1-4 Jehu's prophecy against Baasha 5-7 Elah succeeds him 8-10 Zimri, conspiring against Elah, succeeds him 11-14 Zimri executes Jehu's prophecy 15-20 Omri, made king by the soldiers, forces Zimri desperately to burn himself 21,22 The kingdom being divided, Omri prevails against Tibni 23,24 Omri builds Samaria 25,26 His wicked reign 27,28 Ahab succeeds him 29-33 Ahab's most wicked reign 34 Joshua's curse upon Hiel the builder of Jericho

A.M. 3073 B.C. 931
Jehu 1Ki 16:7 2Ch 19:2 20:34

Hanani 1Ki 15:33 2Ch 16:7-10

2 Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee prince over my people Israel; and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins;

I exalted thee 1Ki 14:7 1Sa 2:8,27,28 15:17-19 2Sa 12:7-11 Ps 113:7,8 Lu 1:52

thou has walked 1Ki 13:33,34 15:34

has made my people 1Ki 14:16 15:26 Ex 32:21 1Sa 2:24 26:19 Mt 5:19

3 Behold, I will take away the posterity of Baasha, and the posterity of his house; and will make thy house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

will make thy house 1Ki 16:11,12 14:10 15:29,30 21:21-24 Isa 66:24 Jer 22:19

4 Him that dieth of Baasha in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth of his in the fields shall the fowls of the air eat.

shall the dogs eat 1Ki 14:11

5 Now 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?

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the rest 1Ki 14:19 15:31 2Ch 16:1

6 So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah: and Elah his son reigned in his stead.

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Baasha 1Ki 14:20 15:25

Tirzah 1Ki 14:17 15:21

Elah 1Ki 16:8,13,14

7 And also by the hand of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the word of the LORD against Baasha, and against his house, even for all the evil that he did in the sight of the LORD, in provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam; and because he killed him.

the hand 1Ki 16:1,2

and against his house Ex 20:5

in provoking 1Ki 16:13

with the work Ps 115:4 Isa 2:8 44:9-20

because he killed him This the Vulgate understands of Jehu the prophet; some think Baasha is intended; others Nadab the son of Jeroboam; and others Jeroboam, whom Baasha destroyed in his posterity by cruelly murdering them all. 1Ki 14:14 15:27-29 2Ki 10:30,31 Isa 10:6,7 Ho 1:4 Ac 2:23 4:27,28

8 In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah the son of Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, two years.

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In the twenty
Baasha began to reign in the third year of Asa, and reigned 24 years; yet he died and was succeeded by Elah in the 26th year of Asa; and, in like manner, Elah, who began to reign in the 26th year of Asa, and was killed in the 27th, is said to have reigned two years. This it is evident that a part of a year is calculated as a whole year. In the Chinese annals, the whole year in which a king dies is ascribed to his reign, the years of the succeeding king being reckoned only from the beginning of the following year.

9 And his servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired against him, as he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza steward of his house in Tirzah.

his servant 2Ki 9:31

conspired 1Ki 15:27 2Ki 9:14 12:20 15:10,25,30

drinking 1Ki 20:16 1Sa 25:36-38 2Sa 13:28,29 Pr 23:29-35 Jer 51:57 Da 5:1-4 5:30 Na 1:10 Hab 2:15,16 Mt 24:49-51 Lu 21:34

steward of [heb] which was over Ge 15:2 24:2,10 39:4,9

10 And Zimri went in and smote him, and killed him, in the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his stead.

Zimri 2Ki 9:31

reigned 1Ki 16:15

11 And it came to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, that he slew all the house of Baasha: he left him not one that pisseth against a wall, neither of his kinsfolk, nor of his friends.

he slew 1Ki 15:29 Jud 1:7

he left him 1Ki 14:10 1Sa 25:22,34

neither of his kinsfolks, nor of his friends. or, both his kinsmen and his friends.

12 Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake against Baasha by Jehu the prophet.

according 1Ki 16:1-4

by Jehu the prophet [heb] by the hand of Jehu the prophet 1Ki 16:1,7 14:18 2Ki 14:25 2Ch 10:15 Pr 26:6

13 For all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, by which they sinned, and by which they made Israel to sin, in provoking the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities.

in provoking 1Ki 15:30

vanities De 32:21 1Sa 12:21 2Ki 17:15 Isa 41:29 Jer 10:3-5,8,15 2Ki 17:15 Jon 2:8 Ro 1:21-23 1Co 8:4 10:19,20

14 Now 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?

they not written 1Ki 16:5

15 In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri reign seven days in Tirzah. And the people were encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines.

seven 1Ki 16:8 2Ki 9:31 Job 20:5 Ps 37:35

And the people were encamped 1Ki 15:27 Jos 19:44 21:23

16 And the people that were encamped heard say, Zimri hath conspired, and hath also slain the king: wherefore all Israel made Omri, the captain of the host, king over Israel that day in the camp.

