Y la palabra del SEÑOR vino a Jehú, hijo de Hananí^a, contra Baasa, diciendo^b: 2 Por cuanto te levanté del polvo y te hice príncipe sobre mi pueblo Israel^a, y has andado en el camino de Jeroboam, y has hecho pecar a mi pueblo Israel^b provocándome a ira con sus pecados, 3 he aquí, consumiré a Baasa^a y a su casa, y haré tu casa como la casa de Jeroboam^b, hijo de Nabat^c. 4 El que de Baasa muera en la ciudad, se lo comerán los perros, y el que de él muera en el campo, se lo comerán las aves del cielo^a.

5 Los demás hechos de Baasa, lo que hizo y su poderío, ¿no están escritos en el libro de las Crónicas de los reyes de Israel^a? 6 Y durmió Baasa con sus padres y fue sepultado en Tirsa^a; y su hijo Ela reinó en su lugar. 7 También fue la palabra del SEÑOR por medio¹ del profeta Jehú, hijo de Hananí, contra Baasa^a y su casa, nosolo por todo el mal que hizo ante los ojos del SEÑOR, provocándole a ira con la obra de sus manos^b, siendo semejante a la casa de Jeroboam, sino también por haber destruido aesta^2c.

8 En el año veintiséis de Asa, rey de Judá, Ela, hijo de Baasa, comenzó a reinar sobre Israel en Tirsa y reinó dos años. 9 Y su siervo Zimri^a, comandante de la mitad de sus carros, conspiró contra él. Y Ela estaba en Tirsa bebiendo hasta emborracharse en la casa de Arsa, que era mayordomo de¹ la casa^b en Tirsa. 10 Entonces Zimri entró, lo hirió, y le dio muerte, en el año veintisiete de Asa, rey de Judá, y reinó en su lugar. 11 Y sucedió que cuando comenzó a reinar, tan pronto como se sentó en su trono, mató¹ a toda la casa de Baasa; no dejó ni un solo varón^2a, ni de sus parientes³ ni de sus amigos. 12 Así Zimri destruyó toda la casa de Baasa, conforme a la palabra que el SEÑOR había hablado contra Baasa^a por medio¹ del profeta Jehú^b, 13 por todos los pecados de Baasa y por los pecados de su hijo Ela, con los cuales pecaron y con los que hicieron pecar a Israel, provocando a ira con sus ídolos¹ al SEÑOR, Dios de Israel^a. 14 Los demás hechos de Ela y todo lo que hizo, ¿no están escritos en el libro de las Crónicas de los reyes de Israel^a?

15 En el año veintisiete de Asa, rey de Judá, Zimri reinó siete días en Tirsa. Y el pueblo estaba acampado contra Gibetón, que pertenecía a los filisteos^a. 16 El pueblo que estaba acampado oyó decir¹: Zimri ha conspirado y también ha matado² al rey. Entonces, ese mismo día en el campamento, todo Israel hizo a Omri, comandante del ejército, rey sobre Israel. 17 Entonces Omri subió desde Gibetón, y todo Israel con él, y sitiaron a Tirsa. 18 Y sucedió que cuando Zimri vio que la ciudad era tomada, entró en la ciudadela de la casa del rey, prendió fuego sobre sí a la casa del rey y murió^a, 19 a causa de los pecados que había cometido¹, haciendo lo malo ante los ojos del SEÑOR, andando en el camino de Jeroboam, y por el² pecado que cometió, haciendo pecar a Israel^a. 20 Los demás hechos de Zimri, y la conspiración que llevó a cabo¹, ¿no están escritos en el libro de las Crónicas de los reyes de Israel^a?

21 Entonces el pueblo de Israel se dividió en dos partes: la mitad del pueblo siguió a Tibni, hijo de Ginat, para hacerle rey; la otra mitad siguió a Omri. 22 Pero el pueblo que siguió a Omri prevaleció sobre el pueblo que siguió a Tibni, hijo de Ginat. Y Tibni murió, y Omri comenzó a reinar. 23 En el año treinta y uno de Asa, rey de Judá, Omri comenzó a reinar sobre Israel, y reinó doce años; seis años reinó en Tirsa^a. 24 Y compró a Semer el monte Samaria por dos talentos¹ de plata; edificó sobre el monte, y a la ciudad que edificó puso por nombre Samaria^a, del nombre de Semer, dueño del monte. 25 Y Omri^a hizo lo malo ante los ojos del SEÑOR, y obró más perversamente que todos los que fueron antes que él^b; 26 pues anduvo en todos los caminos de Jeroboam^a, hijo de Nabat, y en los¹ pecados con que hizo pecar a Israel, provocando al SEÑOR, Dios de Israel, con sus ídolos². 27 Los demás hechos que Omri hizo y el poderío que mostró¹ ¿no están escritos en el libro de las Crónicas de los reyes de Israel^a? 28 Y durmió Omri con sus padres y fue sepultado en Samaria; y su hijo Acab reinó en su lugar.

