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Then the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068] came to Jehu[H3058] the son[H1121] of Hanani[H2607] against Baasha[H1201], saying[H559],
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Forasmuch as I exalted[H7311] thee out of the dust[H6083], and made[H5414] thee prince[H5057] over my people[H5971]Israel[H3478]; and thou hast walked[H3212] in the way[H1870] of Jeroboam[H3379], and hast made[H5414] my people[H5971]Israel[H3478] to sin[H2398], to provoke me to anger[H3707] with their sins[H2403];
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Behold, I will take away[H1197] the posterity[H310] of Baasha[H1201], and the posterity[H310] of his house[H1004]; and will make[H5414] thy house[H1004] like the house[H1004] of Jeroboam[H3379] the son[H1121] of Nebat[H5028].
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Him that dieth[H4191] of Baasha[H1201] in the city[H5892] shall the dogs[H3611]eat[H398]; and him that dieth[H4191] of his in the fields[H7704] shall the fowls[H5775] of the air[H8064]eat[H398].
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Now the rest[H3499] of the acts[H1697] of Baasha[H1201], and what he did[H6213], and his might[H1369], are they not written[H3789] in the book[H5612] of the chronicles[H1697] of the kings[H4428] of Israel?[H3478]
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So Baasha[H1201]slept[H7901] with his fathers[H1], and was buried[H6912] in Tirzah[H8656]: and Elah[H425] his son[H1121]reigned[H4427] in his stead.
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And also by the hand[H3027] of the prophet[H5030]Jehu[H3058] the son[H1121] of Hanani[H2607] came the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068] against Baasha[H1201], and against his house[H1004], even for all the evil[H7451] that he did[H6213] in the sight[H5869] of the LORD[H3068], in provoking him to anger[H3707] with the work[H4639] of his hands[H3027], in being like the house[H1004] of Jeroboam[H3379]; and because he killed[H5221] him.
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In the twenty[H6242] and sixth[H8337]year[H8141] of Asa[H609]king[H4428] of Judah[H3063] began Elah[H425] the son[H1121] of Baasha[H1201] to reign[H4427] over Israel[H3478] in Tirzah[H8656], two years[H8141].
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And his servant[H5650]Zimri[H2174], captain[H8269] of half[H4276] his chariots[H7393], conspired[H7194] against him, as he was in Tirzah[H8656], drinking[H8354] himself drunk[H7910] in the house[H1004] of Arza[H777] steward of his house[H1004] in Tirzah[H8656].
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And Zimri[H2174] went in[H935] and smote[H5221] him, and killed[H4191] him, in[H935] the twenty[H6242] and seventh[H7651]year[H8141] of Asa[H609]king[H4428] of Judah[H3063], and reigned[H4427]in[H935] his stead.
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And it came to pass, when he began to reign[H4427], as soon as he sat[H3427] on his throne[H3678], that he slew[H5221] all the house[H1004] of Baasha[H1201]: he left[H7604] him not one that pisseth[H8366] against a wall[H7023], neither of his kinsfolks[H1350], nor of his friends[H7453].
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Thus did Zimri[H2174]destroy[H8045] all the house[H1004] of Baasha[H1201], according to the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068], which he spake[H1696] against Baasha[H1201]by[H3027]Jehu[H3058] the prophet[H5030],
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For all the sins[H2403] of Baasha[H1201], and the sins[H2403] of Elah[H425] his son[H1121], by which they sinned[H2398], and by which they made Israel[H3478] to sin[H2398], in provoking the LORD[H3068]God[H430] of Israel[H3478] to anger[H3707] with their vanities[H1892].
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Now the rest[H3499] of the acts[H1697] of Elah[H425], and all that he did[H6213], are they not written[H3789] in the book[H5612] of the chronicles[H1697] of the kings[H4428] of Israel?[H3478]
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In the twenty[H6242] and seventh[H7651]year[H8141] of Asa[H609]king[H4428] of Judah[H3063] did Zimri[H2174]reign[H4427]seven[H7651]days[H3117] in Tirzah[H8656]. And the people[H5971] were encamped[H2583] against Gibbethon[H1405], which belonged to the Philistines[H6430].
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And the people[H5971] that were encamped[H2583]heard[H8085]say[H559], Zimri[H2174] hath conspired[H7194], and hath also slain[H5221] the king[H4428]: wherefore all Israel[H3478] made Omri[H6018], the captain[H8269] of the host[H6635], king[H4427] over Israel[H3478] that day[H3117] in the camp[H4264].
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And Omri[H6018] went up[H5927] from Gibbethon[H1405], and all Israel[H3478] with him, and they besieged[H6696]Tirzah[H8656].
