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1 Kings 16

1Andthewordדְבַר־de.var-H1697ofJehovahcametoJehuיֵה֣וּאye.Hu'H3058thesonבֶן־ven-H1121ofHananiחֲנָ֔נִיcha.Na.niH2607againstBaashaבַּעְשָׁ֖אba'.Sha'H1201,sayingלֵאמֹֽר׃le.MorH559,

2ForasmuchasIexaltedH7311theeoutofthedustהֶ֣עָפָ֔רhe.'a.FarH6083,andmadeH5414theeprinceH5057overmypeopleעַמִּ֣י'a.MiH5971Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478,andthou hast walkedinthewayבְּדֶ֣רֶךְbe.De.rekhH1870ofJeroboamיָרָבְעָ֗םya.ra.ve.'AmH3379,andhastmadeH5414mypeopleעַמִּ֣י'a.MiH5971Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478tosinוַֽתַּחֲטִא֙va.ta.cha.Ti'H2398,provokingלְהַכְעִיסֵ֖נִיle.hakh.'i.Se.niH3707metoangerH3707withtheirsinsH2398;

3behold,IwilltakeawayBaashaבַעְשָׁ֖אva'.Sha'H1201andhishouseבֵית֑וֹvei.ToH1004,andwillmakeוְנָֽתַתִּי֙ve.na.ta.TiH5414thyhouseבֵּ֣יתְךָ֔bei.te.khaH1004likethehouseכְּבֵ֖יתke.VeitH1004ofJeroboamיָרָבְעָ֥םya.ra.ve.'AmH3379thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofNebatנְבָֽט׃ne.VatH5028.

4HimthatdiethofBaashaלְבַעְשָׁא֙le.va'.Sha'H1201inthecityבָּעִ֔ירba.'IrH5892shallthedogsהַכְּלָבִ֑יםha.ke.la.VimH3611eatH398,andhimthatdiethofhisinthefieldH7704shallthefowloftheheavensהַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ha.sha.Ma.yimH8064eatH398.

5Andtherestוְיֶ֨תֶרve.Ye.terH3499oftheactsofBaashaבַעְשָׁ֛אva'.Sha'H1201,andwhathedid,andhismight,aretheynotwrittenH3789inthebookH5612ofthechroniclesofthekingsלְמַלְכֵ֥יle.mal.KheiH4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478?

6AndBaashaבַּעְשָׁא֙ba'.Sha'H1201sleptwithhisfathersH1,andwasburiedH6912inTirzahבְּתִרְצָ֑הbe.tir.TzahH8656;andElahאֵלָ֥ה'e.LahH425hissonבְנ֖וֹve.NoH1121reignedH4427inhisstead.

7Andalsoוְגַ֡םve.GamH1571throughtheprophetהַנָּבִ֗יאha.na.Vi'H5030Jehuיֵה֨וּאye.Hu'H3058thesonבֶן־ven-H1121ofHananiחֲנָ֜נִיcha.Na.niH2607thewordדְּבַר־de.var-H1697ofJehovahcameagainstBaashaבַּעְשָׁ֨אba'.Sha'H1201,andagainsthishouseבֵּית֜וֹbei.ToH1004,evenforalltheevilהָרָעָ֣ה׀ha.ra.'AhH7451thathedidinthesightofJehovah,provokingלְהַכְעִיסוֹ֙le.hakh.'i.SoH3707himtoangerH3707withtheworkבְּמַעֲשֵׂ֣הbe.ma.'a.SehH4639ofhishandsH3027,inbeinglikethehouseכְּבֵ֣יתke.VeitH1004ofJeroboamיָרָבְעָ֑םya.ra.ve.'AmH3379;andbecausehehadsmittenhim.

8Inthetwenty-sixthyearH8141ofAsaלְאָסָ֖אle.'a.Sa'H609kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofJudahיְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahH3063,Elahאֵלָ֨ה'e.LahH425thesonבֶן־ven-H1121ofBaashaבַּעְשָׁ֧אba'.Sha'H1201begantoreignH4427overIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֛לYis.ra.'ElH3478inTirzahבְּתִרְצָ֖הbe.tir.TzahH8656fortwoyearsH8141.

