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.^{(A) 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,^(B) after Shemer, the name of the former owner of the hill.

²⁵ But Omri did evil^(C) 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^(D) Israel to commit, so that they aroused the anger of the Lord, the God of Israel, by their worthless idols.^(E)

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.^(F) 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.

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.^{(A) 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,^(B) after Shemer, the name of the former owner of the hill.

²⁵ But Omri did evil^(C) 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^(D) Israel to commit, so that they aroused the anger of the Lord, the God of Israel, by their worthless idols.^(E)

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.^(F) 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.

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.^(A)

¹² In the thirty-ninth year of his reign Asa was afflicted^(A) with a disease in his feet. Though his disease was severe, even in his illness he did not seek^(B) help from the Lord,^(C) but only from the physicians.

¹¹ The events of Asa’s reign, from beginning to end, are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.

¹³ Then in the forty-first year of his reign Asa died and rested with his ancestors. ¹⁴ They buried him in the tomb that he had cut out for himself^(A) in the City of David. They laid him on a bier covered with spices and various blended perfumes,^(B) and they made a huge fire^(C) in his honor.

²⁴ Then Asa rested with his ancestors and was buried with them in the city of his father David. And Jehoshaphat^(A) his son succeeded him as king.

Jehoshaphat King of Judah^(A)

⁴¹ Jehoshaphat son of Asa became king of Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel. ⁴² Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-five years. His mother’s name was Azubah daughter of Shilhi. ⁴³ In everything he followed the ways of his father Asa^(B) and did not stray from them; he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord. The high places,^(C) however, were not removed, and the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there.^[a]

⁴⁶ He rid the land of the rest of the male shrine prostitutes^(A) who remained there even after the reign of his father Asa.