3. Krallar 16

¹Hanani oğlu Yehu'nun aracılığıyla Başa'ya Rab'bin şu sözü geldi:

²"Seni topraktan yükselttiğim ve halkım İsrail'e önder yaptığım halde, sen Yarovam'ın yolunda yürüdün, halkım İsrail'i günaha soktun ve onları boş putlarıyla beni öfkelendirmeye sevk ettin.

³İşte, ben Başa'nın ve soyunun ardındakileri yok edeceğim ve senin soyunu Nevat oğlu Yarovam'ın soyu gibi yapacağım.

⁴Başa'nın soyundan kentte öleni köpekler yiyecek, kırda öleni ise gökteki kuşlar yiyecek."

⁵Başa'nın yaptığı diğer işler, tüm yaptıkları ve gösterdiği güç, İsrail krallarının tarihler kitabında yazılı değil mi?

⁶Başa ölüp atalarına kavuştu ve Tirsa'da gömüldü; Kral Asa'nın yirminci yılında yerine oğlu Ela kral oldu.

⁷Rab, Hanani oğlu Yehu aracılığıyla Başa'ya ve soyuna karşı da konuştu; hem ellerinin işleriyle Rab'bi öfkelendirerek Yarovam'ın soyu gibi olduğu için yaptığı bütün kötülüklerden ötürü, hem de onu vurduğu için.

⁸Başa oğlu Ela, Tirsa'da İsrail üzerinde iki yıl krallık yaptı.

⁹Savaş arabalarının yarısına komuta eden kulu Zimri ona karşı düzen kurdu; Ela, Tirsa'da saray kâhyası Osa'nın evinde içip sarhoş olmuştu.

¹⁰Zimri içeri girip onu vurdu ve öldürdü; onun yerine kral oldu.

¹¹Kral olup tahtına oturur oturmaz Başa'nın bütün soyunu öldürdü.

¹²Bu, Rab'bin Peygamber Yehu aracılığıyla Başa soyuna karşı söylediği söze uygun olarak gerçekleşti.

¹³Çünkü Başa ve oğlu Ela günah işlemiş, İsrail'i de günaha sürüklemişler ve boş putlarıyla İsrail'in Tanrısı Rab'bi öfkelendirmişlerdi.

¹⁴Ela'nın yaptığı diğer işler ve tüm yaptıkları İsrail krallarının tarihler kitabında yazılı değil mi?

¹⁵Zimri Tirsa'da yedi gün krallık yaptı; o sırada İsrail ordusu Filistliler'e ait Gibeton kentini kuşatmıştı.

¹⁶Ordugahtakiler, "Zimri düzen kurup kralı öldürdü" haberini alınca, o gün ordugahta bütün İsrail, ordu komutanı Omri'yi İsrail kralı ilan etti.

¹⁷Omri ve yanındaki bütün İsrailliler Gibeton'dan çıkıp yukarı gittiler ve Tirsa'yı kuşattılar.

¹⁸Zimri kentin ele geçirildiğini görünce, kral sarayının iç kalesine sığındı ve sarayı ateşe vererek kendini yaktı ve öldü.

¹⁹Bu, Rab'bin gözünde kötü olanı yaparak işlediği günahlar yüzünden oldu; Nevat oğlu Yarovam'ın yolunda yürümüş ve İsrail'i sürüklediği günahları işlemişti.

²⁰Zimri'nin yaptığı diğer işler ve kurduğu düzen, İsrail krallarının tarihler kitabında yazılı değil mi?

²¹O zaman İsrail halkı ikiye bölündü: Halkın yarısı Ginat oğlu Tibni'yi kral yapmak için onun ardınca gitti, öbür yarısı ise Omri'yi destekledi.

²²Ancak Omri'yi destekleyenler, Ginat oğlu Tibni'yi destekleyenlere üstün geldi; Tibni ve kardeşi Yoram o sırada öldüler, böylece Omri, Tibni ile birlikte ortaklaşa kral oldu.

²³Kral Asa'nın otuz birinci yılında Omri İsrail kralı oldu ve on iki yıl krallık yaptı; bunun altı yılını Tirsa'da geçirdi.

