1 Kings 16 (NET)

1 Kings 16:1¹The Lord’s message against Baasha came to Jehu son of Hanani:Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Chr 19:22 Chr 20:341 Kgs 16:72 Chr 16:7-101 Kgs 15:33

1 Kings 16:2²“I raised you up from the dust and made you ruler over my people Israel. Yet you followed in Jeroboam’s footsteps and encouraged my people Israel to sin; their sins have made me angry.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 14:71 Kgs 15:341 Sam 2:8Ps 113:7-81 Kgs 13:33-341 Kgs 14:161 Kgs 15:261 Sam 15:17-191 Sam 2:241 Sam 2:27-28

1 Kings 16:3³So I am ready to burn up Baasha and his family, and make your family like the family of Jeroboam son of Nebat.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 14:101 Kgs 15:29-301 Kgs 16:11-121 Kgs 21:21-24Isa 66:24Jer 22:19

1 Kings 16:4⁴Dogs will eat the members of Baasha’s family who die in the city, and the birds of the sky will eat the ones who die in the country.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 14:111 Kgs 21:24

1 Kings 16:5⁵The rest of the events of Baasha’s reign, including his accomplishments and successes, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 14:191 Kgs 15:312 Chr 16:1-6

1 Kings 16:6⁶Baasha passed away and was buried in Tirzah. His son Elah replaced him as king.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 14:171 Kgs 15:211 Kgs 14:201 Kgs 15:251 Kgs 16:13-141 Kgs 16:8

1 Kings 16:7⁷And so it was the Lord ’s message came through the prophet Jehu son of Hanani against Baasha and his family. This was because of all the evil he had done in the Lord’s view, by angering him with his deeds and becoming like Jeroboam’s dynasty, and because of how he had destroyed Jeroboam’s dynasty.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 14:14Hos 1:4Isa 2:8Ps 115:41 Kgs 15:27-291 Kgs 16:1-22 Kgs 10:30-31Acts 2:23Acts 4:27-28Exod 20:5

1 Kings 16:8⁸In the twenty-sixth year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Baasha’s son Elah became king over Israel; he ruled in Tirzah for two years.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

1 Kings 16:9⁹His servant Zimri, a commander of half of his chariot force, conspired against him. While Elah was in Tirzah drinking heavily at the house of Arza, who supervised the palace in Tirzah,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 18:3Dan 5:1-4Gen 24:2Gen 39:41 Kgs 15:271 Kgs 20:161 Sam 25:36-382 Kgs 12:202 Kgs 15:102 Kgs 15:25

1 Kings 16:10¹⁰Zimri came in and struck him dead. (This happened in the twenty-seventh year of Asa’s reign over Judah.) Zimri replaced Elah as king.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 9:31

1 Kings 16:11¹¹When he became king and occupied the throne, he killed Baasha’s entire family. He did not spare any male belonging to him; he killed his relatives and his friends.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 15:291 Kgs 16:31 Sam 25:221 Kgs 14:101 Sam 25:34Judg 1:7

1 Kings 16:12¹²Zimri destroyed Baasha’s entire family, in keeping with the Lord’ s message which he had spoken against Baasha through Jehu the prophet.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 16:11 Kgs 14:181 Kgs 16:31 Kgs 16:72 Chr 10:152 Kgs 14:25Prov 26:6

1 Kings 16:13¹³This happened because of all the sins which Baasha and his son Elah committed and which they made Israel commit. They angered the Lord God of Israel with their worthless idols.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 32:211 Kgs 15:301 Sam 12:21Isa 41:29Jer 10:151 Cor 10:19-201 Cor 8:42 Kgs 17:15Jer 10:3-5Jer 10:8

1 Kings 16:14¹⁴The rest of the events of Elah’s reign, including all his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

1 Kings 16:15¹⁵In the twenty-seventh year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Zimri became king over Israel; he ruled for seven days in Tirzah. Zimri’s revolt took place while the army was deployed in Gibbethon, which was in Philistine territory.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 15:27Josh 19:441 Kgs 16:82 Kgs 9:31Job 20:5Josh 21:23Ps 37:35

1 Kings 16:16¹⁶While deployed there, the army received this report: “Zimri has conspired against the king and assassinated him.” So all Israel made Omri, the commander of the army, king over Israel that very day in the camp.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 16:302 Chr 22:22 Kgs 8:26Mic 6:16

1 Kings 16:17¹⁷Omri and all Israel went up from Gibbethon and besieged Tirzah.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 18:9-122 Kgs 25:1-42 Kgs 6:24-25Judg 9:45Judg 9:50Judg 9:56-57Luke 19:43-44

