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16 Ito ang mensahe ng Panginoon laban kay Baasha na sinabi niya sa pamamagitan ni Jehu na anak ni Hanani: “Pinabangon kita mula sa lupa, at ginawang pinuno ng mga mamamayan kong Israelita. Pero sinunod mo ang pamumuhay ni Jeroboam at ikaw ang naging dahilan ng pagkakasala ng aking mga mamamayan, at ginalit mo ako dahil sa kanilang mga kasalanan. Kaya lilipulin kita at ang iyong pamilya katulad ng ginawa ko sa pamilya ni Jeroboam na anak ni Nebat. Ang mga kabilang sa pamilya mo na mamamatay sa lungsod ay kakainin ng mga aso, at ang mamamatay sa bukid ay kakainin ng mga ibon.”

Ang iba pang salaysay tungkol sa paghahari ni Baasha, at ang mga ginawa niya at pagtatagumpay ay nakasulat sa Aklat ng Kasaysayan ng mga hari ng Israel. Nang mamatay si Baasha, inilibing siya sa Tirza. At ang anak niyang si Elah ang pumalit sa kanya bilang hari.

Ang mensaheng iyon ng Panginoon laban kay Baasha at sa pamilya niya ay sinabi ng Panginoon sa pamamagitan ng propetang si Jehu na anak ni Hanani. Sinabi iyon ng Panginoon dahil sa lahat ng masasamang ginawa nito sa paningin ng Panginoon. Ginalit niya ang Panginoon dahil sa mga ginawa niya na katulad ng ginawa ng pamilya ni Jeroboam, at dahil sa kanyang pagpatay sa buong pamilya ni Jeroboam.

Ang Paghahari ni Elah sa Israel

Naging hari ng Israel si Elah na anak ni Baasha noong ika-26 na taon ng paghahari ni Asa sa Juda. Sa Tirza siya tumira, at naghari siya sa loob ng dalawang taon.

Si Zimri, na isa sa mga opisyal niya at kumander ng kalahati ng kanyang mga mangangarwahe ay nagbalak ng masama laban sa kanya. Isang araw, naglasing si Elah sa Tirza, sa bahay ni Arsa na siyang tagapamahala ng palasyo roon. 10 Pumasok si Zimri sa bahay at pinatay niya si Ela. Nangyari ito noong ika-27 taon ng paghahari ni Asa sa Juda. At si Zimri ang pumalit kay Elah bilang hari.

11 Nang magsimulang maghari si Zimri, pinagpapatay niya ang buong pamilya ni Baasha. Wala siyang itinirang lalaki, kahit sa mga kamag-anak at mga kaibigan ni Baasha. 12 Pinatay ni Zimri ang buong pamilya ni Baasha ayon sa sinabi ng Panginoon sa pamamagitan ng propetang si Jehu. 13 Sapagkat ginalit ni Baasha at ng anak niyang si Elah ang Panginoon, ang Dios ng Israel, dahil sa mga kasalanang ginawa nila na naging dahilan ng pagkakasala ng mga Israelita sa pamamagitan ng pagsamba sa walang kwentang mga dios-diosan.

14 Ang iba pang salaysay tungkol sa paghahari ni Elah, at ang lahat ng ginawa niya ay nakasulat sa Aklat ng Kasaysayan ng mga hari ng Israel.

Ang Paghahari ni Zimri sa Israel

15 Naging hari ng Israel si Zimri noong ika-27 taon ng paghahari ni Asa sa Juda. Doon siya tumira sa Tirza, pero pitong araw lang ang itinagal ng paghahari niya. Habang nagkakampo ang mga sundalo ng Israel malapit sa Gibeton na isang bayan ng mga Filisteo, 16 nabalitaan nila na pinatay ni Zimri ang hari. Kaya nang araw ding iyon sa kampo, ginawa nilang hari ng Israel si Omri. Si Omri ang kumander ng mga sundalo ng Israel.

