1 Then the word of theLordcame toJehu the son ofHanani, againstBaasha, saying:
2 “Inasmuch as I lifted you out of the dust and made you ruler over My people Israel, andyou have walked in the way of Jeroboam, and have made My people Israel sin, to provoke Me to anger with their sins,
3 surely I willtake away the posterity of Baasha and the posterity of his house, and I will make your house likethe house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
4 The dogs shall eatwhoever belongs to Baasha and dies in the city, and the birds of the air shall eat whoever dies in the fields.”
5 Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, what he did, and his might,arethey not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
6 So Baasha rested with his fathers and was buried inTirzah. Then Elah his son reigned in his place.
7 And also the word of theLordcame by the prophetJehu the son of Hanani against Baasha and his house, because of all the evil that he did in the sight of theLordin provoking Him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam, and becausehe killed them.
Elah Reigns in Israel
8 In the twenty-sixth year of Asa king of Judah, Elah the son of Baasha became king over Israel,andreignedtwo years in Tirzah.
9 Now his servant Zimri, commander of halfhischariots, conspired against him as he was in Tirzah drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza,steward ofhishouse in Tirzah.
10 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.
11 Then it came to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he was seated on his throne,thathe killed all the household of Baasha; hedid not leave him one male, neither of his relatives nor of his friends.
12 Thus Zimri destroyed all the household of Baasha,according to the word of theLord, which He spoke against Baasha by Jehu the prophet,
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 theLordGod of Israel to angerwith their idols.
14 Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all that he did,arethey not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
Zimri Reigns in Israel
15 In the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, Zimri had reigned in Tirzah seven days. And the peoplewereencampedagainst Gibbethon, whichbelongedto the Philistines.
16 Now the peoplewhowereencamped 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.
17 Then Omri and all Israel with him went up from Gibbethon, and they besieged Tirzah.
18 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,
19 because of the sins which he had committed in doing evil in the sight of theLord,in walking in theway of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he had committed to make Israel sin.
20 Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and the treason he committed,arethey not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
Omri Reigns in Israel
21 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.
22 But the people who followed Omri prevailed over the people who followed Tibni the son of Ginath. So Tibni died and Omri reigned.
23 In the thirty-first year of Asa king of Judah, Omri became king over Israel,andreignedtwelve years. Six years he reigned inTirzah.
24 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,Samaria, after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill.
25 Omri did evil in the eyes of theLord, and did worse than all whowerebefore him.
26 For hewalked in all the ways of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in his sin by which he had made Israel sin, provoking theLordGod of Israel to anger with theiridols.
27 Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and the might that he showed,arethey not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
28 So Omri rested with his fathers and was buried in Samaria. Then Ahab his son reigned in his place.
Ahab Reigns in Israel
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.
30 Now Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of theLord, more than all whowerebefore him.
31 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,that he took as wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal, king of theSidonians;and he went and served Baal and worshiped him.
32 Then he set up an altar for Baal inthe temple of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.
33 And Ahab made a wooden image. Ahabdid more to provoke theLordGod of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel who were before him.
34 In his days Hiel of Bethel built Jericho. He laid its foundation with Abiram his firstborn, and with his youngestsonSegub he set up its gates,according to the word of theLord, which He had spoken through Joshua the son of Nun.