1 Kings 16:18¹⁸When Zimri saw that the city was captured, he went into the fortified area of the royal palace. He set the palace on fire and died in the flames.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 17:231 Sam 31:4-5Job 2:9-10Judg 9:54Matt 27:5

1 Kings 16:19¹⁹This happened because of the sins he committed. He did evil in the sight of the Lord and followed in Jeroboam’s footsteps and encouraged Israel to continue sinning.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 15:261 Kgs 12:281 Kgs 14:161 Kgs 15:341 Kgs 15:301 Kgs 16:131 Kgs 16:7Ps 58:9-11Ps 9:16

1 Kings 16:20²⁰The rest of the events of Zimri’s reign, including the details of his revolt, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 16:141 Kgs 16:271 Kgs 16:51 Kgs 14:191 Kgs 15:311 Kgs 22:39

1 Kings 16:21²¹At that time the people of Israel were divided in their loyalties. Half the people supported Tibni son of Ginath and wanted to make him king; the other half supported Omri.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 1:12-131 Kgs 15:251 Kgs 15:281 Kgs 16:291 Kgs 16:8Eph 4:3-5Isa 19:2Isa 9:18-21Matt 12:25Prov 28:2

1 Kings 16:22²²Omri’s supporters were stronger than those who supported Tibni son of Ginath. Tibni died; Omri became king.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

1 Kings 16:23²³In the thirty-first year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Omri became king over Israel. He ruled for twelve years, six of them in Tirzah.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 15:211 Kgs 16:291 Kgs 16:82 Chr 22:2

1 Kings 16:24²⁴He purchased the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver. He launched a construction project there and named the city he built after Shemer, the former owner of the hill of Samaria.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 13:321 Kgs 16:28-291 Kgs 16:321 Kgs 18:21 Kgs 20:11 Kgs 22:372 Kgs 17:12 Kgs 17:242 Kgs 17:6Acts 8:5-8

1 Kings 16:25²⁵Omri did more evil in the sight of the Lord than all who were before him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mic 6:161 Kgs 14:91 Kgs 16:30-311 Kgs 16:33

1 Kings 16:26²⁶He followed in the footsteps of Jeroboam son of Nebat and encouraged Israel to sin; they angered the Lord God of Israel with their worthless idols.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 16:191 Kgs 16:131 Kgs 12:26-331 Kgs 13:33-341 Kgs 16:21 Kgs 16:7Acts 14:15Jer 10:3Jer 10:8Jer 14:22

1 Kings 16:27²⁷The rest of the events of Omri’s reign, including his accomplishments and successes, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 15:311 Kgs 16:141 Kgs 16:201 Kgs 16:5

1 Kings 16:28²⁸Omri passed away and was buried in Samaria. His son Ahab replaced him as king.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

1 Kings 16:29²⁹In the thirty-eighth year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Omri’s son Ahab became king over Israel. Ahab son of Omri ruled over Israel for twenty-two years in Samaria.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

1 Kings 16:30³⁰Ahab son of Omri did more evil in the sight of the Lord than all who were before him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 16:251 Kgs 14:91 Kgs 21:252 Kgs 3:21 Kgs 16:311 Kgs 16:33

1 Kings 16:31³¹As if following in the sinful footsteps of Jeroboam son of Nebat were not bad enough, he married Jezebel the daughter of King Ethbaal of the Sidonians. Then he worshiped and bowed to Baal.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 17:162 Kgs 10:18Judg 18:71 Kgs 21:25-26Deut 7:3-4Judg 2:111 Kgs 11:1-21 Kgs 11:4-81 Kgs 18:191 Kgs 18:4

1 Kings 16:32³²He set up an altar for Baal in the temple of Baal he had built in Samaria.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 10:212 Kgs 10:26-27

1 Kings 16:33³³Ahab also made an Asherah pole; he did more to anger the Lord God of Israel than all the kings of Israel who were before him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 13:61 Kgs 21:252 Kgs 21:3Exod 34:131 Kgs 14:91 Kgs 16:29-301 Kgs 21:191 Kgs 22:61 Kgs 22:82 Kgs 17:16

1 Kings 16:34³⁴During Ahab’s reign, Hiel the Bethelite rebuilt Jericho. Abiram, his firstborn son, died when he laid the foundation; Segub, his youngest son, died when he erected its gates, in keeping with the Lord’ s message that he had spoken through Joshua son of Nun.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Josh 6:26