9Andhisservantעַבְדּ֣וֹav.DoH5650Zimriזִמְרִ֔יzim.RiH2174,captainofhalfמַחֲצִ֣יתma.cha.TzitH4276[his]chariotsH7393,conspiredagainsthim;andhewasinTirzahבְתִרְצָה֙ve.tir.TzahH8656,drinkingשֹׁתֶ֣הsho.TehH8354himselfdrunkH8354inthehouseH1004ofArza,whowasthestewardofhishouseH1004inTirzahבְּתִרְצָֽה׃be.tir.TzahH8656;

10andZimriזִמְרִי֙zim.RiH2174wentH935inandsmotehim,andkilledhim,inthetwenty-seventhyearבִּשְׁנַת֙bish.NatH8141ofAsaלְאָסָ֖אle.'a.Sa'H609kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofJudahיְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahH3063,andhereignedH4427inhisstead.

11AnditcametopasswhenhebegantoreignH4427,assoonashesatH3427onhisthroneכִּסְא֗וֹkis.'OH3678,heslewallthehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofBaashaבַּעְשָׁ֔אba'.Sha'H1201:heleftH7604himnotamale,neitherofhiskinsmennorofhisfriendsוְרֵעֵֽהוּ׃ve.re.'E.huH7453.

12AndZimriזִמְרִ֔יzim.RiH2174destroyedוַיַּשְׁמֵ֣דvai.yash.MedH8045allthehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofBaashaבַּעְשָׁ֑אba'.Sha'H1201,accordingtothewordכִּדְבַ֤רkid.VarH1697ofJehovah,whichhespokeH1696againstBaashaבַּעְשָׁ֔אba'.Sha'H1201throughJehuיֵה֥וּאye.Hu'H3058theprophetהַנָּבִֽיא׃ha.na.Vi'H5030,

13forallthesinsH2398ofBaashaבַּעְשָׁ֔אba'.Sha'H1201,andthesinsH2398ofElahאֵלָ֣ה'e.LahH425hissonבְנ֑וֹve.NoH1121,whichtheysinnedH2398andwherewiththeymadeIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478tosinH2398,provokingלְהַכְעִ֗יסle.hakh.'IsH3707JehovahtheGodאֱלֹהֵ֥י'e.lo.HeiH430ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478toangerH3707withtheirvanitiesבְּהַבְלֵיהֶֽם׃be.hav.lei.HemH1892.

14Andtherestוְיֶ֛תֶרve.Ye.terH3499oftheactsofElahאֵלָ֖ה'e.LahH425,andallthathedid,aretheynotwrittenH3789inthebookH5612ofthechroniclesofthekingsלְמַלְכֵ֥יle.mal.KheiH4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ פYis.ra.'ElH3478?

15Inthetwenty-seventhyearH8141ofAsaלְאָסָא֙le.'a.Sa'H609kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofJudahיְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahH3063,Zimriזִמְרִ֛יzim.RiH2174reignedH4427sevenH7651daysיָמִ֖יםya.MimH3117inTirzahבְּתִרְצָ֑הbe.tir.TzahH8656.Nowthepeopleוְהָעָ֣םve.ha.'AmH5971wereencampedחֹנִ֔יםcho.NimH2583againstGibbethonגִּבְּת֖וֹןgi.be.TonH1405,which[belonged]tothePhilistinesלַפְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃la.pe.lish.TimH6430.

16Andthepeopleהָעָם֙ha.'AmH5971thatwereencampedהַחֹנִ֣יםha.cho.NimH2583heardH8085sayלֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559,Zimriזִמְרִ֔יzim.RiH2174hasconspired,andhasalsoוְגַ֖םve.GamH1571smittenthekingהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428;andallIsraelיִ֠שְׂרָאֵלYis.ra.'elH3478madeOmriעָמְרִ֨י'a.me.RiH6018,thecaptainofthehostH6635,kingH4428overIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֛לYis.ra.'ElH3478thatdayבַּיּ֥וֹםbai.YomH3117inthecampבַּֽמַּחֲנֶֽה׃Ba.ma.cha.NehH4264.

17AndOmriעָמְרִ֛י'a.me.RiH6018wentH5927upfromGibbethonמִֽגִּבְּת֑וֹןmi.gi.be.TonH1405,andallIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֥לYis.ra.'ElH3478withhim,andtheybesiegedTirzahתִּרְצָֽה׃tir.TzahH8656.

