I Kings 16

vayehi devar-Adonai el-yehu ven-khanani al-basha lemor

The word of GOD came to Jehu son of Hanani against Baasha:

ya'an asher harimotikha min-he'afar va'ettenkha nagid al ammi yisra'el vattelekh bederekh yarovam vattakhati et-ammi yisra'el lehakhiseni bekhattotam

“Because I lifted you up from the dust and made you a ruler over My people Israel, but you followed the way of Jeroboam and caused My people Israel to sin, provoking My anger with their sins—

hinni mavir akhare vasha ve'akhare veto venatatti et-betekha kevet yarovam ben-nevat

I am going to sweep away Baasha and his house. I will make your house like the House of Jeroboam son of Nebat.

hammet levasha ba'ir yokhelu hakkelavim vehammet lo bassadeh yokhelu of hashamayim

Anyone belonging to Baasha who dies in the town shall be devoured by dogs, and anyone belonging to him who dies in the open country shall be devoured by the birds of the sky.”

veyeter divre vasha va'asher asah ugevurato halo-hem ketuvim al-sefer divre hayyamim lemalkhe yisra'el

The other events of Baasha’s reign and his actions and his exploits are recorded in the Annals of the Kings of Israel.

vayyishkav basha im-avotayw vayyiqqaver betirtsah vayyimlokh elah veno takhtayw

Baasha rested with his ancestors and was buried in Tirzah. His son Elah succeeded him as king.

vegam beyad-yehu ven-khanani hannavi devar-Adonai hayah el-basha ve'el-beto ve'al kol-hara'ah asher-asah be'ene Adonai lehakhiso bema'aseh yadayw lihyot kevet yarovam ve'al asher-hikkah oto

But the word of GOD had come through the prophet Jehu son of Hanani against Baasha and against his house, that it would fare like the House of Jeroboam, which he himself had struck down, because of all the evil he did that was displeasing to GOD, provoking anger with his deeds.

bishnat esrim vashesh shanah le'asa melekh yehudah malakh elah ven-basha al-yisra'el betirtsah shenatayim

In the twenty-sixth year of King Asa of Judah, Elah son of Baasha became king over Israel, at Tirzah—for two years.

vayyiqshor alayw avdo zimri sar makhatsit harakhev vehu vetirtsah shoteh shikkor bet artsa asher al-habbayit betirtsah

His officer Zimri, commander of half the chariotry, committed treason against him while he was at Tirzah drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, who was in charge of the palace at Tirzah.

vayyavo zimri vayyakkehu vayemitehu bishnat esrim vasheva le'asa melekh yehudah vayyimlokh takhtayw

Zimri entered, struck him down, and killed him; he succeeded him as king in the twenty-seventh year of King Asa of Judah.

vayehi vemolkho keshivto al-kiso hikkah et-kol-bet basha lo-hishir lo mashtin beqir vego'alayw vere'ehu

No sooner had he become king and ascended the throne than he struck down all the House of Baasha; he did not leave a single male of his, nor any kin or friend.

vayyashmed zimri et kol-bet basha kidvar Adonai asher dibber el-basha beyad yehu hannavi

Thus Zimri destroyed all the House of Baasha, in accordance with the word that GOD had spoken through the prophet Jehu—

el kol-khattovt basha vekhattovt elah veno asher khate'u va'asher hekheti'u et-yisra'el lehakhis et-Adonai elohe yisra'el behavlehem

because of the sinful acts that Baasha and his son Elah committed, and that they caused Israel to commit, provoking the anger of the ETERNAL, the God of Israel, with their false gods.

veyeter divre elah vekhol-asher asah halo-hem ketuvim al-sefer divre hayyamim lemalkhe yisra'el

The other events of Elah’s reign and all his actions are recorded in the Annals of the Kings of Israel.

bishnat esrim vasheva shanah le'asa melekh yehudah malakh zimri shivat yamim betirtsah veha'am khonim al-gibbeton asher lappelishtim

During the twenty-seventh year of King Asa of Judah, Zimri reigned in Tirzah for seven days. At the time, the troops were encamped at Gibbethon of the Philistines.

vayyishma ha'am hakhonim lemor qashar zimri vegam hikkah et-hammelekh vayyamlikhu khol-yisra'el et-omri sar-tsava al-yisra'el bayyom hahu bammakhaneh

When the troops who were encamped there learned that Zimri had committed treason and had struck down the king, that very day, in the camp, all Israel acclaimed the army commander Omri king over Israel.

vayya'aleh omri vekhol-yisra'el immo miggibbeton vayyatsuru al-tirtsah

Omri and all Israel then withdrew from Gibbethon and laid siege to Tirzah.

