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16:1 Jehu <03058> son <01121> of Hanani <02607> received <01961> from <05921> the Lord <03068> this message <01697> predicting Baasha’s <01201> downfall <0559>: 16:2 “I raised <07311> you up <07311> from <04480> the dust <06083> and made <05414> you ruler <05057> over <05921> my people <05971> Israel <03478>. Yet you followed <01980> in Jeroboam’s <03379> footsteps <01870> and encouraged my people <05971> Israel <03478> to sin <02398>; their sins <02403> have made <03707> me angry <03707>. 16:3 So I am ready to burn up <01197> Baasha <01201> and his family <01004>, and make <05414> your family <01004> like the family <01004> of Jeroboam <03379> son <01121> of Nebat <05028>. 16:4 Dogs <03611> will eat <0398> the members of Baasha’s <01201> family who die <04191> in the city <05892>, and the birds <05775> of the sky <08064> will eat <0398> the ones who die <04191> in the country <07704>.” 16:5 The rest <03499> of the events <01697> of Baasha’s <01201> reign, including <0834> his accomplishments <06213> and successes <01369>, are recorded <03789> in <05921> the scroll <05612> called the Annals <03117> <01697> of the Kings <04428> of Israel <03478>. 16:6 Baasha <01201> passed away <01> <05973> <07901> and was buried <06912> in Tirzah <08656>. His son <01121> Elah <0425> replaced <08478> him as king <04427>. 16:7 The prophet <05030> Jehu <03058> son <01121> of Hanani <02607> received <03027> from the Lord <03068> the message <01697> predicting the downfall of Baasha <01201> and his family <01004> because of <05921> all <03605> the evil <07451> Baasha had done <06213> in the sight <05869> of the Lord <03068>. His actions <04639> angered <03707> the Lord (including the way he had destroyed <01961> Jeroboam’s dynasty <01004>), so that <0834> <05921> his family ended up <05221> like Jeroboam’s <03379>. 16:8 In the twenty-sixth <08337> <06242> <08141> year <08141> of King <04428> Asa’s <0609> reign over Judah <03063>, Baasha’s <01201> son <01121> Elah <0425> became king <04427> over <05921> Israel <03478>; he ruled in Tirzah <08656> for two years <08141>. 16:9 His servant <05650> Zimri <02174>, a commander <08269> of half <04276> of his chariot force <07393>, conspired <07194> against <05921> him <01931>. While Elah <08656> was drinking heavily <07910> <08354> at the house <01004> of Arza <0777>, who <0834> supervised <05921> the palace <01004> in Tirzah <08656>, 16:10 Zimri <02174> came in <0935> and struck <05221> him dead <04191>. (This happened in the twenty-seventh <07651> <06242> year <08141> of Asa’s <0609> reign over <04428> Judah <03063>.) Zimri replaced <08478> Elah as king <04427>. 16:11 When he became <01961> king <04427> and occupied <05921> <03427> the throne <03678>, he killed <05221> Baasha’s <01201> entire <03605> family <01004>. He did not <03808> spare <07604> any male <07023> <08366> belonging to him; he killed his relatives <01350> and his friends <07453>. 16:12 Zimri <02174> destroyed <08045> Baasha’s <01201> entire <03605> family <01004>, just as <0834> the Lord <03069> had predicted <01696> to <0413> Baasha <01201> through <03027> Jehu <03058> the prophet <05030>. 16:13 This happened because of all <03605> the sins <02403> which <0834> Baasha <01201> and his son <01121> Elah <0425> committed <02398> and which <0834> they made Israel <03478> commit <02398>. They angered <03707> the Lord <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478> with their worthless idols <01892>. 16:14 The rest <03499> of the events <01697> of Elah’s <0425> reign, including all <03605> his accomplishments <06213>, are recorded <03789> in <05921> the scroll <05612> called the Annals <03117> <01697> of the Kings <04428> of Israel <03478>. 16:15 In the twenty-seventh <07651> <06242> year <08141> <08141> of Asa’s <0609> reign over <04428> Judah <03063>, Zimri <02174> became king over Israel; he ruled <04427> for seven <07651> days <03117> in Tirzah <08656>. Zimri’s revolt took place while the army <05971> was deployed <02583> in <05921> Gibbethon <01405>, which <0834> was in Philistine <06430> territory. 