18AnditcameH935topasswhenZimriזִמְרִי֙zim.RiH2174sawH7200thatthecityהָעִ֔ירha.'IrH5892wasH1961takenH3920,thathewentH935intothecitadeloftheking'shouseבֵּית־beit-H1004,andburnedוַיִּשְׂרֹ֨ףvai.yis.RofH8313theking'shouseבֵּֽית־beit-H1004overhimwithfireבָּאֵ֖שׁba.'EshH784;

19andhediedforhissinsH2398whichhesinnedH2398indoingevilהָרַ֖עha.Ra'H7451inthesightofJehovah,inwalkinginthewayבְּדֶ֣רֶךְbe.De.rekhH1870ofJeroboamיָרָבְעָ֔םya.ra.ve.'AmH3379,andinhissinH2398whichhedid,makingH6213Israelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478tosinH2398.

20Andtherestוְיֶ֙תֶר֙ve.Ye.terH3499oftheactsofZimriזִמְרִ֔יzim.RiH2174,andhisconspiracyוְקִשְׁר֖וֹve.kish.RoH7195whichhewrought,aretheynotwrittenH3789inthebookH5612ofthechroniclesofthekingsלְמַלְכֵ֥יle.mal.KheiH4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ פYis.ra.'ElH3478?

21Thenאָ֧ז'azH227wereH1961thepeopleהָעָ֥םha.'AmH5971ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478dividedH2505intotwoparts:halfH2677ofthepeopleהָעָ֜םha.'AmH5971followedTibniתִבְנִ֤יtiv.NiH8402thesonבֶן־ven-H1121ofGinathגִּינַת֙gi.NatH1527,tomakehimkingלְהַמְלִיכ֔וֹle.ham.li.KhoH4427;andhalfH2677followedOmriעָמְרִֽי׃'a.me.RiH6018.

22Butthepeopleהָעָם֙ha.'AmH5971thatfollowedOmriעָמְרִ֔י'a.me.RiH6018overcamethepeopleהָעָ֕םha.'AmH5971thatfollowedTibniתִּבְנִ֣יtiv.NiH8402thesonבֶן־ven-H1121ofGinathגִּינַ֑תgi.NatH1527;andTibniתִּבְנִ֔יtiv.NiH8402diedH4191,andOmriעָמְרִֽי׃ פ'a.me.RiH6018reignedH4427.

23Inthethirty-firstyearH8141ofAsaלְאָסָא֙le.'a.Sa'H609kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofJudahיְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahH3063,Omriעָמְרִי֙'a.me.RiH6018begantoreignH4427overIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478, —twelveyearsH8141;hereignedH4427sixשֵׁשׁ־shesh-H8337yearsH8141inTirzahבְּתִרְצָ֖הbe.tir.TzahH8656.

24AndheboughtH7069thehillהָהָ֥רha.HarH2022Samariaשֹׁמְר֛וֹןsho.me.RonH8111ofShemerשֶׁ֖מֶרShe.merH8106fortwotalentsבְּכִכְּרַ֣יִםbe.khi.ke.Ra.yimH3603ofsilverכָּ֑סֶףKa.sefH3701;andbuiltH1129onthehillהָהָ֔רha.HarH2022,andcalledוַיִּקְרָ֗אvai.yik.Ra'H7121thenameשֵׁ֤םshemH8034ofthecityהָעִיר֙ha.'IrH5892thathebuiltH1129,afterthenameשֶׁם־shem-H8034ofShemerשֶׁ֔מֶרShe.merH8106,ownerofthehillהָהָ֥רha.HarH2022,Samariaשֹׁמְרֽוֹן׃sho.me.RonH8111.

25AndOmriעָמְרִ֛י'a.me.RiH6018wroughtevilהָרַ֖עha.Ra'H7451inthesightofJehovah,anddidworseH7451thanallthatwerebeforehim.

