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

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1 Kings 16:21 (NLT)

21 But now the people of Israel were split into two factions. Half the people tried to make Tibni son of Ginath their king, while the other half supported Omri.

 

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1 Kings 16:22 (NLT)

22 But Omri’s supporters defeated the supporters of Tibni. So Tibni was killed, and Omri became the next king.

 

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1 Kings 16:23 (NLT)

23 Omri began to rule over Israel in the thirty-first year of King Asa’s reign in Judah. He reigned twelve years in all, six of them in Tirzah.

 

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1 Kings 16:24 (NLT)

24 Then Omri bought the hill now known as Samaria from its owner, Shemer, for 150 pounds of silver. He built a city on it and called the city Samaria in honor of Shemer.

 

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1 Kings 16:25 (NLT)

25 But Omri did what was evil in the LORD’s sight, even more than any of the kings before him.

 

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1 Kings 16:26 (NLT)

26 He followed the example of Jeroboam son of Nebat in all the sins he had committed and led Israel to commit. The people provoked the anger of the LORD, the God of Israel, with their worthless idols.

 

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1 Kings 16:27 (NLT) - 27 The rest of the events in Omri’s reign, the extent of his power, and everything he did are recorded in The Book of the History of the Kings of Israel.

 

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1 Kings 16:28 (NLT) - 28 When Omri died, he was buried in Samaria. Then his son Ahab became the next king.

 

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1 Kings 16:29 (NLT)

29 Ahab son of Omri began to rule over Israel in the thirty-eighth year of King Asa’s reign in Judah. He reigned in Samaria twenty-two years.

 

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1 Kings 16:30 (NLT)

30 But Ahab son of Omri did what was evil in the LORD’s sight, even more than any of the kings before him.

 

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1 Kings 16:31 (NLT)

31 And as though it were not enough to follow the example of Jeroboam, he married Jezebel, the daughter of King Ethbaal of the Sidonians, and he began to bow down in worship of Baal.

 

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1 Kings 16:32 (NLT)

32 First Ahab built a temple and an altar for Baal in Samaria.

 

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1 Kings 16:33 (NLT)

33 Then he set up an Asherah pole. He did more to provoke the anger of the LORD, the God of Israel, than any of the other kings of Israel before him.

 

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1 Kings 16:34 (NLT)

34 It was during his reign that Hiel, a man from Bethel, rebuilt Jericho. When he laid its foundations, it cost him the life of his oldest son, Abiram. And when he completed it and set up its gates, it cost him the life of his youngest son, Segub. This all happened according to the message from the LORD concerning Jericho spoken by Joshua son of Nun.

 

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1 Kings 17:1 (NLT) - 1 Now Elijah, who was from Tishbe in Gilead, told King Ahab, “As surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives—the God I serve—there will be no dew or rain during the next few years until I give the word!”

 

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1 Kings 17:2-3 (NLT) - 2 Then the LORD said to Elijah, 3 “Go to the east and hide by Kerith Brook, near where it enters the Jordan River.

 

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1 Kings 17:4 (NLT) - 4 Drink from the brook and eat what the ravens bring you, for I have commanded them to bring you food.”

 

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1 Kings 17:5 (NLT) - 5 So Elijah did as the LORD told him and camped beside Kerith Brook, east of the Jordan.

 

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1 Kings 17:6 (NLT) - 6 The ravens brought him bread and meat each morning and evening, and he drank from the brook.

 

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1 Kings 17:7 (NLT) - 7 But after a while the brook dried up, for there was no rainfall anywhere in the land.