16:16 While deployed <02583> there, the army <05971> received <08085> this report <0559>: “Zimri <02174> has conspired <07194> against the king <04428> and <01571> assassinated <05221> him.” So all <03605> Israel <03478> made <04427> Omri <06018>, the commander <08269> of the army <06635>, king <04427> over <05921> Israel <03478> that <01931> very day <03117> in the camp <04264>. 16:17 Omri <06018> and all <03605> Israel <03478> went up <05927> from <05973> Gibbethon <01405> and besieged <06696> Tirzah <08656>. 16:18 When <01961> Zimri <02174> saw <07200> that <03588> the city <05892> was captured <03920>, he went <0935> into <0413> the fortified area <0759> of the royal <04428> palace <01004>. He set <08313> the palace <04428> <01004> on <05921> fire <0784> and died <04191> in the flames. 16:19 This happened because <05921> of the sins <02403> he committed <02398>. He did <06213> evil <07451> in the sight <05869> of the Lord <03068> and followed <01980> in Jeroboam’s <03379> footsteps <01870> and encouraged <06213> Israel <03478> to continue sinning <02398>. 16:20 The rest <03499> of the events <01697> of Zimri’s <02174> reign, including <0834> the details of his revolt <07195>, are recorded <03789> in <05921> the scroll <05612> called the Annals <03117> <01697> of the Kings <04428> of Israel <03478>. 16:21 At that time <0227> the people <05971> of Israel <03478> were divided <02505> in their loyalties. Half <02677> the people <05971> supported <0310> Tibni <08402> son <01121> of Ginath <01527> and wanted to make <04427> him king <04427>; the other half <02677> supported <0310> Omri <06018>. 16:22 Omri’s <06018> supporters <0310> <0834> <05971> were stronger <02388> than those <0854> who supported <0310> <0834> <05971> Tibni <08402> son <01121> of Ginath <01527>. Tibni <08402> died <04191>; Omri <06018> became king <04427>. 16:23 In the thirty-first <0259> <07970> year <08141> <08141> of Asa’s <0609> reign over <04428> Judah <03063>, Omri <06018> became king <04427> over <05921> Israel <03478>. He ruled <04427> for twelve <06240> <08147> years <08141> <08141>, six <08337> of them in Tirzah <08656>. 16:24 He purchased <07069> the hill <02022> of Samaria <08111> from Shemer <08106> for two talents <03603> of silver <03701>. He launched a construction project <01129> there <02022> and named <08034> <07121> the city <05892> he built <01129> after <05921> Shemer <08106>, the former owner <0113> of the hill <02022> of Samaria <08111>. 16:25 Omri <06018> did <06213> more evil <07451> in the sight <05869> of the Lord <03068> than all <03605> who <0834> were before <06440> him. 16:26 He followed <01980> in the footsteps <01870> of Jeroboam <03379> son <01121> of Nebat <05028> and encouraged <02398> Israel <03478> to sin <02398>; they angered <03707> the Lord <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478> with their worthless idols <01892>. 16:27 The rest <03499> of the events <01697> of Omri’s <06018> reign, including his accomplishments <06213> and successes <06213>, are recorded <03789> in <05921> the scroll <05612> called the Annals <03117> <01697> of the Kings <04428> of Israel <03478>. 16:28 Omri <06018> passed away <01> <05973> <07901> and was buried <06912> in Samaria <08111>. His son <01121> Ahab <0256> replaced <08478> him as king <04427>. 16:29 In the thirty-eighth <08083> <07970> year <08141> of Asa’s <0609> reign over <04428> Judah <03063>, Omri’s <06018> son <01121> Ahab <0256> became king <04427> over <05921> Israel <03478>. Ahab <0256> son <01121> of Omri <06018> ruled <04427> over <05921> Israel <03478> for twenty-two <08147> <06242> years <08141> in Samaria <08111>. 16:30 Ahab <0256> son <01121> of Omri <06018> did <06213> more evil <07451> in the sight <05869> of the Lord <03068> than all <03605> who <0834> were before <06440> him. 16:31 As if following <01961> in the sinful <02403> footsteps <01980> of Jeroboam <03379> son <01121> of Nebat <05028> were not bad enough, he married <0802> <03947> Jezebel <0348> the daughter <01323> of King <04428> Ethbaal <0856> of the Sidonians <06722>. Then he worshiped <05647> <01980> and bowed <07812> to Baal <01168>. 16:32 He set up <06965> an altar <04196> for Baal <01168> in the temple <01004> of Baal <01168> he had built <01129> in Samaria <08111>.