²⁴Omri, Semeron Tepesi'ni sahibi Semer'den iki talant gümüşe satın aldı; tepenin üzerinde bir kent kurdu ve kurduğu kente tepenin eski sahibi Semer'in adına ithafen Samiriye adını verdi.

²⁵Omri Rab'bin gözünde kötü olanı yaptı ve kendisinden önceki bütün krallardan daha çok kötülük etti.

²⁶Nevat oğlu Yarovam'ın yollarını izledi, onun İsrail'i sürüklediği günahları işledi ve boş putlarıyla İsrail'in Tanrısı Rab'bi öfkelendirdi.

²⁷Omri'nin yaptığı diğer işler, tüm yaptıkları ve gösterdiği güç, İsrail krallarının tarihler kitabında yazılı değil mi?

²⁸Omri ölüp atalarına kavuştu ve Samiriye'de gömüldü; yerine oğlu Ahab kral oldu.

⁰28α Omri'nin on birinci yılında Asa oğlu Yehoşafat kral oldu; krallığının başlangıcında otuz beş yaşındaydı ve Yeruşalim'de yirmi beş yıl krallık yaptı; annesinin adı Şilhi'nin kızı Azuva'ydı.

⁰28β Babası Asa'nın yolunda yürüdü, Rab'bin gözünde doğru olanı yapmaktan sapmadı; ancak alışılmış tapınma yerleri kaldırılmadı, halk oralarda kurban kesip buhur yakmaya devam etti.

⁰28γ Yehoşafat'ın İsrail kralıyla yaptığı antlaşmalar, gösterdiği bütün güç ve yaptığı savaşlar, Yahuda krallarının tarihler kitabında yazılı değil mi?

⁰28δ Babası Asa'nın döneminden kalan fuhuş yapanların kalıntılarını ülkeden temizledi.

⁰28ε Suriye'de kral yoktu, bir vali yönetiyordu.

⁰28ζ Kral Yehoşafat, altın getirmek üzere Ofir'e gitmek için Tarşiş gemisi yaptırdı; ama gemi gidemedi, çünkü Esyon-Gever'de parçalandı.

⁰28η O zaman İsrail kralı Yehoşafat'a, "Benim adamlarımla senin adamların gemiyle birlikte gitsinler" dedi; ama Yehoşafat bunu kabul etmek istemedi.

⁰28θ Yehoşafat ölüp atalarına kavuştu ve Davut Kenti'nde atalarının yanına gömüldü; yerine oğlu Yehoram kral oldu.

²⁹Yahuda Kralı Yehoşafat'ın krallığının ikinci yılında Omri oğlu Ahab İsrail kralı oldu; Ahab, Samiriye'de İsrail üzerinde yirmi iki yıl krallık yaptı.

³⁰Ahab Rab'bin gözünde kötü olanı yaptı ve kendisinden önceki bütün krallardan daha çok kötülük etti.

³¹Nevat oğlu Yarovam'ın günahlarını izlemeyi hafif bir şeymiş gibi görerek Sidonluların Kralı Etbaal'ın kızı İzebel ile evlendi; gidip Baal'a kulluk etti ve ona tapındı.

³²Samiriye'de kurduğu iğrençlikler evinde Baal için bir sunak dikti.

³³Ahab bir Aşera putu da yaptı; kendisinden önceki bütün İsrail krallarından daha çok kötülük ederek İsrail'in Tanrısı Rab'bi öfkelendirecek işler yaptı ve kendi canının mahvına yol açtı.

³⁴Onun döneminde Beytelli Hiel, Eriha'yı yeniden kurdu; Rab'bin Nun oğlu Yeşu aracılığıyla söylediği söze uygun olarak, kentin temelini ilk oğlu Aviram'ın canı pahasına attı ve kapılarını en küçük oğlu Seguv'un canı pahasına yerine taktı.