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And it came to pass, when Zimri[H2174]saw[H7200] that the city[H5892] was taken[H3920], that he went[H935] into the palace[H759] of the king's house[H1004], and burnt[H8313] the king's house[H1004] over him with fire[H784], and died[H4191],
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For his sins[H2403] which he sinned[H2398] in doing[H6213]evil[H7451] in the sight[H5869] of the LORD[H3068], in walking[H3212] in the way[H1870] of Jeroboam[H3379], and in his sin[H2403] which he did[H6213], to make Israel[H3478] to sin[H2398].
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Now the rest[H3499] of the acts[H1697] of Zimri[H2174], and his treason[H7195] that he wrought[H7194], are they not written[H3789] in the book[H5612] of the chronicles[H1697] of the kings[H4428] of Israel?[H3478]
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Then were the people[H5971] of Israel[H3478]divided[H2505] into two parts[H2677]: half[H2677] of the people[H5971]followed[H1961]Tibni[H8402] the son[H1121] of Ginath[H1527], to make him king[H4427]; and half[H2677]followed[H310]Omri[H6018].
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But the people[H5971] that followed[H310]Omri[H6018]prevailed[H2388]against[H854] the people[H5971] that followed[H310]Tibni[H8402] the son[H1121] of Ginath[H1527]: so Tibni[H8402]died[H4191], and Omri[H6018]reigned[H4427].
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In the thirty[H7970] and first[H259]year[H8141] of Asa[H609]king[H4428] of Judah[H3063] began Omri[H6018] to reign[H4427] over Israel[H3478], twelve[H8147]years[H8141]: six[H8337]years[H8141]reigned[H4427] he in Tirzah[H8656].
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And he bought[H7069] the hill[H2022]Samaria[H8111] of Shemer[H8106] for two talents[H3603] of silver[H3701], and built[H1129] on the hill[H2022], and called[H7121] the name[H8034] of the city[H5892] which he built[H1129], after the name[H8034] of Shemer[H8106], owner[H113] of the hill[H2022], Samaria[H8111].
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But Omri[H6018]wrought[H6213]evil[H7451] in the eyes[H5869] of the LORD[H3068], and did worse[H7489] than all that were before[H6440] him.
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For he walked[H3212] in all the way[H1870] of Jeroboam[H3379] the son[H1121] of Nebat[H5028], and in his sin[H2403] wherewith he made Israel[H3478] to sin[H2398], to provoke the LORD[H3068]God[H430] of Israel[H3478] to anger[H3707] with their vanities[H1892].
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Now the rest[H3499] of the acts[H1697] of Omri[H6018] which he did[H6213], and his might[H1369] that he shewed[H6213], are they not written[H3789] in the book[H5612] of the chronicles[H1697] of the kings[H4428] of Israel?[H3478]
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So Omri[H6018]slept[H7901] with his fathers[H1], and was buried[H6912] in Samaria[H8111]: and Ahab[H256] his son[H1121]reigned[H4427] in his stead.
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And in the thirty[H7970] and eighth[H8083]year[H8141] of Asa[H609]king[H4428] of Judah[H3063] began Ahab[H256] the son[H1121] of Omri[H6018] to reign[H4427] over Israel[H3478]: and Ahab[H256] the son[H1121] of Omri[H6018]reigned[H4427] over Israel[H3478] in Samaria[H8111]twenty[H6242] and two[H8147]years[H8141].
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And Ahab[H256] the son[H1121] of Omri[H6018]did[H6213]evil[H7451] in the sight[H5869] of the LORD[H3068] above all that were before[H6440] him.
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And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing[H7043] for him to walk[H3212] in the sins[H2403] of Jeroboam[H3379] the son[H1121] of Nebat[H5028], that he took[H3947] to wife[H802]Jezebel[H348] the daughter[H1323] of Ethbaal[H856]king[H4428] of the Zidonians[H6722], and went[H3212] and served[H5647]Baal[H1168], and worshipped[H7812] him.
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And he reared up[H6965] an altar[H4196] for Baal[H1168] in the house[H1004] of Baal[H1168], which he had built[H1129] in Samaria[H8111].
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And Ahab[H256]made[H6213] a grove[H842]; and Ahab[H256]did[H6213]more[H3254] to provoke the LORD[H3068]God[H430] of Israel[H3478] to anger[H3707] than all the kings[H4428] of Israel[H3478] that were before[H6440] him.
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In his days[H3117] did Hiel[H2419] the Bethelite[H1017]build[H1129]Jericho[H3405]: he laid the foundation[H3245] thereof in Abiram[H48] his firstborn[H1060], and set up[H5324] the gates[H1817] thereof in his youngest[H6810]son[H1121]Segub[H7687], according to the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068], which he spake[H1696]by[H3027]Joshua[H3091] the son[H1121] of Nun[H5126].