Kings III 16:16-30

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.

^28aAnd 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.

^28bAnd 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.

^28cNow 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?

^28dand the remains of the prostitution which they practised in the days of Asa his father, he removed out of the land:

^28eand there was no king in Syria, but a deputy.

^28fAnd king Josaphat made a ship at Tharsis to go to Sophir for gold; but it went not, for the ship was broken at Gasion Gaber.

^28gThen the king of Israel said to Josaphat, I will send forth thy servants and my servants in the ship: but Josaphat would not.

^28hAnd 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.