Jehu’s Prophecy against Baasha
Then the word of the LORD came to Jehu son of Hanani against Baasha, saying: 2Ch 19:22Ch 20:341Ki 16:72Ch 16:7-101Ki 15:33 “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. 1Ki 14:71Ki 15:341Sa 2:8Psa 113:7-81Ki 13:33-341Ki 14:161Ki 15:261Sa 15:17-19 So now I will consume Baasha and his house, and I will make your house like that of Jeroboam son of Nebat: 1Ki 14:101Ki 15:29-301Ki 16:11-121Ki 21:21-24Isa 66:24Jer 22:19
Anyone belonging to Baasha who dies in the city 1Ki 14:111Ki 21:24
will be eaten by dogs,
and anyone who dies in the field
will be eaten by the birds of the air.”
As 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? 1Ki 14:191Ki 15:312Ch 16:1-6 And Baasha rested with his fathers and was buried in Tirzah, and his son Elah reigned in his place. 1Ki 14:171Ki 15:211Ki 14:201Ki 15:251Ki 16:13-141Ki 16:8
Moreover, 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. 1Ki 14:14Hos 1:4Isa 2:8Psa 115:41Ki 15:27-291Ki 16:1-22Ki 10:30-31Act 2:23
Elah Reigns in Israel
In 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.
However, 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. 1Ki 18:3Dan 5:1-4Gen 24:2Gen 39:41Ki 15:271Ki 20:161Sa 25:36-382Ki 12:20 So 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. 2Ki 9:31
As 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. 1Ki 15:291Ki 16:31Sa 25:221Ki 14:101Sa 25:34Jdg 1:7 So Zimri destroyed the entire household of Baasha, according to the word that the LORD had spoken against Baasha through Jehu the prophet. 1Ki 16:11Ki 14:181Ki 16:31Ki 16:72Ch 10:152Ki 14:25Pro 26:6 This 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. Deu 32:211Ki 15:301Sa 12:21Isa 41:29Jer 10:151Co 10:19-201Co 8:42Ki 17:15
As 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?
Zimri Reigns in Israel
In 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, 1Ki 15:27Jos 19:441Ki 16:82Ki 9:31Job 20:5Jos 21:23Psa 37:35 and the people in the camp heard that Zimri had not only conspired but had also struck down the king. So there in the camp that very day, all Israel proclaimed Omri, the commander of the army, king over Israel. 1Ki 16:302Ch 22:22Ki 8:26Mic 6:16
Then Omri and all the Israelites marched up from Gibbethon and besieged Tirzah. 2Ki 18:9-122Ki 25:1-42Ki 6:24-25Jdg 9:45Jdg 9:50Jdg 9:56-57Luk 19:43-44 When Zimri saw that the city was captured, he entered the citadel of the royal palace and burned it down upon himself. So he died 2Sa 17:231Sa 31:4-5Jdg 9:54Job 2:9-10Mat 27:5 because 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. 1Ki 15:261Ki 12:281Ki 14:161Ki 15:341Ki 15:301Ki 16:131Ki 16:7Psa 58:9-11
As 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? 1Ki 16:141Ki 16:271Ki 16:51Ki 14:191Ki 15:311Ki 22:39
Omri Reigns in Israel
At that time the people of Israel were divided: Half of the people supported Tibni son of Ginath as king, and half supported Omri. 1Co 1:12-131Ki 15:251Ki 15:281Ki 16:291Ki 16:8Eph 4:3-5Isa 19:2Isa 9:18-21 But the followers of Omri proved stronger than those of Tibni son of Ginath. So Tibni died and Omri became king.
In 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. 1Ki 15:211Ki 16:291Ki 16:82Ch 22:2 He bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver 1and built a city there, calling it Samaria after the name of Shemer, who had owned the hill. 1Ki 13:321Ki 16:28-291Ki 16:321Ki 18:21Ki 20:11Ki 22:372Ki 17:12Ki 17:24
But Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD and acted more wickedly than all who were before him. Mic 6:161Ki 14:91Ki 16:30-311Ki 16:33 For 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. 1Ki 16:191Ki 16:131Ki 12:26-331Ki 13:33-341Ki 16:21Ki 16:7Act 14:15Jer 10:3
As 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? 1Ki 15:311Ki 16:141Ki 16:201Ki 16:5
And Omri rested with his fathers and was buried in Samaria, and his son Ahab reigned in his place.
Ahab Reigns in Israel, Marries Jezebel
In 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.
However, Ahab son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD, more than all who were before him. 1Ki 16:251Ki 14:91Ki 21:252Ki 3:21Ki 16:311Ki 16:33 And 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. 2Ki 17:162Ki 10:18Jdg 18:71Ki 21:25-26Deu 7:3-4Jdg 2:111Ki 11:1-21Ki 11:4-8
First, Ahab set up an altar for Baal in the temple of Baal that he had built in Samaria. 2Ki 10:212Ki 10:26-27 Then 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. 2Ki 13:61Ki 21:252Ki 21:3Exo 34:131Ki 14:91Ki 16:29-301Ki 21:191Ki 22:6
In 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. 2 Jos 6:26Mat 24:35Jos 23:14-15Zec 1:5