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Baesa, and sayde: <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/16-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>For so moch as I lifted the out of the dust, and made the prynce ouer my people of Israel, and thou walkest in the waye of Ieroboam, and makest my people ouer Israel for to synne, to prouoke me vnto wrath thorow their synnes, <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/16-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>beholde, therfore wyll I take awaye the posterite of Beasa, and the posterite of his house, and wyll set thine house euen as the house of Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat. <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/16-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>He that of Baesa dyeth in the cite, the dogges shal deuoure him: and who so beynge of him dyeth in the felde, the foules of the ayre shall eate him vp.<p> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/16-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>What more there is to saye of Baesa, & what he dyd, & of his power, beholde, it is wrytten in ye Cronicles of the kynges of Israel.<p> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/16-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And Baesa slepte with his fathers, & was buried at Thirza: & his sonne Ella was kynge in his steade. <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/16-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And the worde of ye LORDE came by the prophet Iehu the sonne of Hanani, ouer Baesa, and ouer his house, and agaynst all the euell that he dyd in the sighte of ye LORDE, to prouoke him vnto wrath thorow the workes of his handes: so that he became as the house of Ieroboam, and because he slewe this man.<p> <A name="9"></a><p class="hdg">Elah Reigns in Israel<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/16-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>In the sixe & twentieth yeare of Asa kynge of Iuda, was Ella the sonne of Baesa kynge ouer Israel at Thirza two yeare. <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/16-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Neuertheles his seruaunt Simri, ye principall man ouer the halfe of ye charettes cospyred against him. As for Ella, he was at Thirza, dranke & was dronke in ye house of Arza the ruler of Thirza. <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/16-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And Simri came in, and slewe him in the seuen & twentieth yeare of Asa kynge of Iuda, and was kynge in his steade. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/16-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And whan he was kynge, and sat vpon his seate, he smote all the house of Baesa, & lefte not so moch as one to make water agaynst ye wall: his bloud auengers also & his frendes.<p> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/16-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Thus dyd Simri destroye all the house of Baesa, acordinge to the worde of the LORDE, which he spake ouer Baesa by the prophet Iehu, <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/16-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>because of all the synnes of Baesa and of Ella his sonne, which they dyd, and made Israel for to synne, to prouoke the LORDE God of Israel vnto wrath thorow their vanities. <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/16-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>What more there is to saye of Ella, and all that he dyd, beholde, it is wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Israel.<p> <A name="16"></a><p class="hdg">Zimri Reigns in Israel<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/16-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>In the seuen and twentieth yeare of Asa kynge of Iuda, was Simri kynge vij. dayes at Thirza, and the people laye before Gibbethon of the Philistynes. <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/16-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>But whan the people in the hoost herde saye yt Simri had conspired and slayne the kynge, then all Israel the same daye made Amri the chefe captayne kynge ouer all in the hoost. <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/16-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And Amri wente vp and all Israel with him from Gibbethon, and layed sege vnto Thirza. <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/16-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>But whan Simri sawe yt the cite shulde be wonne, he wente in to the palace in the kynges house, & brent it with ye kynges house, & dyed <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/16-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>because of his synnes which he had committed, in that he dyd euell in the sighte of the LORDE, and walked in the waye of Ieroboam, and in his synnes which he dyd, wherwith he made Israel to synne. <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/16-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>What more there is to saye of Simri, and how he conspired, beholde, it is wrytten in ye Cronicles of the kynges of Israel.<p> <A name="22"></a><p class="hdg">Omri Reigns in Israel<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/16-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>At the same tyme were ye people deuyded in two partes: the one parte helde with Thibni the sonne of Ginath, that they might make him kynge: the other halfe helde with Amri. <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/16-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>But the people that helde with Amri, were mightier then the people which helde with Thibni ye sonne of Ginath. And Thibni dyed, and Amri was kynge. <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/16-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>In ye one and thirtieth yeare of Asa kynge of Iuda, was Amri kynge ouer Israel twolue yeares, & raigned at Thirza sixe yeares. <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/16-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>He boughte the mount of Samaria of Semer for two hundreth weight of syluer, & buylded vpon the mount, and called the cite which he buylded, after ye name of Semer ye owner of ye mount of Samaria.<p> <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/16-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>And Amri dyd that which was euell in ye sighte of the LORDE, and was worse then all they that were before him, <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/16-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>and walked in all ye wayes of Ieroboam ye sonne of Nebat, and in his synnes, wherwith he made Israel to synne, so that they prouoked the LORDE God of Israel vnto wrath in their vanities. <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/16-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>What more there is to saye of Amri, & all that he dyd, and his power that he exercysed, beholde, it is wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Israel. <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/16-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>And Amri slepte with his fathers, & was buried in Samaria, and Achab his sonne was kynge in his steade.<p> <A name="30"></a><p class="hdg">Ahab Reigns in Israel, Marries Jezebel<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/16-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>In the eight & thirtieth yeare of Asa kynge of Iuda, was Achab the sonne of Amri kynge ouer Israel, & raigned ouer Israel at Samaria two & twentie yeare, <A name="31"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/16-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>& dyd euell in the sighte of the LORDE, more the all they yt were before him.<p> <A name="32"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/16-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>And he thoughte it but a small matter to walke in the synnes of Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat: and toke Iesabel the doughter of Eth Baal kynge of Sidon to wife, and wente and serued Baal, and worshiped him. <A name="33"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/16-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>And vnto Baal he set vp an altare in Baals house, which he buylded him in Samaria, <A name="34"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/16-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>and made a groue: so that Achab dyd more to prouoke the God of Israel vnto wrath, then all the kynges yt were before him in Israel. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/16-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>At ye same tyme dyd Hiel of Bethel buylde Iericho: It cost him his first sonne Abiram, yt he layed ye foundacion: & his yongest sonne Segub, yt he set vp the portes: Acordinge to the worde of the LORDE, which he spake by Iosua the sonne of Nun.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Coverdale Bible of 1535<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../1_kings/15.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Kings 15"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Kings 15" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../1_kings/17.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Kings 17"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Kings 17" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>