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1 Kings 16:23-33

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.

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