26Andhewalkedinallthewayדֶּ֙רֶךְ֙de.rekhH1870ofJeroboamיָרָבְעָ֣םya.ra.ve.'AmH3379thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofNebatנְבָ֔טne.VatH5028,andinhissinsהֶחֱטִ֖יאhe.che.Ti'H2398wherewithhemadeIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478tosinH2398,provokingלְהַכְעִ֗יסle.hakh.'IsH3707JehovahtheGodאֱלֹהֵ֥י'e.lo.HeiH430ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478toangerH3707withtheirvanitiesבְּהַבְלֵיהֶֽם׃be.hav.lei.HemH1892.

27Andtherestוְיֶ֨תֶרve.Ye.terH3499oftheactsofOmriעָמְרִי֙'a.me.RiH6018,whathedid,andhismightwhichheshewed,aretheynotwrittenH3789inthebookH5612ofthechroniclesofthekingsלְמַלְכֵ֥יle.mal.KheiH4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478?

28AndOmriעָמְרִי֙'a.me.RiH6018sleptwithhisfathersH1,andwasburiedH6912inSamariaבְּשֹׁמְר֑וֹןbe.sho.me.RonH8111;andAhabאַחְאָ֥ב'ach.'AvH256hissonבְּנ֖וֹbe.NoH1121reignedH4427inhisstead.

29AndAhabוְאַחְאָ֣בve.'ach.'AvH256thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofOmriעָמְרִ֗י'a.me.RiH6018begantoreignH4427overIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478inthethirty-eighthyearH8141ofAsaלְאָסָ֖אle.'a.Sa'H609kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofJudahיְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahH3063;andAhabאַחְאָ֨ב'ach.'AvH256thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofOmriעָמְרִ֤י'a.me.RiH6018reignedH4427overIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElH3478inSamariaבְּשֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹןbe.Sho.me.RonH8111twenty-twoyearsH8141.

30AndAhabאַחְאָ֧ב'ach.'AvH256thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofOmriעָמְרִ֛י'a.me.RiH6018wroughtevilהָרַ֖עha.Ra'H7451inthesightofJehovahmorethanallthatwerebeforehim.

31Anditcametopass,asifitwasH1961alightthingH7043forhimtowalkinthesinsבְּחַטֹּ֖אותbe.cha.TotH2403ofJeroboamיָרָבְעָ֣םya.ra.ve.'AmH3379thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofNebatנְבָ֑טne.VatH5028,thathetookH3947aswifeאִשָּׁ֜ה'i.ShahH802Jezebelאִיזֶ֗בֶל'i.Ze.velH348thedaughterבַּת־bat-H1323ofEthbaalkingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428oftheZidonians;andhewentandservedH5647Baalהַבַּ֔עַלha.Ba.'alH1168andworshippedhim.

32Andherearedupanaltarמִזְבֵּ֖חַmiz.Be.achH4196forBaalלַבָּ֑עַלla.Ba.'alH1168inthehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofBaalהַבַּ֔עַלha.Ba.'alH1168,whichhebuiltH1129inSamariaבְּשֹׁמְרֽוֹן׃be.sho.me.RonH8111.

33AndAhabאַחְאָ֖ב'ach.'AvH256madeH6213theAsherahהָאֲשֵׁרָ֑הha.'a.she.RahH842;andAhabאַחְאָ֜ב'ach.'AvH256didmoretoprovokeלְהַכְעִיס֙le.hakh.'IsH3707JehovahtheGodאֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.HeiH430ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478toangerH3707thanallthekingsמַלְכֵ֣יmal.KheiH4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478thatwerebeforehim.

34Inhisdaysבְּיָמָ֞יוbe.ya.MavH3117HieltheBethelitebuiltH1129Jerichoיְרִיחֹ֑הye.ri.ChohH3405;helaiditsfoundationinAbiramבַּאֲבִירָ֨םba.'a.vi.RamH48hisfirstbornבְּכֹר֜וֹbe.kho.RoH1060,andsetהִצִּ֣יבhi.TzivH5324upitsgatesinSegubוּבִשְׂג֤וּבu.vis.givH7687hisyoungestצְעִירוֹ֙tze.'i.RoH6810,accordingtothewordכִּדְבַ֣רkid.VarH1697ofJehovahwhichhespokeH1696throughJoshuaיְהוֹשֻׁ֥עַye.ho.Shu.a'H3091thesonבִּן־bin-H1121ofNunנֽוּן׃ סNunH5126.

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