1 Kings 16

About 1 Kings 1 Kings follows Solomon's reign and temple, then the split of the kingdom and the prophet Elijah.

Then the word of the LORD came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying,Selected1 Kings 16:1Ask

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;Selected1 Kings 16:2Ask

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.Selected1 Kings 16:3Ask

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.Selected1 Kings 16:4Ask

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?Selected1 Kings 16:5Ask

So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah: and Elah his son reigned in his stead.Selected1 Kings 16:6Ask

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.Selected1 Kings 16:7Ask

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.Selected1 Kings 16:8Ask

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.Selected1 Kings 16:9Ask

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.Selected1 Kings 16:10Ask

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.Selected1 Kings 16:11Ask

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,Selected1 Kings 16:12Ask

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.Selected1 Kings 16:13Ask

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?Selected1 Kings 16:14Ask

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.Selected1 Kings 16:15Ask

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.Selected1 Kings 16:16Ask

And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah.Selected1 Kings 16:17Ask

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,Selected1 Kings 16:18Ask

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.Selected1 Kings 16:19Ask

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?Selected1 Kings 16:20Ask

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.Selected1 Kings 16:21Ask

But the people that followed Omri prevailed against the people that followed Tibni the son of Ginath: so Tibni died, and Omri reigned.Selected1 Kings 16:22Ask

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.Selected1 Kings 16:23Ask

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.Selected1 Kings 16:24Ask

But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the LORD, and did worse than all that were before him.Selected1 Kings 16:25Ask

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.Selected1 Kings 16:26Ask

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?Selected1 Kings 16:27Ask

So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria: and Ahab his son reigned in his stead.Selected1 Kings 16:28Ask

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.Selected1 Kings 16:29Ask

And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD above all that were before him.Selected1 Kings 16:30Ask

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.Selected1 Kings 16:31Ask

And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.Selected1 Kings 16:32Ask

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.Selected1 Kings 16:33Ask

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.Selected1 Kings 16:34Ask

Read from the KJV text.

All 22 chapters of 1 Kings

1 Kings 16

Keep going