1 Kings 16 | English Standard Version

English Standard Version

1 And the word of the Lord came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying, (2Ch 16:7; 2Ch 19:2; 2Ch 20:34) 2 “Since I exalted you out of the dust and made you leader over my people Israel, and you have walked in the way of Jeroboam and have made my people Israel to sin, provoking me to anger with their sins, (1Ki 14:7; 1Ki 15:34) 3 behold, I will utterly sweep away Baasha and his house, and I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat. (1Ki 14:10; 1Ki 15:29; 1Ki 16:11; 1Ki 21:21)

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4 Anyone belonging to Baasha who dies in the city the dogs shall eat, and anyone of his who dies in the field the birds of the heavens shall eat.” (1Ki 14:11; 1Ki 21:24) 5 Now the rest of the acts of Baasha and what he did, and his might, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? 6 And Baasha slept with his fathers and was buried at Tirzah, and Elah his son reigned in his place. (1Ki 14:17; 1Ki 15:21) 7 Moreover, the word of the Lord came by the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha and his house, both because of all the evil that he did in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam, and also because he destroyed it. (1Ki 15:27; 1Ki 15:29; 1Ki 16:1; Ho 1:4)

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Elah Reigns in Israel

8 In the twenty-sixth year of Asa king of Judah, Elah the son of Baasha began to reign over Israel in Tirzah, and he reigned two years. 9 But his servant Zimri, commander of half his chariots, conspired against him. When he was at Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, who was over the household in Tirzah, (1Ki 18:3; 2Ki 9:31) 10 Zimri came in and struck him down and killed him, in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his place. 11 When he began to reign, as soon as he had seated himself on his throne, he struck down all the house of Baasha. He did not leave him a single male of his relatives or his friends. (1Sa 25:22; 1Ki 16:3) 12 Thus Zimri destroyed all the house of Baasha, according to the word of the Lord, which he spoke against Baasha by Jehu the prophet, (1Ki 16:1; 1Ki 16:3) 13 for all the sins of Baasha and the sins of Elah his son, which they sinned and which they made Israel to sin, provoking the Lord God of Israel to anger with their idols. (De 32:21; 1Ki 16:26) 14 Now the rest of the acts of Elah and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

Zimri Reigns in Israel

15 In the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, Zimri reigned seven days in Tirzah. Now the troops were encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines, (1Ki 15:27) 16 and the troops who were encamped heard it said, “Zimri has conspired, and he has killed the king.” Therefore all Israel made Omri, the commander of the army, king over Israel that day in the camp. 17 So Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah. 18 And when Zimri saw that the city was taken, he went into the citadel of the king’s house and burned the king’s house over him with fire and died, 19 because of his sins that he committed, doing evil in the sight of the Lord, walking in the way of Jeroboam, and for his sin which he committed, making Israel to sin. (1Ki 15:26; 1Ki 15:34) 20 Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and the conspiracy that he made, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

Omri Reigns in Israel

21 Then the people of Israel were divided into two parts. Half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king, and half followed Omri. 22 But the people who followed Omri overcame the people who followed Tibni the son of Ginath. So Tibni died, and Omri became king. 23 In the thirty-first year of Asa king of Judah, Omri began to reign over Israel, and he reigned for twelve years; six years he reigned in Tirzah. 24 He bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents^[1] of silver, and he fortified the hill and called the name of the city that he built Samaria, after the name of Shemer, the owner of the hill. (1Ki 13:32; 1Ki 16:28; 1Ki 16:32) 25 Omri did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and did more evil than all who were before him. (1Ki 16:30; Mic 6:16) 26 For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in the sins that he made Israel to sin, provoking the Lord, the God of Israel, to anger by their idols. (1Ki 16:13; 1Ki 16:19) 27 Now the rest of the acts of Omri that he did, and the might that he showed, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? 28 And Omri slept with his fathers and was buried in Samaria, and Ahab his son reigned in his place.