vayehi kirot zimri ki-nilkedah ha'ir vayyavo el-armon bet-hammelekh vayyisrof alayw et-bet-melekh ba'esh vayyamot

When Zimri saw that the town was taken, he went into the citadel of the royal palace and burned down the royal palace over himself. And so he died—

al-khattotayw asher khata la'asot hara be'ene Adonai lalekhet bederekh yarovam uvekhattato asher asah lehakhati et-yisra'el

because of the sins that he committed and caused Israel to commit, doing what was displeasing to GOD and following the ways of Jeroboam.

veyeter divre zimri veqishro asher qashar halo-hem ketuvim al-sefer divre hayyamim lemalkhe yisra'el

The other events of Zimri’s reign, and the treason that he committed, are recorded in the Annals of the Kings of Israel.

az yekhaleq ha'am yisra'el lakhetsi khatsi ha'am hayah akhare tivni ven-ginat lehamelikho vehakhatsi akhare omri

Then the people of Israel split into two factions: a part of the people followed Tibni son of Ginath to make him king, and the other part followed Omri.

vayyekhezaq ha'am asher akhare omri et-ha'am asher akhare tivni ven-ginat vayyamot tivni vayyimlokh omri

Those who followed Omri proved stronger than those who followed Tibni son of Ginath; Tibni died and Omri became king.

bishnat sheloshim ve'akhat shanah le'asa melekh yehudah malakh omri al-yisra'el shetem esreh shanah betirtsah malakh shesh-shanim

In the thirty-first year of King Asa of Judah, Omri became king over Israel—for twelve years. He reigned in Tirzah six years.

vayyiqen et-hahar shomeron me'et shemer bekhikkerayim kasef vayyiven et-hahar vayyiqra et-shem ha'ir asher banah al shem-shemer adone hahar shomeron

Then he bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver; he built [a town] on the hill and named the town that he built Samaria, after Shemer, the owner of the hill.

vayya'aseh omri hara be'ene Adonai vayyara mikkol asher lefanayw

Omri did what was displeasing to GOD; he was worse than all who preceded him.

vayyelekh bekhol-derekh yarovam ben-nevat (vvkhttyv) [uvekhattato] asher hekheti et-yisra'el lehakhis et-Adonai elohe yisra'el behavlehem

He followed all the ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat and the sins that he committed and caused Israel to commit, provoking the anger of the ETERNAL, the God of Israel, with their futilities.

veyeter divre omri asher asah ugevurato asher asah halo-hem ketuvim al-sefer divre hayyamim lemalkhe yisra'el

The other events of Omri’s reign, [and] his actions, and the exploits he performed, are recorded in the Annals of the Kings of Israel.

vayyishkav omri im-avotayw vayyiqqaver beshomeron vayyimlokh akhav beno takhtayw

Omri rested with his ancestors and was buried in Samaria; and his son Ahab succeeded him as king.

ve'akhav ben-omri malakh al-yisra'el bishnat sheloshim ushemoneh shanah le'asa melekh yehudah vayyimlokh akhav ben-omri al-yisra'el beshomeron esrim ushetayim shanah

Ahab son of Omri became king over Israel in the thirty-eighth year of King Asa of Judah, and Ahab son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria for twenty-two years.

vayya'as akhav ben-omri hara be'ene Adonai mikkol asher lefanayw

Ahab son of Omri did what was displeasing to GOD, more than all who preceded him.

vayehi hanaqel lekhto bekhattovt yarovam ben-nevat vayyiqqakh isha et-izevel bat-etba'al melekh tsidonim vayyelekh vayya'avod et-habba'al vayyishtakhu lo

Not content to follow the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, he took as wife Jezebel daughter of King Ethbaal of the Phoenicians, and he went and served Baal and worshiped him.

vayyaqem mizbeakh labba'al bet habba'al asher banah beshomeron

He erected an altar to Baal in the temple of Baal that he built in Samaria.

vayya'as akhav et-ha'asherah vayyosef akhav la'asot lehakhis et-Adonai elohe yisra'el mikkol malkhe yisra'el asher hayu lefanayw

Ahab also made a sacred post. Ahab did more to provoke the anger of the ETERNAL, the God of Israel, than all the kings of Israel who preceded him.

beyamayw banah khi'el bet ha'eli et-yerikhoh ba'aviram bekhoro yissedah (vvshgyv) [uvisguv] tse'iro hitsiv delateha kidvar Adonai asher dibber beyad yehoshua bin-nun

During his reign, Hiel the Bethelite fortified Jericho. He laid its foundations at the cost of Abiram his first-born, and set its gates in place at the cost of Segub his youngest, in accordance with the words that GOD had spoken through Joshua son of Nun.