Archive THE BIBLE - Verse by Verse (1 Kings Chapter 1 to 22)

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1 Kings 16:2 (NLT) - 2 “I lifted you out of the dust to make you ruler of my people Israel, but you have followed the evil example of Jeroboam. You have provoked my anger by causing my people Israel to sin.
 
1 Kings 16:5 (NLT)
The rest of the events in Baasha's reign and the extent of his power are recorded in The book of The History of the Kings of Israel.
 
1 Kings 16:7 (NLT)
The message from the LORD against Baasha and his family came through the prophet Jehu son of Hanani. It was delivered because Baasha had done what was evil in the LORD's sight ( just as the family of Jeroboam had done,) and also because Baasha had destroyed the family of Jeroboam. The LORD'S anger had been provoked by Baasha's sins.
 
1 Kings 16:8 (NLT)
Elah son of Baasha began to rule over Israel in the twenty-sixth year of King Asa's reign in Judah. He reigned in the city of Tirzah for two years.
 
1 Kings 16:9 (NLT)
Then Zimre, who commanded half of the royal chariots, made plans to kill him. One day in Tirzah, Elah was getting drunk in the home of Arza, the supervisor of the palace.
 
1 Kings 16:10 (NLT)
Zimri walked in and struck him down and killed him. This happened in the twenty-seventh year of King Asa's reign in Judah. Then Zimri became the next king.
 
1 Kings 16:11 (NLT)
Zimri immediately killed the entire royal family of Baasha, leaving him not even a single male child. He even destroyed distant relatives and friends.
 
1 Kings 16:13 (NLT)

13 This happened because of all the sins Baasha and his son Elah had committed, and because of the sins they led Israel to commit. They provoked the anger of the LORD, the God of Israel, with their worthless idols.
 
1 Kings 16:15 (NLT) - 15 Zimri began to rule over Israel in the twenty-seventh year of King Asa’s reign in Judah, but his reign in Tirzah lasted only seven days. The army of Israel was then attacking the Philistine town of Gibbethon.
 
1 Kings 16:16 (NLT) - 16 When they heard that Zimri had committed treason and had assassinated the king, that very day they chose Omri, commander of the army, as the new king of Israel.
 
1 Kings 16:18 (NLT) - 18 When Zimri saw that the city had been taken, he went into the citadel of the palace and burned it down over himself and died in the flames.
 
1 Kings 16:19 (NLT) - 19 For he, too, had done what was evil in the LORD’s sight. He followed the example of Jeroboam in all the sins he had committed and led Israel to commit.
 
1 Kings 16:20 (NLT) - 20 The rest of the events in Zimri’s reign and his conspiracy are recorded in The Book of the History of the Kings of Israel.
 
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