Hello, and welcome
back to His Words are Life.
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I'm Kelly Mowrer, and thank you
for joining me today to read the
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Bible together.
Let's pray before we start.
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Dear God, thank you for your
blessings. Thank you for your
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safe keeping and thank you for
your mercy that has brought us
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to this point to hear your word
again. Please be with us now,
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as we read and give us an
understanding that will draw us
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closer to thee. We love you so
much and thank you for loving us
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Amen. We're
reading in the book of
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1st Kings, in chapter 14,
and starting with verse 20.
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And this is the
King James Version.
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And the days which Jeroboam
reigned were two and twenty
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years: and he slept with
his fathers, and Nadab his son
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reigned in his stead. And
Rehoboam the son of Solomon
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reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was
forty and one years old when he
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began to reign, and he reigned
17 years in Jerusalem, the city
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which the Lord did choose out of
all the tribes of Israel, to put
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his name there. And his mother's
name was Naamah an Ammonitess.
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And Judah did evil in the sight
of the Lord, and they provoked
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him to jealousy with their sins
which they had committed above
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all that their fathers had done.
For they also built them high
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places, and images, and groves,
on every high hill, and under
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every green tree. And there
were also sodomites in the land:
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and they did according to all
the abominations of the nations
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which the Lord cast out
before the children of Israel.
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And it came to pass in
the 5th year of king Rehoboam,
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that Shishak king of
Egypt came up against Jerusalem:
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And he took away the treasures
of the house of the Lord,
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and the treasures of the king's
house; he even took away all:
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and he took away all the shields
of gold which Solomon had made.
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And king Rehoboam made in
their stead brasen shields,
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and committed them unto the
hands of the chief of the guard,
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which kept the door
of the king's house,
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And it was so, when the king
went into the house of the Lord,
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that the guard bare them, and
brought them back into the guard
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chamber. Now the rest of the
acts of Rehoboam, and all that
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he did, are they not written
in the book of the chronicles
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of the kings of Judah? And there
was war between Rehoboam and
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Jeroboam all their days. And
Rehoboam slept with his fathers
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and was buried with his
fathers in the city of David.
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And his mother's name
was Naamah an Ammonitess.
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and Abijam his son
reigned in his stead.
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We're continuing now
in 1st Kings, chapter 15,
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and this is the
King James Version.
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Now in the 18th year of
king Jeroboam the son of Nebat
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reigned Abijam over Judah. 3
years reigned he in Jerusalem.
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And his mother's name
was Maachah, the daughter
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of Abishalom. And he walked
in all the sins of his father,
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which he had done before him:
and his heart was not perfect
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with the Lord his God, as
the heart of David his father.
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Nevertheless for David's sake
did the Lord his God give him
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a lamp in Jerusalem, to
set up his son after him,
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and to establish Jerusalem:
because David did that which
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was right in the eyes of
the Lord, and turned not aside
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from any thing that he commanded
him all the days of his life,
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save only in the
matter of Uriah the Hittite.
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And there was war
between Rehoboam and Jeroboam
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all the days of his life. Now
the rest of the acts of Abijam,
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and all that he did, are they
not written in the book of the
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chronicles of the kings
of Judah? And there was war
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between Abijam and Jeroboam. And
Abijam slept with his fathers.
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And they buried him in the
city of David: And Asa his son
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reigned in his stead. And
in the 20th year of Jeroboam
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king of Israel reigned Asa over
Judah. And 41 years reigned he
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in Jerusalem. And his mother's
name was Maacha, the daughter
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of Abishalom. And Asa did that
which was right in the eyes of
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the Lord, as did David
his father. And he took away
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the sodomites out of the
land, and removed all the idols
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that his fathers had made.
