Search results for: Lamentations 1:16

1 Kings 16:1 (NIV)

Then the word of the Lord came to Jehu son of Hanani concerning Baasha:

1 Kings 16:2 (NIV)

“I lifted you up from the dust and appointed you ruler over my people Israel, but you followed the ways of Jeroboam and caused my people Israel to sin and to arouse my anger by their sins.

1 Kings 16:3 (NIV)

So I am about to wipe out Baasha and his house, and I will make your house like that of Jeroboam son of Nebat.

1 Kings 16:4 (NIV)

Dogs will eat those belonging to Baasha who die in the city, and birds will feed on those who die in the country.”

1 Kings 16:5 (NIV)

As for the other events of Baasha’s reign, what he did and his achievements, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel?

1 Kings 16:6 (NIV)

Baasha rested with his ancestors and was buried in Tirzah. And Elah his son succeeded him as king.

Moreover, the word of the Lord came through the prophet Jehu son of Hanani to Baasha and his house, because of all the evil he had done in the eyes of the Lord , arousing his anger by the things he did, becoming like the house of Jeroboam—and also because he destroyed it.

1 Kings 16:8 (NIV)

In the twenty-sixth year of Asa king of Judah, Elah son of Baasha became king of Israel, and he reigned in Tirzah two years.

1 Kings 16:9 (NIV)

Zimri, one of his officials, who had command of half his chariots, plotted against him. Elah was in Tirzah at the time, getting drunk in the home of Arza, the palace administrator at Tirzah.

1 Kings 16:10 (NIV)

Zimri came in, struck him down and killed him in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah. Then he succeeded him as king.

1 Kings 16:11 (NIV)

As soon as he began to reign and was seated on the throne, he killed off Baasha’s whole family. He did not spare a single male, whether relative or friend.

1 Kings 16:12 (NIV)

So Zimri destroyed the whole family of Baasha, in accordance with the word of the Lord spoken against Baasha through the prophet Jehu—

1 Kings 16:13 (NIV)

because of all the sins Baasha and his son Elah had committed and had caused Israel to commit, so that they aroused the anger of the Lord , the God of Israel, by their worthless idols.

1 Kings 16:14 (NIV)

As for the other events of Elah’s reign, and all he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel?

1 Kings 16:15 (NIV)

In the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, Zimri reigned in Tirzah seven days. The army was encamped near Gibbethon, a Philistine town.

1 Kings 16:16 (NIV)

When the Israelites in the camp heard that Zimri had plotted against the king and murdered him, they proclaimed Omri, the commander of the army, king over Israel that very day there in the camp.

1 Kings 16:17 (NIV)

Then Omri and all the Israelites with him withdrew from Gibbethon and laid siege to Tirzah.

1 Kings 16:18 (NIV)

When Zimri saw that the city was taken, he went into the citadel of the royal palace and set the palace on fire around him. So he died,

1 Kings 16:19 (NIV)

because of the sins he had committed, doing evil in the eyes of the Lord and following the ways of Jeroboam and committing the same sin Jeroboam had caused Israel to commit.

1 Kings 16:20 (NIV)

As for the other events of Zimri’s reign, and the rebellion he carried out, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel?

1 Kings 16:21 (NIV)

Then the people of Israel were split into two factions; half supported Tibni son of Ginath for king, and the other half supported Omri.

1 Kings 16:22 (NIV)

But Omri’s followers proved stronger than those of Tibni son of Ginath. So Tibni died and Omri became king.

1 Kings 16:23 (NIV)

In the thirty-first year of Asa king of Judah, Omri became king of Israel, and he reigned twelve years, six of them in Tirzah.

1 Kings 16:24 (NIV)

He bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver and built a city on the hill, calling it Samaria, after Shemer, the name of the former owner of the hill.

1 Kings 16:25 (NIV)

But Omri did evil in the eyes of the Lord and sinned more than all those before him.