17 Umalis agad sa Gibeton si Omri at ang mga lahat ng kasama niyang mga Israelita, at sinalakay nila ang Tirza. 18 Nang makita ni Zimri na naaagaw na ang lungsod, pumunta siya sa tore ng palasyo at sinunog ang paligid nito, kaya namatay siya. 19 Nangyari ito dahil sa mga kasalanang ginawa niya. Masama ang ginawa niya sa paningin ng Panginoon, at sumunod siya sa pamumuhay ni Jeroboam at sa kasalanan na ginawa nito, na naging dahilan ng pagkakasala ng mga Israelita.

20 Ang iba pang salaysay tungkol sa paghahari ni Zimri at ang tungkol sa pagrerebelde niya ay nakasulat sa Aklat ng Kasaysayan ng mga hari ng Israel.

Ang Paghahari ni Omri sa Israel

21 Nahati ang mga mamamayan ng Israel sa dalawang grupo. Ang isang grupo ay gustong maging hari si Tibni na anak ni Ginat, at ang isang grupo naman ay gusto si Omri. 22 Pero mas malakas ang mga pumapanig kay Omri kaysa sa mga pumapanig kay Tibni na anak ni Ginat. Napatay si Tibni, at si Omri ang naging hari.

23 Sumunod na naghari si Omri sa Israel noong ika-31 taon ng paghahari ni Asa sa Juda. Naghari siya sa loob ng 12 taon; ang anim na taon nito ay doon sa Tirza. 24 Binili niya kay Shemer ang bundok ng Samaria ng 70 kilong pilak, at pinatayuan niya ito ng lungsod. Pagkatapos, pinangalanan niya itong lungsod ng Samaria, mula sa pangalan ni Shemer na siyang dating nagmamay-ari ng bundok.

25 Masama ang ginawa ni Omri sa paningin ng Panginoon, at nagkasala siya ng higit pa sa mga hari na nauna sa kanya. 26 Sumunod siya sa pamumuhay ni Jeroboam na anak ni Nebat at sa kasalanan na ginawa nito, na naging dahilan ng pagkakasala ng mga Israelita, sa pamamagitan ng pagsamba sa mga walang kwentang mga dios-diosan. Kaya ginalit nila ang Panginoon, ang Dios ng Israel.

27 Ang iba pang salaysay tungkol sa paghahari ni Omri, at ang mga ginawa niya at pagtatagumpay ay nakasulat sa Aklat ng Kasaysayan ng mga hari ng Israel. 28 Nang mamatay si Omri, inilibing siya sa Samaria. At ang anak niyang si Ahab ang pumalit sa kanya bilang hari.

Ang Paghahari ni Ahab sa Israel

29 Naging hari ng Israel si Ahab na anak ni Omri noong ika-38 taon ng paghahari ni Asa sa Juda. Sa Samaria siya tumira, at naghari siya sa loob ng 22 taon. 30 Masama ang ginawa niya sa paningin ng Panginoon, higit pa sa ginawa ng mga haring nauna sa kanya. 31 Kulang pa sa kanya ang pagsunod sa mga kasalanang ginawa ni Jeroboam, kinuha pa niyang maging asawa si Jezebel na anak ni Haring Etbaal ng mga Sidoneo. At mula noon, naglingkod siya at sumamba sa dios-diosang si Baal. 32 Nagpatayo siya ng templo at altar para kay Baal doon sa Samaria. 33 Nagpagawa rin siya ng posteng simbolo ng diosang si Ashera. Ginalit niya ang Panginoon, ang Dios ng Israel, higit pa sa ginawa ng mga hari ng Israel na nauna sa kanya.

34 Nang panahon ng paghahari ni Ahab, muling ipinatayo ni Hiel na taga-Betel ang Jerico. Habang ipinapatayo niya ang mga pundasyon nito, namatay ang panganay niyang anak na si Abiram. At habang ipinapagawa naman niya ang mga pintuan nito, namatay ang bunso niyang anak na si Segub. Nangyari ang lahat ng ito ayon sa sinabi ng Panginoon sa pamamagitan ni Josue na anak ni Nun.[a]

Footnotes

  1. 16:34 Tingnan sa Josue 6:26.

