel were laying siege to Gibbethon.
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1 Kings 15:26
He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin which he made Israel to sin.
1 Kings 15:34
He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord and walked in the way of Jeroboam and in his sin which he made Israel to sin.
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1 Kings 13:32
For the saying that he called out by the word of the Lord against the altar in Bethel and against all the houses of the high places that are in the cities of Samaria shall surely come to pass.
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1 Kings 16:28 - 29
And Omri slept with his fathers and was buried in Samaria, and Ahab his son reigned in his place.
1 Kings 16:32
He erected an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he built in Samaria.
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Micah 6:16
For you have kept the statutes of Omri, and all the works of the house of Ahab; and you have walked in their counsels, that I may make you a desolation, and your inhabitants a hissing; so you shall bear the scorn of my people.
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1 Kings 16:30
And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the Lord, more than all who were before him.
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1 Kings 16:19
Because of his sins that he committed, doing evil in the sight of the Lord, walking in the way of Jeroboam, and for his sin which he committed, making Israel to sin.
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1 Kings 16:13
For all the sins of Baasha and the sins of Elah his son, which they sinned and which they made Israel to sin, provoking the Lord God of Israel to anger with their idols.
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1 Kings 21:25
( There was none who sold himself to do what was evil in the sight of the Lord like Ahab, whom Jezebel his wife incited.
1 Kings 16:25
Omri did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and did more evil than all who were before him.
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Exodus 34:16
And you take of their daughters for your sons, and their daughters whore after their gods and make your sons whore after their gods.
Deuteronomy 7:3
You shall not intermarry with them, giving your daughters to their sons or taking their daughters for your sons.
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Judges 18:7
Then the five men departed and came to Laish and saw the people who were there, how they lived in security, after the manner of the Sidonians, quiet and unsuspecting, lacking nothing that is in the earth and possessing wealth, and how they were far from the Sidonians and had no dealings with anyone.
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1 Kings 21:25 - 26
( There was none who sold himself to do what was evil in the sight of the Lord like Ahab, whom Jezebel his wife incited.
2 Kings 3:2
He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, though not like his father and mother, for he put away the pillar of Baal that his father had made.
2 Kings 10:18
Then Jehu assembled all the people and said to them, "Ahab served Baal a little, but Jehu will serve him much.
2 Kings 17:16
And they abandoned all the commandments of the Lord their God, and made for themselves metal images of two calves; and they made an Asherah and worshiped all the host of heaven and served Baal.
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2 Kings 10:21
And Jehu sent throughout all Israel, and all the worshipers of Baal came, so that there was not a man left who did not come. And they entered the house of Baal, and the house of Baal was filled from one end to the other.
2 Kings 10:26 - 27
And they brought out the pillar that was in the house of Baal and burned it.
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1 Kings 18:19
Now therefore send and gather all Israel to me ...
2 Kings 13:6
Nevertheless, they did not depart from the sins...
2 Kings 17:10
They set up for themselves pillars and Asherim ...
2 Kings 21:3
For he rebuilt the high places that Hezekiah hi...
2 Chronicles 14:3
He took away the foreign altars and the high pl...
Exodus 34:13
You shall tear down their altars and break thei...
Jeremiah 17:2
While their children remember their altars and ...
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1 Kings 16:30
And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the Lord, more than all who were before him.
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Joshua 6:26
Joshua laid an oath on them at that time, saying, "Cursed before the Lord be the man who rises up and rebuilds this city, Jericho. "At the cost of his firstborn shall he lay its foundation, and at the cost of his youngest son shall he set up its gates.
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2 Kings 2:4
Elijah said to him, "Elisha, please stay here, for the Lord has sent me to Jericho." But he said, "As the Lord lives, and as you yourself live, I will not leave you." So they came to Jericho.
2 Kings 2:18 - 22
And they came back to him while he was staying at Jericho, and he said to them, "Did I not say to you, 'Do not go'?
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