¹ΚΑΙ ἐγένετο λόγος Κυρίου ἐν χειρὶ ᾿Ιοὺ υἱοῦ ᾿Ανανὶ πρὸς Βαασά·

²ἀνθ᾿ ὧν ὕψωσά σε ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς καὶ ἔδωκά σε ἡγούμενον ἐπὶ τὸν λαόν μου ᾿Ισραὴλ καὶ ἐπορεύθης ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ ῾Ιεροβοὰμ καὶ ἐξήμαρτες τὸν λαόν μου τὸν ᾿Ισραήλ, τοῦ παροργίσαι με ἐν τοῖς ματαίοις αὐτῶν,

³ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἐξεγείρω ὀπίσω Βαασὰ καὶ ὄπισθεν τοῦ οἴκου αὐτοῦ καὶ δώσω τὸν οἶκόν σου ὡς τὸν οἶκον ῾Ιεροβοὰμ υἱοῦ Ναβάτ·

⁴τὸν τεθνηκότα τοῦ Βαασὰ ἐν τῇ πόλει καταφάγονται αὐτὸν οἱ κύνες, καὶ τὸν τεθνηκότα αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ πεδίῳ καταφάγονται αὐτὸν τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ.

⁵καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ τῶν λόγων Βαασὰ καὶ πάντα ἃ ἐποίησε, καὶ αἱ δυναστεῖαι αὐτοῦ, οὐκ ἰδοὺ ταῦτα γεγραμμένα ἐν βιβλίῳ λόγων τῶν ἡμερῶν τῶν βασιλέων ᾿Ισραήλ;

⁶καὶ ἐκοιμήθη Βαασὰ μετὰ τῶν πατέρων αὐτοῦ καὶ θάπτεται ἐν Θερσά, καὶ βασιλεύει ᾿Ηλὰ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ἀντ᾿ αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ εἰκοστῷ ἔτει βασιλέως ᾿Ασά.

⁷καὶ ἐν χειρὶ ᾿Ιοὺ υἱοῦ ᾿Ανανὶ ἐλάλησε Κύριος ἐπὶ Βαασὰ καὶ ἐπὶ τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ πᾶσαν τὴν κακίαν, ἣν ἐποίησεν ἐνώπιον Κυρίου τοῦ παροργίσαι αὐτὸν ἐν τοῖς ἔργοις τῶν χειρῶν αὐτοῦ, τοῦ εἶναι κατὰ τὸν οἶκον ῾Ιεροβοάμ, καὶ ὑπὲρ τοῦ πατάξαι αὐτόν.

⁸Καὶ ᾿Ηλὰ υἱὸς Βαασὰ ἐβασίλευσεν ἐπὶ ᾿Ισραὴλ δύο ἔτη ἐν Θερσά.

⁹καὶ συνέστρεψεν ἐπ᾿ αὐτὸν Ζαμβρὶ ὁ ἄρχων τῆς ἡμίσους τῆς ἵππου, καὶ αὐτὸς ἦν ἐν Θερσὰ πίνων μεθύων ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ ῾Ωσὰ τοῦ οἰκονόμου ἐν Θερσά.

¹⁰καὶ εἰσῆλθε Ζαμβρὶ καὶ ἐπάταξεν αὐτὸν καὶ ἐθανάτωσεν αὐτὸν καὶ ἐβασίλευσεν ἀντ᾿ αὐτοῦ.

¹¹καὶ ἐγενήθη ἐν τῷ βασιλεῦσαι αὐτὸν ἐν τῷ καθίσαι αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τοῦ θρόνου αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπάταξεν ὅλον τὸν οἶκον Βαασὰ

¹²κατὰ τὸ ῥῆμα, ὃ ἐλάλησε Κύριος ἐπὶ τὸν οἶκον Βαασά, πρὸς ᾿Ιοὺ τὸν προφήτην

¹³περὶ πασῶν τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν Βαασὰ καὶ ᾿Ηλὰ τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ, ὡς ἐξήμαρτε τὸν ᾿Ισραὴλ τοῦ παροργίσαι Κύριον τὸν Θεὸν ᾿Ισραὴλ ἐν τοῖς ματαίοις αὐτῶν.

