Forasmuch as I exaltedthee out of the dust, and madetheeprinceover my peopleIsrael; and thouhastwalked in the way of Jeroboam, and hastmade my peopleIsrael to sin, to provoke me to angerwiththeirsins;
And also by the hand of the prophetJehu the son of Hananicame the word of the LORDagainstBaasha, and against his house, even for all the evilthat he did in the sight of the LORD, in provoking him to angerwith the work of his hands, in beinglike the house of Jeroboam; and because he killed him.
And his servantZimri, captain of half his chariots, conspiredagainst him, as he was in Tirzah, drinkinghimselfdrunk in the house of Arzasteward of his house in Tirzah.
And it came to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, that he slew all the house of Baasha: he left him not one thatpissethagainst a wall, neither of his kinsfolks, nor of his friends.
For all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, by whichtheysinned, and by whichtheymadeIsrael to sin, in provoking the LORD God of Israel to angerwiththeirvanities.
In the twenty and seventhyear of Asa king of Judah did Zimrireignsevendays in Tirzah. And the peoplewereencampedagainstGibbethon, whichbelonged to the Philistines.
And the peoplethatwereencampedheard say, Zimrihathconspired, and hathalsoslain the king: wherefore all IsraelmadeOmri, the captain of the host, kingoverIsraelthat day in the camp.
And it came to pass, whenZimri saw that the city was taken, that he wentinto the palace of the king’shouse, and burnt the king’shouseover him withfire, and died,
For his sinswhich he sinned in doingevil in the sight of the LORD, in walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he did, to makeIsrael to sin.
And he bought the hillSamaria of Shemer for two talents of silver, and built on the hill, and called the name of the citywhich he built, after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill, Samaria.
For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in his sin wherewith he madeIsrael to sin, to provoke the LORD God of Israel to angerwiththeirvanities.
And in the thirty and eighthyear of Asa king of JudahbeganAhab the son of Omri to reignoverIsrael: and Ahab the son of OmrireignedoverIsrael in Samariatwenty and two years.
And it came to pass, as if it had been a lightthing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wifeJezebel the daughter of Ethbaalking of the Zidonians, and went and servedBaal, and worshipped him.
In his days did Hiel the BethelitebuildJericho: he laid the foundationthereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gatesthereof in his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun.