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I Kings Chapter 16

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In chapter 16 Jehu, the new king of Israel, murders his brothers and takes the throne, then sends the northern tribes to the king of Assyria. The chapter highlights the turmoil of succession and the dire consequences of rebellion.

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(1) Then the word of the LORD came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying,
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I Kings 16:7II Chronicles 19:2II Chronicles 20:34I Kings 15:33II Chronicles 16:7II Chronicles 16:8II Chronicles 16:9II Chronicles 16:10

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I Kings 16:7I Kings 16:12

(2) Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee prince over my people Israel; and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins;
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I Kings 14:7I Samuel 2:8I Samuel 2:27I Samuel 2:28I Samuel 15:17I Samuel 15:18I Samuel 15:19II Samuel 12:7II Samuel 12:8II Samuel 12:9II Samuel 12:10II Samuel 12:11

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I Kings 16:26I Kings 14:7II Kings 13:6II Kings 13:11II Kings 17:22Acts 5:31

(3) Behold, I will take away the posterity of Baasha, and the posterity of his house; and will make thy house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
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I Kings 16:11I Kings 16:12I Kings 14:10I Kings 15:29I Kings 15:30I Kings 21:21I Kings 21:22I Kings 21:23I Kings 21:24Isaiah 66:24Jeremiah 22:19

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I Kings 12:2I Kings 14:10I Kings 21:22II Kings 9:9II Kings 17:21II Chronicles 10:2

(4) Him that dieth of Baasha in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth of his in the fields shall the fowls of the air eat.
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I Kings 14:11

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I Kings 14:11I Kings 21:24Ecclesiastes 3:19

(5) Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, and what he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
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I Kings 14:19I Kings 15:31II Chronicles 16:1II Chronicles 16:2II Chronicles 16:3II Chronicles 16:4II Chronicles 16:5II Chronicles 16:6

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I Kings 11:41I Kings 14:19I Kings 14:29I Kings 15:7I Kings 15:23I Kings 15:31

(6) So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah: and Elah his son reigned in his stead.
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I Kings 14:20I Kings 15:25I Kings 14:17I Kings 15:21I Kings 16:8I Kings 16:13I Kings 16:14

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I Kings 11:43I Kings 14:20I Kings 14:31I Kings 15:8I Kings 15:24I Kings 16:28

(7) And also by the hand of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the word of the LORD against Baasha, and against his house, even for 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 him.
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I Kings 16:1I Kings 16:2Exodus 20:5Psalms 115:4Isaiah 2:8Isaiah 44:9Isaiah 44:10Isaiah 44:11Isaiah 44:12Isaiah 44:13Isaiah 44:14Isaiah 44:15

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I Kings 16:12I Kings 14:2Jeremiah 28:9Jeremiah 28:12I Kings 16:13I Kings 21:22

(8) In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah the son of Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, two years.
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I Kings 15:33I Kings 16:23I Kings 16:29II Kings 14:2II Kings 18:2II Chronicles 25:1

(9) And his servant Zimri, captain 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.
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II Kings 9:31I Kings 15:27II Kings 9:14II Kings 12:20II Kings 15:10II Kings 15:25II Kings 15:30I Kings 20:16I Samuel 25:36I Samuel 25:37I Samuel 25:38II Samuel 13:28

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I Kings 16:16Exodus 25:10Exodus 37:1I Kings 10:26I Kings 16:15

(10) And Zimri went in and smote him, and killed him, in the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his stead.
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II Kings 9:31

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I Kings 16:15I Kings 14:20II Chronicles 2:10I Chronicles 27:10I Kings 6:20I Kings 16:29

(11) And it came to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, that he slew all the house of Baasha: he left him not one that pisseth against a wall, neither of his kinsfolks, nor of his friends.
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I Kings 15:29Judges 1:7I Kings 14:10I Samuel 25:22I Samuel 25:34

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I Kings 20:36I Kings 15:33I Kings 16:8II Chronicles 34:3I Samuel 20:25I Kings 2:19

(12) Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake against Baasha by Jehu the prophet,
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I Kings 16:1I Kings 16:7I Kings 14:18II Kings 14:25II Chronicles 10:15Proverbs 26:6

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I Kings 16:7I Kings 15:27Ezekiel 14:9Jeremiah 28:9Jeremiah 28:12I Kings 16:1

(13) For all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, by which they sinned, and by which they made Israel to sin, in provoking the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities.
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I Kings 15:30Deuteronomy 32:21I Samuel 12:21II Kings 17:15Isaiah 41:29Jeremiah 10:3Jeremiah 10:4Jeremiah 10:5Jeremiah 10:8Jeremiah 10:15Jonah 2:8Romans 1:21

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Deuteronomy 9:18I Kings 15:30Nehemiah 1:6John 8:24John 20:23I Peter 2:24

(14) 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?
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I Kings 11:41I Kings 14:19I Kings 14:29I Kings 15:7I Kings 15:23I Kings 15:31

(15) In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri reign seven days in Tirzah. And the people were encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines.
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I Kings 16:8II Kings 9:31Job 20:5Psalms 37:35I Kings 15:27Joshua 19:44Joshua 21:23

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I Kings 16:10I Kings 15:33I Kings 16:8II Chronicles 2:10I Kings 15:27II Kings 15:1

(16) And the people that were encamped heard say, Zimri hath conspired, and hath also slain the king: wherefore all Israel made Omri, the captain of the host, king over Israel that day in the camp.
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I Kings 16:30II Kings 8:26II Chronicles 22:2Micah 6:16

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I Kings 2:32I Kings 1:19I Kings 11:15II Kings 9:5Numbers 25:14Ezekiel 32:25