¹⁴καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ τῶν λόγων ᾿Ηλά, ἃ ἐποίησεν, οὐκ ἰδοὺ ταῦτα γεγραμμένα ἐν βιβλίῳ λόγων τῶν ἡμερῶν τῶν βασιλέων ᾿Ισραήλ;

¹⁵Καὶ Ζαμβρὶ ἐβασίλευεν ἐν Θερσὰ ἡμέρας ἑπτά. καὶ ἡ παρεμβολὴ ᾿Ισραὴλ ἐπὶ Γαβαθὼν τὴν τῶν ἀλλοφύλων,

¹⁶καὶ ἤκουσεν ὁ λαὸς ἐν τῇ παρεμβολῇ λεγόντων· συνεστράφη Ζαμβρὶ καὶ ἔπαισε τὸν βασιλέα· καὶ ἐβασίλευσαν ἐν ᾿Ισραὴλ τὸν ᾿Αμβρὶ τὸν ἡγούμενον τῆς στρατιᾶς ἐπὶ ᾿Ισραὴλ ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ ἐν τῇ παρεμβολῇ.

¹⁷καὶ ἀνέβη ᾿Αμβρὶ καὶ πᾶς ᾿Ισραὴλ μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ ἐκ Γαβαθὼν καὶ περιεκάθισαν ἐπὶ Θερσά.

¹⁸καὶ ἐγενήθη ὡς εἶδε Ζαμβρὶ ὅτι προκατείληπται αὐτοῦ ἡ πόλις, καὶ πορεύεται εἰς ἄντρον τοῦ οἴκου τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ ἐνεπύρισεν ἐπ᾿ αὐτὸν τὸν οἶκον τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ ἀπέθανεν

¹⁹ὑπὲρ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν αὐτοῦ ὧν ἐποίησε, τοῦ ποιῆσαι τὸ πονηρὸν ἐνώπιον Κυρίου πορευθῆναι ἐν ὁδῷ ῾Ιεροβοὰμ υἱοῦ Ναβὰτ καὶ ἐν ταῖς ἁμαρτίαις αὐτοῦ, ὡς ἐξήμαρτε τὸν ᾿Ισραήλ.

²⁰καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ τῶν λόγων Ζαμβρὶ καὶ τὰς συνάψεις αὐτοῦ, ἃς συνῆψεν, οὐκ ἰδοὺ ταῦτα γεγραμμένα ἐν βιβλίῳ λόγων τῶν ἡμερῶν τῶν βασιλέων ᾿Ισραήλ;

²¹Τότε μερίζεται ὁ λαὸς ᾿Ισραήλ· ἥμισυ τοῦ λαοῦ γίνεται ὀπίσω Θαμνὶ υἱοῦ Γωνὰθ τοῦ βασιλεῦσαι αὐτόν, καὶ τὸ ἥμισυ τοῦ λαοῦ γίνεται ὀπίσω ᾿Αμβρί.

²²ὁ λαὸς ὁ ὢν ὀπίσω ᾿Αμβρὶ ὑπερεκράτησε τὸν λαὸν τὸν ὀπίσω Θαμνὶ υἱοῦ Γωνάθ, καὶ ἀπέθανε Θαμνὶ καὶ ᾿Ιωρὰμ ὁ ἀδελφὸς αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, καὶ ἐβασίλευσεν ᾿Αμβρὶ μετὰ Θαμνί.

²³ἐν τῷ ἔτει τῷ τριακοστῷ καὶ πρώτῳ τοῦ βασιλέως ᾿Ασὰ βασιλεύει ᾿Αμβρὶ ἐπὶ ᾿Ισραὴλ δώδεκα ἔτη. ἐν Θερσὰ βασιλεύει ἓξ ἔτη·

²⁴καὶ ἐκτήσατο ᾿Αμβρὶ τὸ ὄρος τὸ Σεμερὼν παρὰ Σεμὴρ τοῦ κυρίου τοῦ ὄρους δύο ταλάντων ἀργυρίου καὶ ᾠκοδόμησε τὸ ὄρος καὶ ἐπεκάλεσε τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ ὄρους, οὗ ᾠκοδόμησεν, ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματι Σεμὴρ τοῦ κυρίου τοῦ ὄρους Σαεμηρών.