29 Acab, hijo de Omri, comenzó a reinar sobre Israel en el año treinta y ocho de Asa, rey de Judá, y reinó Acab, hijo de Omri, sobre Israel en Samaria veintidós años. 30 Y Acab, hijo de Omri, hizo lo malo a los ojos del SEÑOR más que todos los que fueron antes que él^a. 31 Y¹ como si fuera poco el andar en los pecados^a de Jeroboam, hijo de Nabat, tomó por mujer a Jezabel, hija de Et-baal, rey de los sidonios, y fue a servir a Baal y lo adoró^b. 32 Y edificó un altar a Baal en la casa de Baal^a que edificó en Samaria. 33 Acab hizo también una Asera^1a. Así Acab hizo más para provocar al SEÑOR, Dios de Israel, que todos los reyes de Israel que fueron antes que él^b. 34 En su tiempo¹ Hiel de Betel reedificó Jericó; a costa de la vida de Abiram su primogénito puso sus cimientos, y a costa de la vida de su hijo menor Segub levantó sus puertas, conforme a la palabra que el SEÑOR había hablado por Josué^a, hijo de Nun.

Now the word of the LORD came to ^aJehu the son of ^bHanani against Baasha, saying, 2 “Since I ^aexalted you from the dust and made you leader over My people Israel, and ^byou have walked in the way of Jeroboam and have misled My people Israel into sin, provoking Me to anger with their sins, 3 behold, ^aI am going to ¹burn ^bBaasha and his house, and ^cI will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat. 4 ^aAnyone belonging to Baasha who dies in the city, the dogs will eat; and anyone belonging to him who dies in the field, the birds of the sky will eat.”

5 ^aNow as for the rest of the acts of Baasha and what he did and his might, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

6 And Baasha ¹lay down with his fathers and was buried in ^aTirzah, and his son Elah became king in his place. 7 Moreover, the word of the LORD through ^athe prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came against Baasha and his household, both because of all the evil that he did in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger with ^bthe work of his hands, by being like the house of Jeroboam, and because ^che struck ¹it.

8 In the twenty-sixth year of Asa king of Judah, Elah the son of Baasha became king over Israel at Tirzah, and reigned for two years. 9 And his servant ^aZimri, commander of half his chariots, conspired against him. Now ¹Elah was in Tirzah drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, ^bwho was in charge of the household in Tirzah. 10 Then Zimri came in and struck him and put him to death in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and he became king in his place. 11 And when he became king, as soon as he sat on his throne, ^ahe ¹killed all the household of Baasha; he did not leave ²a single male alive, either of his ³relatives or of his friends.

12 So Zimri eliminated all the household of Baasha, ^ain accordance with the word of the LORD which He spoke against Baasha through ^bJehu the prophet, 13 for all the sins of Baasha and the sins of his son Elah, which they ¹committed and into which they misled Israel, ^aprovoking the LORD God of Israel to anger with their ²idols. 14 ^aNow as for the rest of the acts of Elah and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

15 In the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, Zimri reigned for seven days in Tirzah. Now the people were camped against ^aGibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines. 16 And the people who were camped heard ¹it being said, “Zimri has conspired and has also struck and killed the king!” Therefore all Israel made Omri, the commander of the army, king over Israel that day in the camp. 17 Then Omri and all Israel with him went up from Gibbethon and besieged Tirzah. 18 When Zimri saw that the city was taken, he went into the citadel of the king’s house and burned the king’s house over himself with fire, and ^adied, 19 because of his sins which he ¹committed, doing evil in the sight of the LORD, ^awalking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he committed, misleading Israel into sin. 20 ^aNow as for the rest of the acts of Zimri and his conspiracy which he ¹carried out, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

21 Then the people of Israel were divided into two parts: half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king; the other half followed Omri. 22 But the people who followed Omri prevailed over the people who followed Tibni the son of Ginath. And Tibni died and Omri became king. 23 In the thirty-first year of Asa king of Judah, Omri became king over Israel and reigned for twelve years; he reigned for six years at ^aTirzah. 24 And he purchased the hill ¹Samaria from Shemer for ²two talents of silver; and he built on the hill, and named the city which he built ^3aSamaria, after the name of Shemer, the owner of the hill.

25 Now ^aOmri did evil in the sight of the LORD, and ^bacted more wickedly than all who were before him. 26 For he ^awalked ¹entirely in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat and in his sins into which he misled Israel, provoking the LORD God of Israel to anger with their ²idols. 27 Now as for the rest of the acts of Omri which he did and his might which he ¹displayed, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? 28 And Omri ¹lay down with his fathers and was buried in Samaria; and his son Ahab became king in his place.