Ahab Reigns in Israel

29 In the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah, Ahab the son of Omri began to reign over Israel, and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty-two years. 30 And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the Lord, more than all who were before him. (1Ki 16:25; 1Ki 21:25) 31 And as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, he took for his wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and went and served Baal and worshiped him. (Ex 34:16; De 7:3; Jud 18:7; 1Ki 21:25; 2Ki 3:2; 2Ki 10:18; 2Ki 17:16)

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32 He erected an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he built in Samaria. (2Ki 10:21; 2Ki 10:26) 33 And Ahab made an Asherah. Ahab did more to provoke the Lord, the God of Israel, to anger than all the kings of Israel who were before him. (Ex 34:13; 1Ki 16:30; 1Ki 18:19; 2Ki 13:6; 2Ki 17:10; 2Ki 21:3; 2Ch 14:3; Jer 17:2)

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34 In his days Hiel of Bethel built Jericho. He laid its foundation at the cost of Abiram his firstborn, and set up its gates at the cost of his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the Lord, which he spoke by Joshua the son of Nun. (Jos 6:26; 2Ki 2:4; 2Ki 2:18)

الكتاب المقدس

1 وَأَوْحَى الرَّبُّ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ يَاهُو بْنِ حَنَانِي بِرِسَالَةٍ لِيُبَلِّغَهَا لِبَعْشَا: 2 «لَقَدْ رَفَعْتُكَ مِنَ الْحَضِيضِ، وَنَصَّبْتُكَ مَلِكاً عَلَى شَعْبِي وَلَكِنَّكَ سَلَكْتَ فِي سُبُلِ يَرُبْعَامَ، وَجَعَلْتَ شَعْبِي يَأْثَمُونَ وَيُثِيرُونَ غَيْظِي بِخَطَايَاهُمْ. 3 لِهَذَا سَأَسْتَأْصِلُ ذُرِّيَّتَكَ وَسَائِرَ نَسْلِ بَيْتِكَ، وَأُبِيدُ بَيْتَكَ كَمَا أَبَدْتُ بَيْتَ يَرُبْعَامَ بْنِ نَبَاطَ. 4 فَكُلُّ مَنْ يَمُوتُ مِنْ ذُرِّيَّتِكَ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ تَأْكُلُهُ الْكِلابُ، وَمَنْ يَمُوتُ مِنْهُمْ فِي الْحَقْلِ تَنْهَشُهُ طُيُورُ السَّمَاءِ». 5 أَمَّا بَقِيَّةُ أَخْبَارِ بَعْشَا وَمَا قَامَ بِهِ مِنْ أَعْمَالٍ وَبَأْسٍ، أَلَيْسَتْ هِيَ مُدَوَّنَةً فِي كِتَابِ أَخْبَارِ أَيَّامِ مُلُوكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ. 6 وَمَاتَ بَعْشَا وَدُفِنَ فِي تِرْصَةَ وَخَلَفَهُ ابْنُهُ أَيْلَةُ عَلَى عَرْشِ إِسْرَائِيلَ. 7 وَكَانَ كَلامُ الرَّبِّ أَيْضاً عَلَى لِسَانِ يَاهُو بْنِ حَنَانِي النَّبِيِّ بِشَأْنِ بَعْشَا وَذُرِّيَّتِهِ بِسَبَبِ مَا ارْتَكَبَهُ مِنْ شَرٍّ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ، فَأَثَارَ غَيْظَهُ بِمَا جَنَتْهُ يَدَاهُ، عَلَى مِثَالِ مَا اقْتَرَفَهُ بَيْتُ يَرُبْعَامَ، بَلْ فَاقَ عَلَيْهِ إِذْ أَقْدَمَ عَلَى إِبَادَةِ عَائِلَةِ يَرُبْعَامَ.

