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Reading: 1Kings
15:25-16:28; Psalm 51:1-3; Proverbs 13:3
Now Nadab the son of Jeroboam became king over Israel in the
second year of Asa king of Judah, and he reigned over Israel two
years. And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in
the way of his father, and in his sin by which he had made
Israel sin.
Then Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar,
conspired against him. And Baasha killed him at Gibbethon, which
belonged to the Philistines, while Nadab and all Israel laid
siege to Gibbethon. Baasha killed him in the third year of Asa
king of Judah, and reigned in his place. And it was so, when he
became king, that he killed all the house of Jeroboam.
He did not leave to Jeroboam anyone that breathed, until he had
destroyed him, according to the word of the LORD which He had
spoken by His servant Ahijah the Shilonite, because of the sins
of Jeroboam, which he had sinned and by which he had made Israel
sin, because of his provocation with which he had provoked the
LORD God of Israel to anger.
Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did, are they
not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
Israel? And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel
all their days.
In the third year of Asa king of Judah, Baasha the son of Ahijah
became king over all Israel in Tirzah, and reigned twenty-four
years. He did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the
way of Jeroboam, and in his sin by which he had made Israel sin.
Then the word of the LORD came to Jehu the son of Hanani,
against Baasha, saying: "Inasmuch as I lifted you out of
the dust and made you ruler over My people Israel, and you have
walked in the way of Jeroboam, and have made My people Israel
sin, to provoke Me to anger with their sins, surely I will take
away the posterity of Baasha and the posterity of his house, and
I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of
Nebat. The dogs shall eat whoever belongs to Baasha and dies in
the city, and the birds of the air shall eat whoever dies in the
fields."
Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, what he did, and his might,
are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings
of Israel? So Baasha rested with his fathers and was buried in
Tirzah. Then Elah his son reigned in his place.
And also the word of the LORD came by the prophet Jehu the son
of Hanani against Baasha and his house, because of 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 them. In the twenty-sixth year of Asa king
of Judah, Elah the son of Baasha became king over Israel, and
reigned two years in Tirzah. Now his servant Zimri, commander 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. And Zimri went in and struck him and killed him
in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in
his place. Then it came to pass, when he began to reign, as soon
as he was seated on his throne, that he killed all the household
of Baasha; he did not leave him one male, neither of his
relatives nor of his friends. Thus Zimri destroyed all the
household of Baasha, according to the word of the LORD, which He
spoke against Baasha by Jehu the prophet, for all the sins of
Baasha and the sins of Elah his son, by which they had sinned
and by which they had made Israel sin, in provoking the LORD God
of Israel to anger with their idols.
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? In the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, Zimri
had reigned in Tirzah seven days. And the people were encamped
against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines. Now the
people who were encamped heard it said, "Zimri has
conspired and also has killed the king." So all Israel made
Omri, the commander of the army, king over Israel that day in
the camp.
Then Omri and all Israel with him went up from Gibbethon, and
they besieged Tirzah. And it happened, when Zimri saw that the
city was taken, that he went into the citadel of the king's
house and burned the king's house down upon himself with fire,
and died, because of the sins which he had committed in doing
evil in the sight of the LORD, in walking in the way of
Jeroboam, and in his sin which he had committed to make Israel
sin. Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and the treason he
committed, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of
the kings of Israel? Then the people of Israel were divided into
two parts: half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath,
to make him king, and half followed Omri. But the people who
followed Omri prevailed over the people who followed Tibni the
son of Ginath. So Tibni died and Omri reigned. In the
thirty-first year of Asa king of Judah, Omri became king over
Israel, and reigned twelve years. Six years he reigned in
Tirzah. And he bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two
talents of silver; then he built on the hill, and called the
name of the city which he built, Samaria, after the name of
Shemer, owner of the hill. Omri did evil in the eyes of the
LORD, and did worse than all who were before him. For he walked
in all the ways of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in his sin by
which he had made Israel sin, provoking the LORD God of Israel
to anger with their idols. Now the rest of the acts of Omri
which he did, and the might that he showed, are they not written
in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
So Omri rested with his fathers and was buried in Samaria. Then
Ahab his son reigned in his place. 1Ki.15:25-16:28
WORSHIP:
Have mercy
upon me, O God, According to Your lovingkindness; According to
the multitude of Your tender mercies, Blot out my
transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, And
cleanse me from my sin. For I acknowledge my transgressions,
And my sin is always before me. (Ps.51:1-3)
WISDOM:
He who guards
his mouth preserves his life,
But he who opens wide his lips shall have destruction.
(Prov.13:3)
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