Omri 1Ki 16:30 2Ki 8:26 2Ch 22:2 Mic 6:16

17 And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah.

besieged Tirzah Jud 9:45,50,56,57 2Ki 6:24,25 18:9-12 25:1-4 Lu 19:43,44

18 And it came to pass, when Zimri saw that the city was taken, that he went into the palace of the king's house, and burnt the king's house over him with fire, and died.

and burnt the king's house Jud 9:54 1Sa 31:4,5 2Sa 17:23 Job 2:9,10 Mt 27:5

19 For his sins which he sinned in doing evil in the sight of the LORD, in walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he did, to make Israel to sin.

in doing 1Ki 16:7,13 15:30 Ps 9:16 58:9-11

in his 1Ki 12:28 14:16 15:26,34

20 Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his treason that he wrought, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

the rest 1Ki 16:5,14,27 14:19 15:31 22:39

21 Then were the people of Israel divided into two parts: half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king; and half followed Omri.

divided 1Ki 16:8,29 15:25,28 Pr 28:2 Isa 9:18-21 19:2 Mt 12:25 1Co 1:12,13 Eph 4:3-5

22 But the people that followed Omri prevailed against the people that followed Tibni the son of Ginath: so Tibni died, and Omri reigned.

23 In the thirty and first year of Asa king of Judah began Omri to reign over Israel, twelve years: six years reigned he in Tirzah.

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the thirty As it is stated in verse 10 and 15, that Zimri began to reign in the 27th year of Asa; and as he reigned only {seven} days, and Omri immediately succeeded him, this could not be the 31st, but in the 27th year of Asa. Jarchi, from {Sedar Olam}, reconciles this, by stating that Tibni and Omri began to reign {jointly} in the 27th year of Asa; and that Tibni dying about {five} years afterwards, Omri began to reign {alone} in the 31st year of Asa. 2Ch 22:2

twelve years 1Ki 16:8,29

24 And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver, and built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill, Samaria.

the name of the city 1Ki 13:32 18:2 20:1 22:37 2Ki 17:1,6,24 Joh 4:4,5 Ac 8:5-8

Samaria [heb] Shomeron
Samaria was situated on a agreeable and fertile hill in the tribe of Ephraim, twelve miles from Dothaim and four from Ataroth, according to Eusebius, and one day's journey from Jerusalem, according to Josephus.

25 But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the LORD, and did worse than all that were before him.

did worse 1Ki 16:30,31,33 14:9 Mic 6:16

26 For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin, to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities.

he walked 1Ki 16:2,7,19 12:26 13:33,34

their vanities 1Ki 16:13 Ps 31:6 Jer 8:19 10:3,8 14:22 16:19 18:15 Ac 14:15 Ro 1:21-23

27 Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and his might that he showed, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

the rest 1Ki 16:5,14,20 15:31

28 So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria: and Ahab his son reigned in his stead.

So Omri slept 1Ki 16:6

29 And in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of Judah began Ahab the son of Omri to reign over Israel: and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty and two years.

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Samaria 1Ki 16:24

30 And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD above all that were before him.

above 1Ki 16:25,31,33 14:9 21:25 2Ki 3:2

31 And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him.

as if it had been a light thing [heb] was it a light thing Ge 30:15 Nu 16:9 Isa 7:13 Eze 8:17 16:20,47 34:18

took to wife Ge 6:2 De 7:3,4 Jos 23:12,13 Ne 13:23-29

Jezebel 1Ki 18:4,19 19:1,2 21:5-14,25 2Ki 9:30-37 Re 2:20

the Zidonians 1Ki 11:1 Jud 10:12 18:7

and went 1Ki 11:4-8

served Baal 1Ki 21:25,26 Jud 2:11 3:7 10:6 2Ki 10:18 17:16

32 And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.

the house of Baal 2Ki 10:21,26,27

33 And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him.

made a grove Ex 34:13 2Ki 13:6 17:16 21:3 Jer 17:1,2

did more to provoke 1Ki 16:30 21:19,25 22:6,8

34 In his days did Hiel the Bethelite build Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun.

Jos 6:26 23:14,15 Zec 1:5 Mt 24:35