16 The word of the Lord came to Jehu son of Hanani against Baasha, saying, ‘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 caused my people Israel to sin, provoking me to anger with their sins, therefore, I will consume Baasha and his house, and I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam son of Nebat. 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 air shall eat.’

Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, what he did, and his power, are they not written in the Book of the Annals of the Kings of Israel? Baasha slept with his ancestors, and was buried at Tirzah; and his son Elah succeeded him. Moreover, the word of the Lord came by the prophet Jehu 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.

Elah Reigns over Israel

In the twenty-sixth year of King Asa of Judah, Elah son of Baasha began to reign over Israel in Tirzah; he reigned for two years. 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 in charge of the palace at Tirzah, 10 Zimri came in and struck him down and killed him, in the twenty-seventh year of King Asa of Judah, and succeeded him.

11 When he began to reign, as soon as he had seated himself on his throne, he killed all the house of Baasha; he did not leave him a single male of his kindred or his friends. 12 Thus Zimri destroyed all the house of Baasha, according to the word of the Lord, which he spoke against Baasha by the prophet Jehu— 13 because of all the sins of Baasha and the sins of his son Elah that they committed, and that they caused Israel to commit, provoking the Lord God of Israel to anger with their idols. 14 Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Annals of the Kings of Israel?

Third Dynasty: Zimri Reigns over Israel

15 In the twenty-seventh year of King Asa of Judah, Zimri reigned for seven days in Tirzah. Now the troops were encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines, 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 When Zimri saw that the city was taken, he went into the citadel of the king’s house; he burned down the king’s house over himself with fire, and died— 19 because of the sins that he committed, doing evil in the sight of the Lord, walking in the way of Jeroboam, and for the sin that he committed, causing Israel to sin. 20 Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and the conspiracy that he made, are they not written in the Book of the Annals of the Kings of Israel?

Fourth Dynasty: Omri Reigns over Israel

21 Then the people of Israel were divided into two parts; half of the people followed Tibni son of Ginath, to make him king, and half followed Omri. 22 But the people who followed Omri overcame the people who followed Tibni son of Ginath; so Tibni died, and Omri became king. 23 In the thirty-first year of King Asa of Judah, Omri began to reign over Israel; he reigned for twelve years, six of them in Tirzah.

Samaria the New Capital

24 He bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver; he fortified the hill, and called the city that he built Samaria, after the name of Shemer, the owner of the hill.

25 Omri did what was evil in the sight of the Lord; he did more evil than all who were before him. 26 For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam son of Nebat, and in the sins that he caused Israel to commit, provoking the Lord, the God of Israel, to anger by their idols. 27 Now the rest of the acts of Omri that he did, and the power that he showed, are they not written in the Book of the Annals of the Kings of Israel? 28 Omri slept with his ancestors, and was buried in Samaria; his son Ahab succeeded him.

Ahab Reigns over Israel

29 In the thirty-eighth year of King Asa of Judah, Ahab son of Omri began to reign over Israel; Ahab son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria for twenty-two years. 30 Ahab son of Omri did evil in the sight of the Lord more than all who were before him.

Ahab Marries Jezebel and Worships Baal

31 And as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, he took as his wife Jezebel daughter of King Ethbaal of the Sidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him. 32 He erected an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he built in Samaria. 33 Ahab also made a sacred pole.[a] Ahab did more to provoke the anger of the Lord, the God of Israel, than had all the kings of Israel who were before him. 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 son of Nun.

Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 16:33 Heb Asherah

16 Then the word of the Lord came to Jehu(A) son of Hanani(B) concerning Baasha: “I lifted you up from the dust(C) and appointed you ruler(D) over my people Israel, but you followed the ways of Jeroboam and caused(E) my people Israel to sin and to arouse my anger by their sins. So I am about to wipe out Baasha(F) and his house,(G) and I will make your house like that of Jeroboam son of Nebat. Dogs(H) will eat those belonging to Baasha who die in the city, and birds(I) will feed on those who die in the country.”

