1Ki 16 | EngLXX | STEP | And the word of the Lord came by the hand of Ju son of Anani to Baasa, saying ,

‏ 1 Kings 16

1 And the word of the Lord came by the hand of Ju son of Anani to Baasa,saying, 2 Forasmuch as I lifted you up from the earth, and made you ruler over my people Israel;and you have walked in the way of Jeroboam, and have caused my people Israel to sin, to provoke me withtheir vanities; 3 Behold, I raise upenemies after Baasa, and after his house; and I will make your house as the house of Jeroboamson of Nabat. 4 Him that dies of Baasa in the city the dogs shall devour, and him that dies of his inthe field the birds of the sky shall devour. 5 Now the rest of the history of Baasa, and all that he did, and his mighty acts, behold,are not these written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 6 And Baasa slept with his fathers, and they bury him in Thersa; and Ela his son reignsin his stead. 7 And the Lord spoke by Ju the son of Anani against Baasa, and against his house,even all the evil which he wrought before the Lord to provoke him to anger by the works ofhis hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam; and because he struck him. 8 And Ela son of Baasa reigned over Israel two years in Thersa. 9 And Zambri, captain of half his cavalry, conspired against him, while he was in Thersa,drinking himself drunk in the house of Osa the steward at Thersa. 10 And Zambri went in and struck him and killed him, and reigned in his stead. 11 And it came to pass when he reigned, when he sat upon his throne, 12 that he struck all the house of Baasa, according to the word which the Lord spoke againstthe house of Baasa, and to Ju the prophet, 13 for all the sins of Baasa and Ela his son, as he led Israel astray to sin, to provokethe Lord God of Israel with their vanities. 14 And the rest of the deeds of Ela which he did, behold, are not these written in the bookof the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 15 And Zambri reigned in Thersa seven days: and the army of Israelwas encamped against Gabathon of the Philistines. 16 And the people heard in the army, saying, Zambri has conspired and struck the king: andthe people of Israel made Ambri the captain of the host king in that day in the camp over Israel. 17 And Ambri went up, and all Israel with him, out of Gabathon; and they besieged Thersa. 18 And it came to pass when Zambri saw that his city was taken, that he goes into the innerchamber of the house of the king, and burnt the king's house over him, and died. 19 Because of his sins which he committed, doing that which was evil in the sight of theLord, so as to walk in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, and in his sins wherein he caused Israelto sin. 20 And the rest of the history of Zambri, and his conspiracies wherein he conspired, behold,are not these written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 21 Then the people of Israel divides; half the people goes after Thamni the son of Gonathto make him king; and half the people goes after Ambri. 22 The people that followed Ambri overpowered the people that followed Thamni son of Gonath;and Thamni died and Joram his brother at that time, and Ambri reigned after Thamni. 23 In the thirty-first year of king Asa, Ambri begins to reign over Israel twelve years:he reigns six years in Thersa. 24 And Ambri bought the mount Semeron of Semer the lord of the mountain for two talentsof silver; and he builtupon the mountain, and they called the name of the mountainon which he built, after the name of Semer the lord of the mount, Semeron. 25 And Ambri did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, and wrought wickedly beyondall that were before him. 26 And he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, and in his sins wherewithhe caused Israel to sin, to provoke the Lord God of Israel by their vanities. 27 And the rest of the acts of Ambri, and all that he did, and all his might, behold,are not these things written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 28 And Ambri slept with his fathers, and is buried in Samaria; and Achaab his son reignsin his stead. And in the eleventh year of Ambri Josaphat the son of Asa reigns,being thirty-five years old in the beginning of his reign, and he reigned twenty-five yearsin Jerusalem: and his mother's namewas Gazuba, daughter of Seli. And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and turned not fromit,even from doing right in the eyes of the Lord: only they removed notany of the high places; they sacrificed and burnt incense on the high places. Now the engagementswhich Josaphat made with the king of Israel, and all his mighty deeds which he performed, and the enemieswhom he fought against, behold,are not these written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Juda? and the remains ofthe prostitution which they practiced in the days of Asa his father, he removed out of the land: and therewas no king in Syria,but a deputy. And king Josaphat made a ship at Tharsis to go to Sophir for gold: but it wentnot, for the ship was broken at Gasion Gaber. Then the king of Israel said to Josaphat, I will send forthyour servants and my servants in the ship: but Josaphat would not. And Josaphat slept with his fathers,and is buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Joram his son reigned in his stead. 29 In the second year of Josaphat king of Juda, Achaab son of Ambri reigned over Israelin Samaria twenty-two years. 30 And Achaab did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, and did more wickedly thanall that were before him. 31 And it was not enough for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, but hetook as wife, Jezabel the daughter of Jethebaal king of the Sidonians; and he went and served Baal, andworshipped him. 32 And he set up an alter to Baal, in the house of his abominations, which he built in Samaria. 33 And Achaab made a grove; and Achaab did yet more abominably, to provoke the Lord Godof Israel, andto sin against his own life so that he should be destroyed: he did evil above all the kingsof Israel that were before him. 34 And in his days Achiel the Baethelite built Jericho: he laid the foundation of it inAbiron his firstborn, and he set up the doors of it in Segub his younger son, according to the word ofthe Lord which he spoke by Joshua the son of Naue.