²² But the people who followed Omri prevailed over the people who followed Tibni the son of Ginath. So Tibni died and Omri reigned. ²³ In the thirty-first year of Asa king of Judah, Omri became king over Israel, and reigned twelve years. Six years he reigned in ^(A)Tirzah. ²⁴ And he bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver; then he built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, ^(B)Samaria,^[a] after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill. ^25 (C)Omri did evil in the eyes of the Lord, and did worse than all who were before him. ²⁶ For he ^(D)walked in all the ways of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in his sin by which he had made Israel sin, provoking the Lord God of Israel to anger with their ^(E)idols.^[b]

²⁷ Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and the might that he showed, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

²⁸ So Omri rested with his fathers and was buried in Samaria. Then 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 became king over Israel; and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty-two years.

²² But the people who followed Omri prevailed over the people who followed Tibni the son of Ginath. So Tibni died and Omri reigned. ²³ In the thirty-first year of Asa king of Judah, Omri became king over Israel, and reigned twelve years. Six years he reigned in ^(A)Tirzah. ²⁴ And he bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver; then he built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, ^(B)Samaria,^[a] after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill. ^25 (C)Omri did evil in the eyes of the Lord, and did worse than all who were before him. ²⁶ For he ^(D)walked in all the ways of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in his sin by which he had made Israel sin, provoking the Lord God of Israel to anger with their ^(E)idols.^[b]

²⁷ Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and the might that he showed, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

²⁸ So Omri rested with his fathers and was buried in Samaria. Then 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 became king over Israel; and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty-two years.

³⁴ In his days Hiel of Bethel built Jericho. He laid its foundation ^[a]with Abiram his firstborn, and with his youngest son Segub he set up its gates, ^(A)according to the word of the Lord, which He had spoken through Joshua the son of Nun.

¹² And in the thirty-ninth year of his reign, Asa became diseased in his feet, and his malady was severe; yet in his disease he ^(A)did not seek the Lord, but the physicians.

Illness and Death of Asa^(A)

^11 (B)Note that the acts of Asa, first and last, are indeed written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.

^13 (A)So Asa ^[a]rested with his fathers; he died in the forty-first year of his reign. ¹⁴ They buried him in his own tomb, which he had ^[b]made for himself in the City of David; and they laid him in the bed which was filled ^(B)with spices and various ingredients prepared in a mixture of ointments. They made ^(C)a very great burning for him.

²⁴ So Asa ^[a]rested with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the City of David his father. ^(A)Then ^(B)Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place.

Jehoshaphat Reigns in Judah^(A)

^41 (B)Jehoshaphat the son of Asa had become king over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel. ⁴² Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi. ⁴³ And ^(C)he walked in all the ways of his father Asa. He did not turn aside from them, doing what was right in the eyes of the Lord. Nevertheless ^(D)the high places were not taken away, for the people offered sacrifices and burned incense on the high places.

^46 (A)And the rest of the ^[a]perverted persons, who remained in the days of his father Asa, he banished from the land.