(17) And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah.
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Judges 9:45Judges 9:50Judges 9:56Judges 9:57II Kings 6:24II Kings 6:25II Kings 18:9II Kings 18:10II Kings 18:11II Kings 18:12II Kings 25:1II Kings 25:2

(18) And it came to pass, when Zimri saw that the city was taken, that he went into the palace of the king's house, and burnt the king's house over him with fire, and died,
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Judges 9:54I Samuel 31:4I Samuel 31:5II Samuel 17:23Job 2:9Job 2:10Matthew 27:5

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Esther 8:8Esther 3:3Esther 3:12Ezra 4:14Esther 2:8I Kings 1:9

(19) For his sins which he sinned in doing evil in the sight of the LORD, in walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he did, to make Israel to sin.
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I Kings 16:7I Kings 16:13I Kings 15:30Psalms 9:16Psalms 58:9Psalms 58:10Psalms 58:11I Kings 12:28I Kings 14:16I Kings 15:26I Kings 15:34

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Deuteronomy 9:18I Kings 15:30I Kings 16:13Nehemiah 1:6I Kings 14:10

(20) Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his treason that he wrought, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
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I Kings 16:5I Kings 16:14I Kings 16:27I Kings 14:19I Kings 15:31I Kings 22:39

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I Kings 11:41I Kings 14:19I Kings 14:29I Kings 15:7I Kings 15:23I Kings 15:31

(21) Then were the people of Israel divided into two parts: half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king; and half followed Omri.
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I Kings 16:8I Kings 16:29I Kings 15:25I Kings 15:28Proverbs 28:2Isaiah 9:18Isaiah 9:19Isaiah 9:20Isaiah 9:21Isaiah 19:2Matthew 12:25I Corinthians 1:12

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I Kings 16:22Exodus 25:10Exodus 37:1Exodus 24:6Exodus 25:17Exodus 30:13

(22) But the people that followed Omri prevailed against the people that followed Tibni the son of Ginath: so Tibni died, and Omri reigned.
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I Kings 16:21I Kings 16:29Judges 9:49II Samuel 17:23II Kings 9:27II Samuel 2:10

(23) In the thirty and first year of Asa king of Judah began Omri to reign over Israel, twelve years: six years reigned he in Tirzah.
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II Chronicles 22:2I Kings 16:8I Kings 16:29

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I Kings 16:29II Chronicles 20:31I Chronicles 3:4II Samuel 5:4I Kings 14:21I Kings 15:25

(24) And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver, and built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill, Samaria.
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I Kings 13:32I Kings 18:2I Kings 20:1I Kings 22:37II Kings 17:1II Kings 17:6II Kings 17:24John 4:4John 4:5Acts 8:5Acts 8:6Acts 8:7

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Psalms 68:15I Chronicles 29:7Ezra 8:26I Kings 14:23Luke 4:29II Kings 6:25

(25) But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the LORD, and did worse than all that were before him.
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I Kings 16:30I Kings 16:31I Kings 16:33I Kings 14:9Micah 6:16

(26) For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin, to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities.
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I Kings 16:2I Kings 16:7I Kings 16:19I Kings 12:26I Kings 12:27I Kings 12:28I Kings 12:29I Kings 12:30I Kings 12:31I Kings 12:32I Kings 12:33I Kings 13:33

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I Kings 16:2I Kings 21:22Deuteronomy 32:21I Kings 15:34I Kings 22:52II Kings 13:11

(27) Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and his might that he shewed, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
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I Kings 16:5I Kings 16:14I Kings 16:20I Kings 15:31

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I Kings 22:45I Kings 11:41I Kings 14:19I Kings 14:29I Kings 15:7I Kings 15:23

(28) So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria: and Ahab his son reigned in his stead.
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I Kings 16:29II Kings 10:35II Kings 13:9II Kings 14:16I Kings 11:43I Kings 14:20

(29) And in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of Judah began Ahab the son of Omri to reign over Israel: and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty and two years.
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I Kings 16:23I Kings 22:51II Kings 3:1II Kings 8:26II Chronicles 20:31I Kings 16:28

(30) And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD above all that were before him.
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I Kings 16:25I Kings 16:31I Kings 16:33I Kings 14:9I Kings 21:25II Kings 3:2

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I Kings 16:29Nehemiah 12:39John 3:31II Kings 8:27

(31) And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him.
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Genesis 30:15Numbers 16:9Isaiah 7:13Ezekiel 8:17Ezekiel 16:20Ezekiel 16:47Ezekiel 34:18Genesis 6:2Deuteronomy 7:3Deuteronomy 7:4Joshua 23:12Joshua 23:13

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Isaiah 30:26Luke 12:53Isaiah 60:19Luke 11:36John 8:12John 12:35

(32) And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.
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II Kings 10:21II Kings 10:26II Kings 10:27

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II Kings 10:19II Kings 10:21II Kings 10:23Jeremiah 19:5I Kings 16:24II Kings 21:3

(33) And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him.
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Exodus 34:13II Kings 13:6II Kings 17:16II Kings 21:3Jeremiah 17:1Jeremiah 17:2I Kings 16:30I Kings 21:19I Kings 21:25I Kings 22:6I Kings 22:8

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II Kings 8:27I Kings 16:29I Kings 18:16I Kings 18:17I Kings 21:16II Kings 8:18

(34) In his days did Hiel the Bethelite build Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun.
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Joshua 6:26Joshua 23:14Joshua 23:15Zechariah 1:5Matthew 24:35

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Joshua 6:26Exodus 11:5Exodus 12:29Exodus 13:15Revelation 21:13Deuteronomy 34:9

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