• 1Ki 16:8-14 -- Elah's Reign over Israel
• 1Ki 16:15-20 -- Zimri's Reign over Israel
• 1Ki 16:21-28 -- Omri's Reign over Israel
• 1Ki 16:29-34 -- Ahab Promotes Idolatry

• Omri

  [ebd] servant of Jehovah. When Elah was murdered by Zimri at Tirzah (1 Kings 16:15-27), Omri, his captain, was made king (B.C. 931). For four years there was continued opposition to his reign, Tibni, another claimant to the throne...
  [isbe] OMRI - om'-ri (`omri; Septuagint Ambri; Assyrian "Chumri" and "Chumria"): (1) The 6th king of Northern Israel, and founder of the IIIrd Dynasty which reigned for nearly 50 years. Omri reigned 12 years, circa 887-876 BC. The ...
  [smith] (pupil of Jehovah). Originally "captain of the host" to Elah, was afterward himself king of Israel, and founder of the third dynasty. (B.C. 926.) Omri was engaged in the siege of Gibbethon situated in the tribe of Dan, which...
  [nave] OMRI 1. King of Israel. Was commander of the army of Israel, and was proclaimed king by the army upon news of assassination of King Elah, 1 Kin. 16:16. Defeats his rival, Tibni, and establishes himself, 1 Kin. 16:17-22. Su...
  

• Baasha

  [ebd] bravery, the third king of the separate kingdom of Israel, and founder of its second dynasty (1 Kings 15; 16; 2 Chr. 16:1-6). He was the son of Ahijah of the tribe of Issachar. The city of Tirzah he made the capital of his k...
  [isbe] BAASHA - ba'-a-sha ba`sha', "boldness"): King of Israel. Baasha, son of Ahijah, and of common birth (1 Ki 16:2), usurped the throne of Nadab, the son of Jeroboam, killed Nadab and exterminated the house of Jeroboam. He carri...
  [smith] (wicked), B.C. 953-931, third sovereign of the separate kingdom of Israel, and the founder of its second dynasty. He was son of Ahijah of the tribe of Issachar and conspired against King Nadab, (1 Kings 15:27) and killed h...
  [nave] BAASHA, king of Israel, 1 Kin. 15:16-22, 27-34; 16:1-7; 21:22; 2 Kin. 9:9; 2 Chr. 16:1-6; Jer. 41:9.
  

• Ahab

  [ebd] father's brother. (1.) The son of Omri, whom he succeeded as the seventh king of Israel. His history is recorded in 1 Kings 16-22. His wife was Jezebel (q.v.), who exercised a very evil influence over him. To the calf-worshi...
  [isbe] AHAB - a'-hab ('ach'abh, Assyrian a-cha-ab-bu; Septuagint Achaab, but Jer 29:21 f, Achiab, which, in analogy with '-h-y-m-l-k, (')-h-y-'-l, etc., indicates an original 'achi'abh, meaning "the father is my brother"): The comp...
  [nave] AHAB 1. King of Israel, 1 Kin. 16:29. Marries Jezebel, 1 Kin. 16:31. Idolatry of, 1 Kin. 16:30-33; 18:18, 19; 21:25, 26; other wickedness of, 2 Kin. 3:2; 2 Chr. 21:6; 22:3, 4; Mic. 6:16. Reproved by Elijah; assembles the ...
  

