¹⁷ Then Jeroboam's wife arose and departed and came to ^(A)Tirzah. And ^(B)as she came to the threshold of the house, the child died.

Baasha Reigns in Israel

³³ In the third year of Asa king of Judah, Baasha the son of Ahijah began to reign over all Israel at Tirzah, and he reigned twenty-four years.

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.

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 ^(A)Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines,

²¹ And when Baasha heard of it, ^(A)he stopped building Ramah, and he lived in ^(B)Tirzah.

⁶ And Baasha slept with his fathers and was buried at ^(A)Tirzah, and Elah his son reigned in his place. ⁷ Moreover, the word of the Lord came by the prophet ^(B)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 ^(C)he destroyed it.

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 ^(D)Zimri, commander of half his chariots, conspired against him. When he was at Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, ^(E)who was over the household in Tirzah,

¹² Arise therefore, go to your house. ^(A)When your feet enter the city, the child shall die. ¹³ And all Israel shall mourn for him and bury him, for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him ^(B)there is found something pleasing to the Lord, the God of Israel, in the house of Jeroboam.

¹⁸ As soon as he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell over backward ^(A)from his seat by the side of the gate, and his neck was broken and he died, for the man was old and heavy. He had judged Israel forty years.

¹⁹ Now his daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant, about to give birth. And when she heard the news that the ark of God was captured, and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she bowed and gave birth, for her pains came upon her. ²⁰ And about the time of her death the women attending her said to her, ^(B)“Do not be afraid, for you have borne a son.” But she did not answer or pay attention.

²⁰ Then Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, and say, “May the Lord give you children by this woman ^(A)for the petition she asked of the Lord.” So then they would return to their home.

^21 (B)Indeed the Lord visited Hannah, and she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. ^(C)And the boy Samuel grew in the presence of the Lord.

Eli Rebukes His Sons

²² Now Eli was very old, and he kept hearing all that his sons were doing to all Israel, and how they lay with the women who ^(D)were serving at the entrance to the tent of meeting. ²³ And he said to them, “Why do you do such things? For I hear of your evil dealings from all these people. ²⁴ No, my sons; it is no good report that I hear the people of the Lord spreading abroad. ²⁵ If someone sins against a man, God will mediate for him, but if someone sins against the Lord, who can intercede for him?” But they would not listen to the voice of their father, ^(E)for it was the will of the Lord to put them to death.

²⁶ Now the boy Samuel ^(F)continued to grow both in stature and in favor with the Lord and also with man.

The Lord Rejects Eli's Household

²⁷ And there came ^(G)a man of God to Eli and said to him, “Thus says the Lord, ^(H)‘Did I indeed reveal myself to the house of your father when they were in Egypt subject to the house of Pharaoh? ^28 (I)Did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to go up to my altar, to burn incense, ^(J)to wear an ephod before me? ^(K)I gave to the house of your father all my offerings by fire from the people of Israel. ²⁹ Why then do you ^(L)scorn^[a] my sacrifices and my offerings that I commanded for my dwelling, and honor your sons above me by fattening yourselves on the choicest parts of every offering of my people Israel?’ ³⁰ Therefore the Lord, the God of Israel, declares: ^(M)‘I promised that your house and the house of your father should go in and out before me forever,’ ^(N)but now the Lord declares: ‘Far be it from me, for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed. ³¹ Behold, ^(O)the days are coming when I will cut off your strength and the strength of your father's house, so that there will not be an old man in your house. ³² Then ^(P)in distress you will look with envious eye on all the prosperity that shall be bestowed on Israel, ^(Q)and there shall not be an old man in your house forever. ³³ The only one of you whom I shall not cut off from my altar shall be spared to weep his^[b] eyes out to grieve his heart, and all the descendants^[c] of your house shall die by the sword of men.^{[d] 34 (R)}And this that shall come upon your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, shall be the sign to you: both of them shall die ^(S)on the same day.