1And the word of LORD JEHOVAH was upon Yahu, son of Khanan, against Baasha, saying: 2“Thus says LORD JEHOVAH: ‘Because I raised you from the dust and I have made you Leader over my people Israel, and you walked in the ways of Yorbaam, and you caused my people Israel to sin, that they would anger me by the work of their hands. 3Behold, I pick off Baasha and his house, and I shall make his house like the house of Yorbaam, son of Nebat. 4Whoever will die of Baasha in the city, dogs will eat, and whoever belonging to him will die in the wilderness, the bird of the sky will eat.’”

5And the rest of the accounts of Baasha, and everything that he did and all his heroism, behold they are written in the book of Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.

6And Baasha fell asleep with his parents, and he was buried in Terzah, and Elah his son reigned after him. 7Also by Yahu, son of Khanan, the Prophet, the word of LORD JEHOVAH was against Baasha and against all his house, for all the evil that he did before LORD JEHOVAH, to anger him by the work of his hands, that he would be like the house of Yorbaam, because he killed him.

8In the twenty and sixth year of Asa, King of Yehuda, Elah, son of Baasha, reigned over Israel in Terzah two years. 9And Zemri, his Servant, Commander of half of the horsemen, rebelled against him, and he was in Terzah, drinking old wine in the house of earth that he built in Terzah. 10And Zemri went in and struck him and killed him in the twenty seventh year of Asa, King of Yehuda, and he reigned after him. 11And when he reigned and sat on his throne, he struck all the household of Baasha, and he did not leave it one who pissed on a wall, or any of his companions, or his friends.

12And Zemri destroyed all the household of Baasha, according to the word of LORD JEHOVAH that he spoke against Baasha by the agency of Yehu the Prophet 13Because of all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son that they had sinned, and they gave occasion for Israel to sin, to anger LORD JEHOVAH, God of Israel, with their idols. 14And the rest of the accounts of Elah and everything that he did, behold they are written in the book of Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.

15In the twentyseventh year of Asa, King of Yehuda, Zemri reigned seven days in Terzah. And the people were encamping against Gath of the Philistines 16And the people who were camping heard, and they were saying: “Zemri rebelled, also he killed the King!” And all Israel made Amri Commander of the army King over Israel on that day in the camp. 17And Amri went up, and all Israel with him, from Gath, and they encamped against Terzah. 18And when Zemri saw that Terzah was crushed, he entered the shrine of the house of the King by himself, and they burned the house of the King over him in fire and he died 19Because of his sins that he sinned, and he did evil before LORD JEHOVAH to walk in the ways of Yorbaam, son of Nebat, and by his sins whereby he caused Israel to sin. 20And the remainder of the accounts of Zemri and the rebellion which he rebelled, behold they are written in the book of Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.

21Then the people of Israel was divided; a division of half of the people was after Tabni son of Genyath to make him King, and half after Amri. 22And the people that were after Amri was stronger than the people that followed after Tabni, and Tabni died and Amri reigned. 23In the thirtyfirst year of Asa King of Yehuda, Amri was made king over Israel for twelve years. He reigned six years in Terzah. 24And he bought the mountain of Samaria from Shamir with a talent of silver and he built on the mountain, and he called the name of the city that he built by the name of Shamir, the Lord of the Mountain of Samaria.

25And Amri did evil before LORD JEHOVAH, and he did more evil than all the Kings who had been before him. 26And he walked in all the ways of Yorbaam, son of Nebat, and in his sins who caused Israel to sin, to anger LORD JEHOVAH, God of Israel, with their idols. 27And the rest of the accounts of Amri and everything that he did and all his heroism, behold they are written in the book of Chronicles of the Kings of Israel. 28And Amri fell asleep with his parents, and he was buried in Samaria, and Akhab his son reigned after him.

29And Akhab, son of Amri, reigned over Israel. In the thirty eighth year of Asa King of Yehuda, Akhab, son of Amri, became king over Israel in Samaria for twenty and two years. 30And Akhab, son of Amri, did what is evil before LORD JEHOVAH, more than all who were before him.

31And whatever small thing it was in his eyes to walk in the sins of Yorbaam son of Nebat, he went and he took a wife Izabeil, daughter of Ithabel, King of the Tsidonians, and he went on and he served Baal and he bowed down to it. 32And he raised up an altar to Baal in the house of Baal which he built in Samaria. 33And Akhab served dreaded things, and Akhab increased to cultivate and to provoke anger before LORD JEHOVAH, God of Israel, more than all Kings of Israel who were before him. 34And in his days Akhab built the Place of the Curse, Jeirikho, with Abiram his firstborn. He finished it and with Shakub his younger established its gates, according to the word of LORD JEHOVAH that he spoke by the agency of Yeshua son of Nun.