• ISRAEL, HISTORY OF, 3

  [isbe] ISRAEL, HISTORY OF, 3 - V. Period of the Separated Kingdoms. 1. Contrasts and Vicissitudes of the Kingdoms: The two separated kingdoms differed materially. The kingdom of Ephraim was the more powerful of the two. It embraced...
  

• Zimri

  [ebd] praise-worthy. (1.) A son of Salu, slain by Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, because of his wickedness in bringing a Midianitish woman into his tent (Num. 25:6-15). (2.) Murdered Elah at Tirzah, and succeeded him on the throne ...
  [smith] The son of Salu, a Simeonite chieftain, slain by Phinehas with the Midianitish princess Cozbi. (Numbers 25:14). (B.C. 1450.) Fifth sovereign of the separate kingdom of Israel, of which he occupied the throne for the brief pe...
  [nave] ZIMRI 1. A chief of Simeon, Num. 25:6-8, 14. 2. King of Israel, 1 Kin. 16:9-20; 2 Kin. 9:31. 3. Son of Zerah, 1 Chr. 2:6. 4. A Benjamite, 1 Chr. 8:36; 9:42. 5. An unknown place, Jer. 25:25.
  

• Elah

  [ebd] terebinth or oak. (1.) Valley of, where the Israelites were encamped when David killed Goliath (1 Sam. 17:2, 19). It was near Shochoh of Judah and Azekah (17:1). It is the modern Wady es-Sunt, i.e., "valley of the acacia." "...
  [smith] (an oak, strength). The son and successor of Baasha king of Israel. (1 Kings 16:8-10) His reign laster for little more than a year; comp. ver. 8 with 10. (B.C. 928-7.) He was killed while drunk, by Zimri, in the house of ...
  [nave] ELAH 1. A valley where David killed Goliath, 1 Sam. 17:2, 19; 21:9. 2. An Edomite duke, Gen. 36:41; 1 Chr. 1:51. 3. Son of Caleb, 1 Chr. 4:15. 4. Father of Shimei, 1 Kin. 4:18. 5. Son and successor of Baasha, king of Isr...
  

• ZIMRI (1)

  [isbe] ZIMRI (1) - zim'-ri (zimri, "wild sheep" or "wild goat"; in 1 Maccabees, with the King James Version, has Zambri; Codex Sinaiticus has Zambrei): (1) A Simeonite prince (Nu 25:14; 1 Macc 2:26), slain by Phinehas, Aaron's gran...
  

• Jehu

  [ebd] Jehovah is he. (1.) The son of Obed, and father of Azariah (1 Chr. 2:38). (2.) One of the Benjamite slingers that joined David at Ziklag (1 Chr. 12:3). (3.) The son of Hanani, a prophet of Judah (1 Kings 16:1, 7; 2 Chr. 19:2...
  [isbe] JEHU - je'-hu (yehu; meaning uncertain, perhaps "Yahweh is he"; 1 Ki 19:16,17; 2 Ki 9; 10; Eiou): Son of Jehoshaphat, and descendant of Nimshi, hence, commonly called "the son of Nimshi"; 10th king of Israel, and founder of ...
  [smith] (the living). The founder of the fifth dynasty of the kingdom of Israel, son of Jehoshaphat. (2 Kings 9:2) He reigned over Israel 28 years, B.C. 884-856. His first appearance in history is when he heard the warning of Eli...
  [nave] JEHU 1. The prophet who aounced the wrath of Jehovah against Baasha, king of Israel, 1 Kin. 16:1, 7, 12; 2 Chr. 19:2; 20:34. 2. Son of Nimshi, king of Israel, 1 Kin. 19:16; 2 Kin. 9:1-14. Religious zeal of, in slaying idol...
  