And also Maacha his mother,
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even her he removed from being
queen, because she had made an
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idol in a grove; and
Asa destroyed her idol,
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and burnt it by the brook
of Kidron. But the high places
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were not removed: nevertheless
Asa's heart was perfect with the
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Lord all his days. And he
brought in the things which
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his father had dedicated,
and the things which himself had
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dedicated, into the house of
the Lord, silver, and gold, and
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vessels. And there was war
between Asa and Baasha, king of
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Israel all their days and Baasha
king of Israel went up against
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Judah and built Ramah, that
he might not suffer any to go
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out or come in to Asa king
of Judah. Then Asa took all the
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silver and the gold that were
left in the treasures of the
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house of the Lord, and the
treasures of the king's house,
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and delivered them into the hand
of his servants: and king Asa
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sent them to Benhadad, the son
of Tabrimon, the son of Hezion,
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king of Syria, that
dwelt at Damascus, saying,
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There is a league between me and
thee, and between my father and
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thy father: behold I have sent
unto thee a present of silver
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and gold; come and break
thy league with Baasha king of
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Israel, that he may depart from
me. So Benhadad hearkened unto
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king Asa, and sent the captains
of the hosts which he had
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against the cities of
Israel, and smote Ijon, and Dan,
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and Abelbethmaachah, and all
Cineroth, with all the land of
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Napthali. And it came to
pass, when Baasha heard thereof,
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that he left off building
of Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah.
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Then king Asa made a
proclamation throughout all
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Judah; none was exempted:
and they took away the stones
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of Ramah, and the timber thereof
wherewith Baasha had builded;
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and king Asa built with them
Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.
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The rest of all the acts of Asa
and all his might, and all that
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he did, and the cities which he
build, are they not written in
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the book of the chronicles
of the kings of Judah?
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Nevertheless in the time
of his old age he was diseased
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in his feet. And Asa slept
with his fathers, and was buried
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with his fathers in the city of
David his father and Jehoshaphat
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his son reigned in his stead.
And Nadab the son of Jeroboam
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began to reign over Israel
in the 2nd year of Asa king of
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Judah, and reigned over
Israel 2 years. And he did evil
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in the sight of the Lord, and
walked in the way of his father,
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and in his sin
wherewith he made Israel to sin.
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And Baasha the son of Ahijah,
of the house of Issachar,
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conspired against him; and
Baasha smote him at Gibbethon,
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which belonged
to the Philistines;
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for Nadab and all
Israel laid siege to Gibbethon.
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even in the 3rd year of Asa king
of Judah did Baasha slay him,
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and reigned in his stead. And it
came to pass, when he reigned,
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that he smote all the
house of Jeroboam; he left not
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to Jeroboam any that breathed,
until he had destroyed him,
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according unto the saying of
the Lord, which he spake by his
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servant Ahijah the Shilonite:
because of the sins of Jeroboam
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which he sinned, and
which he made Israel sin,
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by his provocation wherewith
he provoked the Lord God
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of Israel to anger. Now the rest
of the acts of Nadab, and all
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that he did, are they
not written in the book of
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the chronicles of
the kings of Israel?
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And there was war between
Asa and Baasa king of Israel all
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their days. In the 3rd year of
Asa king of Judah began Baasha
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the son of Ahijah to reign over
all Israel in Tirzah, 24 years.
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And he did evil in the sight pf
the Lord, and walked in the way
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of Jeroboam, and in his sin
wherewith he made Israel to sin.
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Continuing in the book
of 1st Kings, chapter 16.
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This is the King James Version.
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Then the word of the Lord
came to Jehu the son of Hanani
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against Baasha, saying,
Forasmuch as I exalted thee
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out of the dust, and made thee
prince over my people Israel;
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and thou hast walked in the way
of Jeroboam, and hast made my
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people Israel to sin, to provoke
me to anger with their sins.
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Behold, I will take
away the posterity of Baasha,
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and the posterity of his house;
and will make thy house like the
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house of Jeroboam the son of
Nebat. Him that dieth of Baasha
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in the city shall the dogs eat;
and him that dieth of his in the
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fields shall the fowls of
the air eat. Now the rest of the
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acts of Baasha, and what he
did, and his might, are they not
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written in the book of
the chronicles of the kings
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of Israel? So Baasha slept with
his fathers, and was buried in
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Tirzah: and Elah his
son reigned in his stead.
