1 Kings 16:13-30

¹³For all the sins of Ba'sha, and the sins of Elah his son, by which they had sinned, and by which they had induced Israel to sin, to provoke the Lord the God of Israel to anger with their vanities.

¹⁴Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

¹⁵In the twenty and seventh year of Assa the king of Judah did Zimri reign seven days in Thirzah: and the people were encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines.

¹⁶And when the people that were encamped heard it said, Zimri hath conspired, and hath also slain the king: all Israel made 'Omri, the captain of the army, king over Israel on that day in the camp.

¹⁷And 'Omri went up, and all Israel with him from Gibbethon, and they besieged Thirzah.

¹⁸And it came to pass, when Zimri saw that the city was captured, that he went into the strong-hold of the king's house, and burnt the king's house over him with fire, and he died;

¹⁹For his sins which he had sinned, in doing what is evil in the eyes of the Lord, to walk in the way of Jerobo'am, and in his sin which he did, to induce Israel to sin.

²⁰And the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his conspiracy that he contrived, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

²¹At that time were the people of Israel divided into two parts: one half of the people followed Thibni the son of Ginath, to make him king; and the other half followed 'Omri.

²²But the people that followed 'Omri prevailed against the people that followed Thibni the son of Ginath: and Thibni also died, and 'Omri became king.

²³In the thirty and first year of Assa the king of Judah became 'Omri king over Israel, for twelve years; in Thirzah he reigned six years.

²⁴And he bought the mount Samaria, of Shemer for two talents of silver, and built on the mount, and called the name of the city which he had built, after the name of Shemer, the Lord of the mount, Samaria.

²⁵And 'Omri did what is evil in the eyes of the Lord, and did worse than all that were before him.

²⁶And he walked in all the way of Jerobo'am the son of Nebat, and in his sin wherewith he induced Israel to sin, to provoke the Lord God of Israel to anger with their vanities.

²⁷Now the rest of the acts of 'Omri which he did, and his mighty deeds that he displayed, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

²⁸And 'Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria: and Achab his son became king in his stead.

²⁹And Achab the son of 'omri became king over Israel in the thirty and eighth year of Assa the king of Judah; and Achab the son of 'Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty and two years.

³⁰And Achab the son of 'Omri did what is evil in the eyes of the Lord more than all that had been before him.