29 Now Ahab the son of Omri became king over Israel in the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah, and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria for twenty-two years. 30 Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD ^amore than all who were before him.

31 And as though it had been a trivial thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, ^ahe married Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the ^bSidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshiped him. 32 So he erected an altar for Baal at ^athe house of Baal, which he built in Samaria. 33 Ahab also made ^athe ¹Asherah. So ^bAhab did more to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel who were before him. 34 ^aIn his days Hiel the Bethelite rebuilt Jericho; he laid its foundations with the loss of Abiram his firstborn, and set up its gates with the loss of his youngest son Segub, in accordance with the word of the LORD, which He spoke by Joshua the son of Nun.

Now the word of the LORD came to ^aJehu the son of ^bHanani against Baasha, saying, 2 “Inasmuch as I ^aexalted you from the dust and made you leader over My people Israel, and ^byou have walked in the way of Jeroboam and have made My people Israel sin, provoking Me to anger with their sins, 3 behold, ^aI will consume ^bBaasha and his house, and ^cI will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat. 4 ^aAnyone of Baasha who dies in the city the dogs will eat, and anyone of his who dies in the field the birds of the heavens will eat.”

5 ^aNow the rest of the acts of Baasha and what he did and his might, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

6 And Baasha slept with his fathers and was buried in ^aTirzah, and Elah his son became king in his place. 7 Moreover, the word of the LORD through ^athe prophet Jehu the son of Hanani also came against Baasha and his household, both because of all the evil which he did in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger with ^bthe work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam, and because ^che struck ¹it.

8 In the twenty-sixth year of Asa king of Judah, Elah the son of Baasha became king over Israel at Tirzah, and reigned two years. 9 His servant ^aZimri, commander of half his chariots, conspired against him. Now he was at Tirzah drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, ^bwho was over the household at Tirzah. 10 Then Zimri went in and struck him and put him to death in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and became king in his place. 11 It came about when he became king, as soon as he sat on his throne, that ^ahe ¹killed all the household of Baasha; he did not leave ²a single male, neither of his ³relatives nor of his friends.

12 Thus Zimri destroyed all the household of Baasha, ^aaccording to the word of the LORD, which He spoke against Baasha through ^bJehu the prophet, 13 for all the sins of Baasha and the sins of Elah his son, which they sinned and which they made Israel sin, ^aprovoking the LORD God of Israel to anger with their ¹idols. 14 ^aNow the rest of the acts of Elah and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

15 In the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, Zimri reigned seven days at Tirzah. Now the people were camped against ^aGibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines. 16 The people who were camped heard ¹it said, “Zimri has conspired and has also struck down the king.” Therefore all Israel made Omri, the commander of the army, king over Israel that day in the camp. 17 Then Omri and all Israel with him went up from Gibbethon and besieged Tirzah. 18 When Zimri saw that the city was taken, he went into the citadel of the king’s house and burned the king’s house over him with fire, and ^adied, 19 because of his sins which he sinned, doing evil in the sight of the LORD, ^awalking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he did, making Israel sin. 20 ^aNow the rest of the acts of Zimri and his conspiracy which he ¹carried out, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

21 Then the people of Israel were divided into two parts: half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king; the other half followed Omri. 22 But the people who followed Omri prevailed over the people who followed Tibni the son of Ginath. And Tibni died and Omri became king. 23 In the thirty-first year of Asa king of Judah, Omri became king over Israel and reigned twelve years; he reigned six years at ^aTirzah. 24 He bought the hill ¹Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver; and he built on the hill, and named the city which he built ^2aSamaria, after the name of Shemer, the owner of the hill.

25 ^aOmri did evil in the sight of the LORD, and ^bacted more wickedly than all who were before him. 26 For he ^awalked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat and in his sins which he made Israel sin, provoking the LORD God of Israel with their ¹idols. 27 Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did and his might which he ¹showed, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? 28 So Omri slept with his fathers and was buried in Samaria; and Ahab his son became king in his place.

29 Now Ahab the son of Omri became king over Israel in the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah, and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty-two years. 30 Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD ^amore than all who were before him.

31 It came about, as though it had been a trivial thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that ^ahe married Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the ^bSidonians, and went to serve Baal and worshiped him. 32 So he erected an altar for Baal in ^athe house of Baal which he built in Samaria. 33 Ahab also made ^athe ¹Asherah. Thus ^bAhab did more to provoke the LORD God of Israel than all the kings of Israel who were before him. 34 ^aIn his days Hiel the Bethelite built Jericho; he laid its foundations with the loss of Abiram his firstborn, and set up its gates with the loss of his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the LORD, which He spoke by Joshua the son of Nun.