²⁵καὶ ἐποίησεν ᾿Αμβρὶ τὸ πονηρὸν ἐνώπιον Κυρίου καὶ ἐπονηρεύσατο ὑπὲρ πάντας τοὺς γενομένους ἔμπροσθεν αὐτοῦ·

²⁶καὶ ἐπορεύθη ἐν πάσῃ ὁδῷ ῾Ιεροβοὰμ υἱοῦ Ναβὰτ καὶ ἐν ταῖς ἁμαρτίαις αὐτοῦ, αἷς ἐξήμαρτε τὸν ᾿Ισραὴλ τοῦ παροργίσαι τὸν Κύριον Θεὸν ᾿Ισραὴλ ἐν τοῖς ματαίοις αὐτῶν.

²⁷καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ τῶν λόγων ᾿Αμβρὶ καὶ πάντα, ἃ ἐποίησε, καὶ πᾶσα ἡ δυναστεία αὐτοῦ, οὐκ ἰδοὺ ταῦτα γεγραμμένα ἐν βιβλίῳ λόγων τῶν ἡμερῶν τῶν βασιλέων ᾿Ισραήλ;

²⁸καὶ ἐκοιμήθη ᾿Αμβρὶ μετὰ τῶν πατέρων αὐτοῦ καὶ θάπτεται ἐν Σαμαρείᾳ, καὶ βασιλεύει ᾿Αχαὰβ ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ἀντ᾿ αὐτοῦ. 28α Καὶ ἐν τῷ ἐνιαυτῷ τῷ ἑνδεκάτῳ ἔτει τοῦ ᾿Αμβρὶ βασιλεύει ᾿Ιωσαφὰτ υἱὸς ᾿Ασὰ ἐτῶν τριάκοντα καὶ πέντε ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ αὐτοῦ, καὶ εἴκοσι πέντε ἔτη ἐβασίλευσεν ἐν ῾Ιερουσαλήμ, καὶ ὄνομα τῆς μητρὸς αὐτοῦ Γαζουβὰ θυγάτηρ Σελί. 28β καὶ ἐπορεύθη ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ ᾿Ασὰ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ καὶ οὐκ ἐξέκλινεν ἀπ᾿ αὐτῆς τοῦ ποιεῖν τὸ εὐθὲς ἐνώπιον Κυρίου· πλὴν τῶν ὑψηλῶν οὐκ ἐξῇραν, ἔθυον ἐν τοῖς ὑψηλοῖς, καὶ ἐθυμίων. 28γ καὶ ἃ συνέθετο ᾿Ιωσαφὰτ μετὰ βασιλέως ᾿Ισραὴλ καὶ πᾶσα ἡ δυναστεία, ἣν ἐποίησε, καὶ οὓς ἐπολέμησεν, οὐκ ἰδοὺ ταῦτα γεγραμμένα ἐν βιβλίῳ λόγων τῶν ἡμερῶν τῶν βασιλέων ᾿Ιούδα; 28δ καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ τῶν συμπλοκῶν, ἃς ἐπέθεντο ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ᾿Ασὰ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ, ἐξῇρεν ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς. 28ε καὶ βασιλεὺς οὐκ ἦν ἐν Συρίᾳ Νασίβ. 28ζ καὶ ὁ βασιλεὺς ᾿Ιωσαφὰτ ἐποίησε ναῦν εἰς Θαρσὶς πορεύεσθαι εἰς Σωφὶρ ἐπὶ τὸ χρυσίον· καὶ οὐκ ἐπορεύθη, ὅτι συνετρίβη ἡ ναῦς ἐν Γασιὼν Γαβέρ. 28η τότε εἶπεν ὁ βασιλεὺς ᾿Ισραὴλ πρὸς ᾿Ιωσαφάτ· ἐξαποστελῶ τοὺς παῖδάς σου καὶ τὰ παιδάριά μου ἐν τῇ νηῖ· καὶ οὐκ ἐβούλετο ᾿Ιωσαφάτ. 28θ καὶ ἐκοιμήθη ᾿Ιωσαφὰτ μετὰ τῶν πατέρων αὐτοῦ καὶ θάπτεται μετὰ τῶν πατέρων αὐτοῦ ἐν πόλει Δαυίδ, καὶ ἐβασίλευσεν ᾿Ιωρὰμ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ἀντ᾿ αὐτοῦ.