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And also by the hand of the
prophet Jehu the son of Hanani
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came the word of the Lord
against Baasha, and against
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his house, even for all the evil
that he did in the sight of the
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Lord, in provoking him to anger
with the work of his hands,
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in being like the
house of Jeroboam;
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and because he killed him. In
the twenty and sixth year of Asa
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the king of Judah began
Elah the son of Baasha to reign
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over Israel in Tirzah, 2 years.
And his servant Zimri, captain
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of half his chariots, conspired
against him, as he was in Tirzah
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drinking himself drunk in
the house of Arza steward of his
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house in Tirzah. And Zimri went
in and smote him and killed him,
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in the twenty and seventh
year of Asa king of Judah,
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and reigned in his stead. And it
came to pass, when he began to
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reign, as soon as he sat on
his throne, that he slew all the
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house of Baasha: he left him not
one that pisseth against a wall,
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neither of his kinsfolks, nor
of his friends. Thus did Zimri
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destroy all the house of Baasha,
according to the word of the
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Lord, which he spake against
Baasha by Jehu the prophet.
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For all the sins of Baasha,
and the sins of Elah his son,
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by which they sinned, and by
which they made Israel to sin
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in provoking the Lord God
of Israel to anger with their
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vanities. Now the rest of the
acts of Elah, and all that he
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did, are they not written in the
book of the chronicles of the
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kings of Israel? In the twenty
and seventh year of Asa king of
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Judah did Zimri reign seven days
in Tirzah. And the people were
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encamped against
Gibbethon, which belonged to
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the Philistines. And the people
that were encamped heard say,
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Zimri hath conspired,
and hath also slain the king:
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wherefore all Israel made
Omri, the captain of the host,
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king over Israel that day in
the camp. And Omri went up from
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Gibbethon, and all Israel with
him, and they besieged Tirzah.
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And it came to pass, when Zimri
saw that the city was taken,
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that he went into the palace
of the king's house, and burnt
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the king's house over him with
fire, and died, for his sins
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which he sinned in doing
evil in the sight of the Lord,
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in walking in the way of
Jeroboam, and in his sin which
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he did to make Israel to
sin. Now the rest of the acts of
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Zimri, and his treason that
he wrought, are they not written
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in the book of the chronicles
of the kings of Israel?
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Then were the people of
Israel divided into two parts:
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half of the people followed
Tibni the son of Ginath,
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to make him king;
and half followed Omri.
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But the people that followed
Omri prevailed against the
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people that followed Tibni the
son of Ginath: so Tibni died,
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and Omri reigned. In the thirty
and first year of Asa king of
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Judah began Omri to
reign over Israel, 12 years:
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6 years reigned he in Tirzah.
And he bought the hill Samaria
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of Shemer for 2 talents of
silver, and built on the hill,
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and called the name of the city
which he built after the name of
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Shemer, owner of
the hill of Samaria.
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But Omri
wrought evil in the eyes
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of the Lord, and did worse than
all that were before him. For he
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walked in all the way of
Jeroboam the son of Nebat,
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and in his sin
wherewith he made Israel to sin,
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to provoke the Lord God
of Israel to anger with their
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vanities. Now the rest of
the acts of Omri which he did
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and his might that he
shewed, are they not written
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in the book of the chronicles
of the kings of Israel?
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So Omri slept with his fathers,
and was buried in Samaria:
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and Ahab his son
reigned in his stead.
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And in the thirty and
eighth year of Asa king of Judah
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began Ahab the son of Omri
to reign over Israel: and Ahab
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the son of Omri reigned
over Israel in Samaria 22 years.
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And Ahab the son of Omri did
evil in the sight of the Lord
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above all that were
before him. And it came to pass,
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as if it had been a light thing
for him to walk in the sins of
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Jeroboam the son of Nebat,
that he took to wife Jezebel
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the daughter of Ethbaal king
of the Zidonians, and went and
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served Baal, and worshipped
him. And he reared up an altar
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for Baal in the house of Baal,
which he had built in Samaria.
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And Ahab made a grove;
and Ahab did more to provoke
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the Lord God of Israel to anger
than all the kings of Israel
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that were before him.
Please join me again next time
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to continue the story
in 1st Kings. Goodbye.
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