As for the other events of Baasha’s reign, what he did and his achievements, are they not written in the book of the annals(J) of the kings of Israel? Baasha rested with his ancestors and was buried in Tirzah.(K) And Elah his son succeeded him as king.

Moreover, the word of the Lord came(L) through the prophet Jehu(M) son of Hanani to Baasha and his house, because of all the evil he had done in the eyes of the Lord, arousing his anger by the things he did, becoming like the house of Jeroboam—and also because he destroyed it.

Elah King of Israel

In the twenty-sixth year of Asa king of Judah, Elah son of Baasha became king of Israel, and he reigned in Tirzah two years.

Zimri, one of his officials, who had command of half his chariots, plotted against him. Elah was in Tirzah at the time, getting drunk(N) in the home of Arza, the palace administrator(O) at Tirzah. 10 Zimri came in, struck him down and killed him in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah. Then he succeeded him as king.(P)

11 As soon as he began to reign and was seated on the throne, he killed off Baasha’s whole family.(Q) He did not spare a single male, whether relative or friend. 12 So Zimri destroyed the whole family of Baasha, in accordance with the word of the Lord spoken against Baasha through the prophet Jehu— 13 because of all the sins Baasha and his son Elah had committed and had caused Israel to commit, so that they aroused the anger of the Lord, the God of Israel, by their worthless idols.(R)

14 As for the other events of Elah’s reign, and all he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel?

Zimri King of Israel

15 In the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, Zimri reigned in Tirzah seven days. The army was encamped near Gibbethon,(S) a Philistine town. 16 When the Israelites in the camp heard that Zimri had plotted against the king and murdered him, they proclaimed Omri, the commander of the army, king over Israel that very day there in the camp. 17 Then Omri and all the Israelites with him withdrew from Gibbethon and laid siege to Tirzah. 18 When Zimri saw that the city was taken, he went into the citadel of the royal palace and set the palace on fire around him. So he died, 19 because of the sins he had committed, doing evil in the eyes of the Lord and following the ways of Jeroboam and committing the same sin Jeroboam had caused Israel to commit.

20 As for the other events of Zimri’s reign, and the rebellion he carried out, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel?

Omri King of Israel

21 Then the people of Israel were split into two factions; half supported Tibni son of Ginath for king, and the other half supported Omri. 22 But Omri’s followers proved stronger than those of Tibni son of Ginath. So Tibni died and Omri became king.

23 In the thirty-first year of Asa king of Judah, Omri became king of Israel, and he reigned twelve years, six of them in Tirzah.(T) 24 He bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents[a] of silver and built a city on the hill, calling it Samaria,(U) after Shemer, the name of the former owner of the hill.

25 But Omri did evil(V) in the eyes of the Lord and sinned more than all those before him. 26 He followed completely the ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat, committing the same sin Jeroboam had caused(W) Israel to commit, so that they aroused the anger of the Lord, the God of Israel, by their worthless idols.(X)

27 As for the other events of Omri’s reign, what he did and the things he achieved, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel? 28 Omri rested with his ancestors and was buried in Samaria.(Y) And Ahab his son succeeded him as king.

Ahab Becomes King of Israel

29 In the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah, Ahab son of Omri became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria over Israel twenty-two years. 30 Ahab son of Omri did more(Z) evil in the eyes of the Lord than any of those before him. 31 He not only considered it trivial to commit the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, but he also married(AA) Jezebel daughter(AB) of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and began to serve Baal(AC) and worship him. 32 He set up an altar(AD) for Baal in the temple(AE) of Baal that he built in Samaria. 33 Ahab also made an Asherah pole(AF) and did more(AG) to arouse the anger of the Lord, the God of Israel, than did all the kings of Israel before him.

34 In Ahab’s time, Hiel of Bethel rebuilt Jericho. He laid its foundations at the cost of his firstborn son Abiram, and he set up its gates at the cost of his youngest son Segub, in accordance with the word of the Lord spoken by Joshua son of Nun.(AH)

Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 16:24 That is, about 150 pounds or about 68 kilograms