• Anger

  [nave] ANGER. Gen. 4:6; Gen. 49:7; 2 Chr. 28:9; Job 5:2; Job 19:29; Psa. 37:8; Psa. 55:3; Psa. 76:10; Prov. 6:34; Prov. 12:16; Prov. 14:17, 29; Prov. 15:1, 18; Prov. 16:14, 29, 32; Prov. 17:14; Prov. 19:11, 12, 19; Prov. 21:24; Pr...
  

• ZIMRI (2)

  [isbe] ZIMRI (2) - (zimri; Septuagint Zambrei, Zambri): The 5th king of Israel, but who occupied the throne only seven days (1 Ki 16:9-20). Zimri had been captain of half the chariots under Elah, and, as it seems, made use of his p...
  

• Tirzah

  [isbe] TIRZAH - tur'-za (tirtsah; Thersa): (1) A royal city of the Canaanites, the king of which was slain by Joshua (12:24). It superseded Shechem as capital of the Northern Kingdom (1 Ki 14:17, etc.), and itself gave place in tur...
  [nave] TIRZAH 1. A daughter of Zelophehad, Num. 26:33; 36:11; Josh. 17:3. Special legislation in regard to the inheritance of, Num. 27:1-11; 36; Josh. 17:3, 4. 2. A city of Canaan. Captured by Joshua, Josh. 12:24. Becomes the re...
  

• Tibni

  [ebd] building of Jehovah, the son of Ginath, a man of some position, whom a considerable number of the people chose as monarch. For the period of four years he contended for the throne with Omri (1 Kings 16:21, 22), who at length...
  [isbe] TIBNI - tib'-ni (tibhni; Codex Vaticanus Thamnei, Codex Alexandrinus Thamni, Lucian Thabennei): A rival of Omri for the throne of Israel after the death of Zimri (1 Ki 16:21 f). This is the only reference to Tibni that has c...
  [smith] (intelligent). After Zimri had burnt himself in his palace, there was a division in the northern kingdom, half of the people following Tibni the son of Ginath, and half following Omri. (1 Kings 16:21,22) Omri was the choic...
  [nave] TIBNI, chosen by half of Israel to be king; death of, 1 Kin. 16:21, 22.
  

• ELAH (2)

  [isbe] ELAH (2) - e'-la. Son of Baasha, fourth king of Israel (1 Ki 16:6-14). He reigned two years, 888-887 BC. The statement that he came to the throne in the 26th year of Asa, reigned two years, and died in the 27th year of Asa, ...
  

• Rulers

  [nave] RULERS Appointed and removed by God. See: Government, God in. Chastised, Dan. 4. See: Nation. Monarchical, See: Kings. Patriarchal, Gen. 27:29, 37. Instances of Nimrod, Gen. 10:8-10. Abraham, Gen. 14:13-24; 17:6; 21:2...
  

• Prophecy

  [nave] PROPHECY Concerning Jesus, See: Jesus. Concerning church, See: Church, Prophecies Concerning Prosperity of. Relating to various countries, nations, and cities, see under their respective titles. Respecting individuals, see...
  

• Samaria

  [ebd] a watch-mountain or a watch-tower. In the heart of the mountains of Israel, a few miles north-west of Shechem, stands the "hill of Shomeron," a solitary mountain, a great "mamelon." It is an oblong hill, with steep but not i...
  [smith] (watch mountain). This city is situated 30 miles north of Jerusalem and about six miles to the northwest of Shechem, in a wide basin-shaped valley, six miles in diameter, encircled with high hills, almost on the edge of the g...
  [nave] SAMARIA 1. City of, built by Omri, 1 Kin. 16:24. Capital of the kingdom of the ten tribes, 1 Kin. 16:29; 22:51; 2 Kin. 13:1, 10; 15:8. Besieged by Ben-hadad, 1 Kin. 20; 2 Kin. 6:24-33; 7. The king of Syria is led into, by...
  