²⁹᾿Εν ἔτει δευτέρῳ τοῦ ᾿Ιωσαφὰτ βασιλέως ᾿Ιούδα βασιλεύει ᾿Αχαὰβ υἱὸς ᾿Αμβρί· ἐβασίλευσεν ἐπὶ ᾿Ισραὴλ ἐν Σαμαρείᾳ εἴκοσι καὶ δύο ἔτη.

³⁰καὶ ἐποίησεν ᾿Αχαὰβ τὸ πονηρὸν ἐνώπιον Κυρίου καὶ ἐπονηρεύσατο ὑπὲρ πάντας τοὺς ἔμπροσθεν αὐτοῦ.

³¹καὶ οὐκ ἦν αὐτῷ ἱκανὸν τοῦ πορεύεσθαι ἐν ταῖς ἁμαρτίαις ῾Ιεροβοὰμ υἱοῦ Ναβάτ, καὶ ἔλαβε γυναῖκα τὴν ᾿Ιεζάβελ θυγατέρα ᾿Ιεθεβαὰλ βασιλέως Σιδωνίων καὶ ἐπορεύθη καὶ ἐδούλευσε τῷ Βάαλ καὶ προσεκύνησεν αὐτῷ,

³²καὶ ἔστησε θυσιαστήριον τῷ Βάαλ ἐν οἴκῳ τῶν προσοχθισμάτων αὐτοῦ, ὃν ᾠκοδόμησεν ἐν Σαμαρείᾳ,

³³καὶ ἐποίησεν ᾿Αχαὰβ ἄλσος, καὶ προσέθεκεν ᾿Αχαὰβ τοῦ ποιῆσαι παροργίσματα τοῦ παροργίσαι τὸν Κύριον Θεὸν τοῦ ᾿Ισραὴλ καὶ τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ τοῦ ἐξολοθρευθῆναι· ἐκακοποίησεν ὑπὲρ πάντας τοὺς βασιλεῖς ᾿Ισραὴλ τοὺς γενομένους ἔμπροσθεν αὐτοῦ.

³⁴καὶ ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις αὐτοῦ ᾠκοδόμησεν ᾿Αχιὴλ ὁ Βαιθηλίτης τὴν ῾Ιεριχώ· ἐν τῷ ᾿Αβιρὼν προτοτόκῳ αὐτοῦ ἐθεμελίωσεν αὐτὴν καὶ τῷ Σεγοὺβ τῷ νεωτέρῳ αὐτοῦ ἐπέστησε θύρας αὐτῆς κατὰ τὸ ρῆμα Κυρίου, ὃ ἐλάλησεν ἐν χειρὶ ᾿Ιησοῦ υἱοῦ Ναυῆ.

¹And the word of the Lord came by the hand of Ju son of Anani to Baasa, [saying],

²Forasmuch as I lifted thee up from the earth, and made thee ruler over my people Israel; and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast caused my people Israel to sin, to provoke me with their vanities;

³Behold, I raise up [enemies] after Baasa, and after his house; and I will make thy house as the house of Jeroboam son of Nabat.

⁴Him that dies of Baasa in the city the dogs shall devour, and him that dies of his in the field the birds of the sky shall devour.

⁵Now the rest of the history of Baasa, and all that he did, and his mighty acts, behold, are not these written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

⁶And Baasa slept with his fathers, and they bury him in Thersa; and Ela his son reigns in his stead.

⁷And the Lord spoke by Ju the son of Anani against Baasa, and against his house, [even] all the evil which he wrought before the Lord to provoke him to anger by the works of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam; and because he smote him.

⁸And Ela son of Baasa reigned over Israel two years in Thersa.