أيلة بن بعشا يملك على إسرائيل

8 وَفِي السَّنَةِ السَّادِسَةِ وَالْعِشْرِينَ مِنْ حُكْمِ آسَا مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا، اعْتَلَى أَيْلَةُ بْنُ بَعْشَا فِي تِرْصَةَ عَرْشَ إِسْرَائِيلَ لِمُدَّةِ سَنَتَيْنِ. 9 فَتَآمَرَ عَلَيْهِ زِمْرِي قَائِدُ نِصْفِ فِرْقَةِ الْمَرْكَبَاتِ بَيْنَمَا كَانَ فِي تِرْصَةَ يَشْرَبُ وَيَسْكَرُ فِي مَنْزِلِ أَرْصَا الْمُشْرِفِ عَلَى إِدَارَةِ الْقَصْرِ. 10 فَاقْتَحَمَ زِمْرِي الْمَنْزِلَ وَاغْتَالَ أَيْلَةَ. وَكَانَ ذَلِكَ فِي السَّنَةِ السَّابِعَةِ وَالْعِشْرِينَ مِنْ حُكْمِ آسَا مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا وَخَلَفَهُ عَلَى عَرْشِ إِسْرَائِيلَ. 11 وَحَالَمَا تَسَلَّمَ زِمَامَ الْمُلْكِ أَبَادَ كُلَّ ذُرِّيَّةِ بَعْشَا، فَلَمْ يُبْقِ عَلَى ذَكَرٍ مِنْهُمْ، كَمَا قَتَلَ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ إِلَى بَعْشَا وَأَصْحَابَهُ. 12 وَهَكَذَا أَبَادَ زِمْرِي كُلَّ بَيْتِ بَعْشَا، تَحْقِيقاً لِقَضَاءِ الرَّبِّ عَلَى لِسَانِ يَاهُو النَّبِيِّ، 13 وَذَلِكَ مِنْ أَجْلِ مَا ارْتَكَبَهُ بَعْشَا وَابْنُهُ أَيْلَةُ مِنْ آثَامٍ، وَجَعلا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ يُخْطِئُونَ، وَيَسْتَثِيرُونَ غَيْظَ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ بِضَلالِهِمْ. 14 أَمَّا بَقِيَّةُ أَخْبَارِ أَيْلَةَ وَكُلُّ مَا قَامَ بِهِ مِنْ أَعْمَالٍ، أَلَيْسَتْ هِيَ مُدَوَّنَةً فِي كِتَابِ أَخْبَارِ أَيَّامِ مُلُوكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ؟

زمري يملك على إسرائيل

15 وَفِي السَّنَةِ السَّابِعَةِ وَالْعِشْرِينَ لِحُكْمِ آسَا مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا، تَرَبَّعَ زِمْرِي عَلَى كُرْسِيِّ الْمَمْلَكَةِ لِمُدَّةِ سَبْعَةِ أَيَّامٍ فِي تِرْصَةَ. وَكَانَ الْجَيْشُ آنَئِذٍ يُحَاصِرُ الْمَدِينَةَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيَّةَ جِبَّثُونَ. 16 فَبَلَغَ مَسَامِعَ الْجَيْشِ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّ أَنَّ زِمْرِي تَمَرَّدَ عَلَى الْمَلِكِ وَاغْتَالَهُ، فَنَصَّبَ الْجَيْشُ قَائِدَهُمْ عُمْرِيَ مَلِكاً عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ، وَهُمْ مَا بَرِحُوا فِي مَيْدَانِ الْقِتَالِ. 17 فَتَوَجَّهَ عُمْرِي وَكُلُّ الْجَيْشِ الَّذِي مَعَهُ مِنْ جِبَّثُونَ وَحَاصَرُوا تِرْصَةَ. 18 وَعِنْدَمَا رَأَى زِمْرِي أَنَّ الْمَدِينَةَ قَدْ سَقَطَتْ، دَخَلَ قَصْرَ الْمَلِكِ وَأَشْعَلَ فِيهِ وَفِي نَفْسِهِ النَّارَ، فَمَاتَ، 19 عِقَاباً عَلَى آثَامِهِ الَّتِي اقْتَرَفَهَا حِينَ ارْتَكَبَ الشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ، وَسَلَكَ فِي سُبُلِ يَرُبْعَامَ، وَلأَنَّهُ جَعَلَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ يُخْطِئُونَ. 20 أَمَّا بَقِيَّةُ أَخْبَارِ زِمْرِي وَتَمَرُّدُهُ أَلَيْسَتْ هِي مُدَوَّنَةً فِي كِتَابِ أَخْبَارِ أَيَّامِ مُلُوكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ؟