• Hanani

  [ebd] God has gratified me, or is gracious. (1.) One of the sons of Heman (1 Chr. 25:4, 25). (2.) A prophet who was sent to rebuke king Asa for entering into a league with Benhadad I., king of Syria, against Judah (2 Chr. 16:1-10)...
  [isbe] HANANI - ha-na'-ni (chanani, "gracious"): (1) A musician and son of Heman, David's seer, and head of one of the courses of the temple service (1 Ch 25:4,25). (2) A seer, the father of Jehu. He was cast into prison for his co...
  [smith] (gracious). One of the sons of Heman, and head of the eighteenth course of the service. (1 Chronicles 25:4,25) A seer who rebuked (B.C. 941) Asa king of Judah. (2 Chronicles 16:7) For this he was imprisoned. ver. 10 He...
  [nave] HANANI 1. Son of Heman, 1 Chr. 25:4, 25. 2. A prophet who rebuked Asa, king of Judah, 2 Chr. 16:7. 3. Father of Jehu the prophet, 1 Kin. 16:1, 7; 2 Chr. 19:2; 20:34. Possibly identical with 2. 4. A priest, Ezra 10:20. 5...
  

• ISRAEL, KINGDOM OF

  [ebd] (B.C. 975-B.C. 722). Soon after the death of Solomon, Ahijah's prophecy (1 Kings 11:31-35) was fulfilled, and the kingdom was rent in twain. Rehoboam, the son and successor of Solomon, was scarcely seated on his throne when ...
  [isbe] ISRAEL, KINGDOM OF - || I. THE FIRST PERIOD 1. The Two Kingdoms 2. The Ist Dynasty 3. The IInd Dynasty 4. Civil War II. PERIOD OF THE SYRIAN WARS 1. The IIIrd Dynasty 2. World-Politics 3. Battle of Karkar 4. Loss of Territor...
  [smith] I. the kingdom. --The prophet Ahijah of Shiloh, who was commissioned in the latter days of Solomon to announce the division of the kingdom, left one tribe (Judah) to the house of David, and assigned ten to Jeroboam. (1 Kin...
  

• Ginath

  [isbe] GINATH - gi'-nath (ginath): Father of Tibni, the unsuccessful rival of Omri (1 Ki 16:21,22).
  [smith] (protection), father of Tibni. (1 Kings 16:21,22)
  [nave] GINATH, father of Tibni, 1 Kin. 16:21, 22.
  

• Baal

  [ebd] lord. (1.) The name appropriated to the principal male god of the Phoenicians. It is found in several places in the plural BAALIM (Judg. 2:11; 10:10; 1 Kings 18:18; Jer. 2:23; Hos. 2:17). Baal is identified with Molech (Jer....
  [smith] the supreme male divinity of the Phoenician and Canaanitish nations, as Ashtoreth was their supreme female divinity. Some suppose Baal to correspond to the sun and Ashtoreth to the moon; others that Baal was Jupiter and Ashto...
  [nave] BAAL 1. An idol of the Phoenicians, god of the sun. Wickedly worshiped by the Israelites in the time of the judges, Judg. 2:10-23; 1 Sam. 7:3, 4; by the kingdom of Israel, 2 Kin. 17:16; Jer. 23:13; Hos. 1; 2; 13:1; under Aha...
  

• King Elah

  

• King Zimri

  

• Who Were the Sidonians?
  These people were descendants of Sidoa, a son of Canaan, and were formerly a part of the Phoenician nation (Matt. 15:21,22; Mark 7:24,26). They dwelt on the sea-coast in the cities of Zidon and Zarephath (Josh. 11:8; I Kin. 1...
• How is the ministry of the Holy Spirit different in the Old and New Testaments?
  In the Old Testament, the Holy Spirit was given selectively and temporarily to indwell certainly individuals for special ministries. It was not universal nor was it permanent. David's words in Psalm 51:11 make sense in light ...

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