⁹And Zambri, captain of half his cavalry, conspired against him, while he was in Thersa, drinking himself drunk in the house of Osa the steward at Thersa.

¹⁰And Zambri went in and smote him and slew him, and reigned in his stead.

¹¹And it came to pass when he reigned, when he sat upon his throne,

¹²that he smote all the house of Baasa, according to the word which the Lord spoke against the house of Baasa, and to Ju the prophet,

¹³for all the sins of Baasa and Ela his son, as he led Israel astray to sin, to provoke the Lord God of Israel with their vanities.

¹⁴And the rest of the deeds of Ela which he did, behold, are not these written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

¹⁵And Zambri reigned in Thersa seven days: and the army of Israel [was] encamped against Gabathon of the Philistines.

¹⁶And the people heard in the army, saying, Zambri has conspired and smitten the king: and the people of Israel made Ambri the captain of the host king in that day in the camp over Israel.

¹⁷And Ambri went up, and all Israel with him, out of Gabathon; and they besieged Thersa.

¹⁸And it came to pass when Zambri saw that his city was taken, that he goes into the inner chamber of the house of the king, and burnt the king’s house over him, and died.

¹⁹Because of his sins which he committed, doing that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, so as to walk in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, and in his sins wherein he caused Israel to sin.

²⁰And the rest of the history of Zambri, and his conspiracies wherein he conspired, behold, are not these written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

²¹Then the people of Israel divides; half the people goes after Thamni the son of Gonath to make him king; and half the people goes after Ambri.

²²The people that followed Ambri overpowered the people that followed Thamni son of Gonath; and Thamni died and Joram his brother at that time, and Ambri reigned after Thamni.

²³In the thirty-first year of king Asa, Ambri begins to reign over Israel twelve years: he reigns six years in Thersa.

²⁴And Ambri bought the mount Semeron of Semer the lord of the mountain for two talents of silver; and he built [upon] the mountain, and they called the name of the mountain [on] which he built, after the name of Semer the lord of the mount, Semeron.

²⁵And Ambri did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, and wrought wickedly beyond all that were before him.

²⁶And he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, and in his sins wherewith he caused Israel to sin, to provoke the Lord God of Israel by their vanities.

²⁷And the rest of the acts of Ambri, and all that he did, and all his might, behold, [are] not these things written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

²⁸And Ambri slept with his fathers, and is buried in Samaria; and Achaab his son reigns in his stead. 28α And in the eleventh year of Ambri Josaphat the son of Asa reigns, [being] thirty-five years old in the beginning of his reign, and he reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name [was] Gazuba, daughter of Seli. 28β And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and turned not from it, [even] from doing right in the eyes of the Lord: only they removed not [any] of the high places; they sacrificed and burnt incense on the high places. 28γ Now the engagements which Josaphat made with the king of Israel, and all his mighty deeds which he performed, and the enemies whom he fought against, behold, [are] not these written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Juda? 28δ and the remains of the prostitution which they practiced in the days of Asa his father, he removed out of the land: 28ε and there was no king in Syria, [but] a deputy. 28ζ Then the king of Israel said to Josaphat, I will send forth thy servants and my servants in the ship: but Josaphat would not. 28θ And Josaphat slept with his fathers, and is buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Joram his son reigned in his stead.

²⁹In the second year of Josaphat king of Juda, Achaab son of Ambri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty-two years.

³⁰And Achaab did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, and did more wickedly than all that were before him.

³¹And it was not enough for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, but he took to wife, Jezabel the daughter of Jethebaal king of the Sidonians; and he went and served Baal, and worshiped him.

³²And he set up an altar to Baal, in the house of his abominations, which he built in Samaria.

³³And Achaab made a grove; and Achaab did yet more abominably, to provoke the Lord God of Israel, and [to sin against] his own life so that he should be destroyed: he did evil above all the kings of Israel that were before him.

³⁴And in his days Achiel the Baethelite built Jericho: he laid the foundation of it in Abiron his first-born, and he set up the doors of it in Segub his younger son, according to the word of the Lord which he spoke by Joshua the son of Naue.