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Hello, this is Father Paul, and I'm glad we're

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taking this journey together to read the Bible

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in a year. Today's reading is from 1 Kings chapter

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16. Then the word of the Lord came to Jehu the

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son of Hanani against Basha saying, Inasmuch

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as I lifted you out of the dust and made you

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ruler over my people Israel, and you have walked

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in the way of Jeroboam and have made my people

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Israel sin to provoke me to anger with their

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sins. Surely I will take away the posterity of

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Basha and the posterity of his house, and I will

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make your house like the house of Jeroboam the

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son of Nebat. The dogs shall eat whoever belongs

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to Basha and dies in the city, and the birds

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of the air shall eat whoever dies in the fields.

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Now the rest of the acts of Basha, what he did,

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and his might, are they not written in the book

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of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? So

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Basha rested with his fathers and was buried

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in Tirzah. Then Elah his son reigned in his place.

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And also the word of the Lord came by the prophet

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Jehu the son of Hanani against Basha and his

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house because of all the evil that he did in

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the sight of the Lord in provoking him to anger

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with the work of his hands in being like the

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house of Jeroboam and because he killed them.

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In the 26th year of Asa king of Judah, Elah the

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son of Basha became king over Israel and reigned

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two years in Tirzah. Now his servant Zimri, commander

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of half his chariots, conspired against him as

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he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the

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house of Arzah, steward of his house in Tirzah.

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And Zimri went in and struck him, and killed

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him in the twenty -seventh year of Asa king of

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Judah, and reigned in his place. Then it came

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to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he

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was seated on his throne, that he killed all

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the household of Basha. He did not leave him

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one male, neither of his relatives nor of his

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friends. Thus Zimri destroyed all the household

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of Basha, according to the word of the Lord,

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which he spoke against Basha by Jehu the prophet.

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For all the sins of Basha and the sins of Elah

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his son, by which they had sinned and by which

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they had made Israel sin, in provoking the Lord

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God of Israel to anger with their idols. Now

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the rest of the acts of Elah and all that he

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did, are they not written in the book of the

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chronicles of the kings of Israel? In the 27th

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year of Asa king of Judah. Zimri had reigned

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in Tirzah seven days, and the people were encamped

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against Gebeton, which belonged to the Philistines.

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Now the people who were encamped heard it said,

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Zimri has conspired and also has killed the king.

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So all Israel made Omri, the commander of the

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army, king over Israel that day in the camp.

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Then Omri and all Israel with him went up from

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Gebeton, and they besieged Tirzah. And it happened

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when Zimri saw that the city was taken, that

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he went into the citadel of the king's house,

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and burned the king's house down upon himself

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with fire, and died. Because of the sins which

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he had committed in doing evil in the sight of

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the Lord, in walking in the way of Jeroboam,

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and in his sin which he had committed to make

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Israel sin. Now the rest of the acts of Zimri

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and the treason he committed, are they not written

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in the book of the chronicles of the kings of

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Israel? Then the people of Israel were divided

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into two parts. Half of the people followed Tibni,

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the son of Ginnat, to make him king, and half

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followed Omri. But the people who followed Omri

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prevailed over the people who followed Tibni,

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the son of Ginnat. So Tibni died and Omri reigned.

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In the thirty -first year of Asa king of Judah,

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Omri became king over Israel and reigned twelve

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years. Six years he reigned in Tirzah, and he

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bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two

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talents of silver. Then he built on the hill,

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and called the name of the city which he built

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Samaria, after the name of Shemer, owner of the

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hill. Omri did evil in the eyes of the Lord,

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and did worse than all who were before him. For

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he walked in all the ways of Jeroboam the son

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of Nebat, and in his sin by which he had made

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Israel sin, provoking the Lord God of Israel

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to anger with their idols. Now the rest of the

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acts of Omri which he did, and the might that

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he showed, are they not written in the book of

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the chronicles of the kings of Israel? So Omri

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rested with his fathers and was buried in Samaria.

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Then Ahab his son reigned in his place. In the

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38th year of Asa king of Judah, Ahab the son

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of Omri became king over Israel. And Ahab the

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son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria 22

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years. Now Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the

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sight of the Lord, more than all who were before

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him. And it came to pass, as though it had been

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a trivial thing for him to walk in the sins of

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Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took as wife

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Jezebel the daughter of Edbaal, king of the Sidonians.

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And he went and served Baal and worshipped him.

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Then he set up an altar of Baal in the temple

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of Baal, which he had built in Samaria. And Ahab

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made a wooden image. Ahab did more to provoke

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the Lord God of Israel to anger than all the

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kings of Israel who were before him. In his days,

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Hiel of Bethel built Jericho. He laid its foundation

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with Abiram, his firstborn, and with his youngest

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son, Segub, he set up its gates. According to

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the word of the Lord, which he had spoken through

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Joshua, the son of Nun. I hope you enjoyed today's

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reading as much as I did, and I look forward

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to seeing you again tomorrow to continue on our

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journey. God bless you and have a great day.