عمري يملك على إسرائيل

21 وَمَا لَبِثَ الشَّعْبُ أَنِ انْقَسَمَ إِلَى فِئَتَيْنِ: فِئَةٌ تُنَاصِرُ تِبْنِي بْنَ جِينَةَ لِتُبَايِعَهُ عَلَى الْمُلْكِ، وَفِئَةٌ تُنَاصِرُ عُمْرِي. 22 فَتَغَلَّبَ أَنْصَارُ عُمْرِي عَلَى أَنْصَارِ تِبْنِي بْنِ جِينَةَ، فَمَاتَ تِبْنِي وَسَلِمَ الْعَرْشُ لِعُمْرِي. 23 وَفِي السَّنَةِ الْوَاحِدَةِ وَالثَّلاثِينَ لِحُكْمِ آسَا مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا، اعْتَلَى عُمْرِي عَرْشَ مَمْلَكَةِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَدَامَ حُكْمُهُ اثْنَتَيْ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً، مِنْهَا سِتُّ سَنَوَاتٍ فِي تِرْصَةَ. 24 ثُمَّ اشْتَرَى جَبَلَ السَّامِرَةِ مِنْ شَامِرَ بِوَزْنَتَيْنِ مِنَ الْفِضَّةِ (نَحْوِ اثْنَيْنِ وَسَبْعِينَ كِيلُو جِرَاماً)، وَبَنَى عَلَيْهِ مَدِينَةً دَعَاهَا السَّامِرَةَ، عَلَى اسْمِ شَامِرَ صَاحِبِ الْجَبَلِ. 25 وَارْتَكَبَ عُمْرِي الشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ حَتَّى فَاقَ إِثْمُهُ جَمِيعَ الَّذِينَ قَبْلَهُ، 26 وَاقْتَرَفَ خَطَايَا يَرُبْعَامَ بْنِ نَبَاطَ، وَسَلَكَ فِي سُبُلِهِ الَّتِي أَضَلَّ بِها إِسْرَائِيلَ فَاسْتَثَارُوا بِضَلالِهِمْ غَيْظَ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِهِمْ. 27 أَمَّا بَقِيَّةُ أَخْبَارِ عُمْرِي وَمَا قَامَ بِهِ مِنْ أَعْمَالٍ وَمِنْ بَأْسٍ، أَلَيْسَتْ هِيَ مُدَوَّنَةً فِي كِتَابِ أَخْبَارِ أَيَّامِ مُلُوكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ؟ 28 وَمَاتَ عُمْرِي وَدُفِنَ فِي السَّامِرَةِ، وَخَلَفَهُ ابْنُهُ آخْابُ عَلَى الْعَرْشِ.

آخْابُ يعتلي عرش إِسرائيل

29 وَمَلَكَ آخْابُ بْنُ عُمْرِي عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي السَّنَةِ الثَّامِنَةِ وَالثَّلاثِينَ لِحُكْمِ آسَا مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا، وَدَامَتْ وِلايَتُهُ عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي السَّامِرَةِ مُدَّةَ اثْنَتَيْنِ وَعِشْرِينَ سَنَةً. 30 وَارْتَكَبَ آخْابُ بْنُ عُمْرِي الشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ، حَتَّى فَاقَ إِثْمُهُ جَمِيعَ أَسْلافِهِ. 31 وَكَأَنَّمَا كَانَ الانْهِمَاكُ فِي ارْتِكَابِ خَطَايَا يَرُبْعَامَ بْنِ نَبَاطَ أَمْراً تَافِهاً، فَتَزَوَّجَ مِنْ إِيزَابِلَ ابْنَةِ أَثْبَعَلَ مَلِكِ الصِّيدُونِيِّينَ، وَغَوَى وَرَاءَ الْبَعْلِ وَسَجَدَ لَهُ. 32 وَشَيَّدَ مَذْبَحاً لِلْبَعْلِ فِي مَعْبَدِ الْبَعْلِ الَّذِي بَنَاهُ فِي السَّامِرَةِ. 33 وَأَقَامَ آخْابُ مَنْحُوتَاتِ الأَصْنَامِ، وَتَفَاقَمَ شَرُّ أَعْمَالِهِ لِيُثِيرَ غَيْظَ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ سَائِرِ مُلُوكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ السَّابِقِينَ. 34 وَفِي عَهْدِهِ بَنَى حِيئِيلُ الْبَيْتَئِيلِيُّ أَرِيحَا. وَعِنْدَمَا أَرْسَى أَسَاسَهَا مَاتَ ابْنُهُ الأَكْبَرُ أَبِيرَامُ، وَعِنْدَمَا نَصَبَ بَوَّابَاتِهَا مَاتَ ابْنُهُ الأَصْغَرُ سَجُوبُ، فَتَحَقَّقَ بِذَلِكَ وَعِيدُ الرَّبِّ الَّذِي نَطَقَ بِهِ عَلَى لِسَانِ يَشُوعَ بْنِ نُونٍ.