18 Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that wereleft in the treasures of the house of the
LORD, and the treasures of the king's house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants:
and king Asa sent them to Benhadad, the son of Tabrimon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, that
dwelt at Damascus, saying,
19 There isa league between me and thee, andbetween my father and thy father: behold, I have
sent unto thee a present of silver and gold; come and break thy league with Baasha king of
Israel, that he may depart from me.
20 So Benhadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of the hosts which he had
against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abelbethmaachah, and all Cinneroth,
with all the land of Naphtali.
21 And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off building of Ramah, and
dwelt in Tirzah.
22 Then king Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah; none wasexempted: and they took
away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha had builded; and king Asa
built with them Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.
23 The rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities which he
built, arethey not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? Nevertheless in
the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet.
24 And Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his
father: and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead.
25 And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of
Judah, and reigned over Israel two years.
26 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin
wherewith he made Israel to sin.
27 And Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha
smote him at Gibbethon, which belongedto the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel laid siege to
Gibbethon.
28 Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha slay him, and reigned in his stead.
29 And it came to pass, when he reigned, thathe smote all the house of Jeroboam; he left not
to Jeroboam any that breathed, until he had destroyed him, according unto the saying of the
LORD, which he spake by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite:
30 Because of the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and which he made Israel sin, by his
provocation wherewith he provoked the LORD God of Israel to anger.
31 Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did, arethey not written in the book of
the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
32 And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
33 In the third year of Asa king of Judah began Baasha the son of Ahijah to reign over all Israel
in Tirzah, twenty and four years.
34 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin
wherewith he made Israel to sin.
1 Then the word of the LORD came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying,
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;
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.
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.
5 Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, and what he did, and his might, arethey not written in

the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
6 So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah: and Elah his son reigned in his
stead.
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.
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.
9 And his servant Zimri, captain of half hischariots, conspired against him, as he was in
Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza steward of hishouse in Tirzah.
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.
11 And it came to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, thathe slew all
the house of Baasha: he left him not one that pisseth against a wall, neither of his kinsfolks,
nor of his friends.
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,
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.
14 Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, arethey not written in the book of the
chronicles of the kings of Israel?
15 In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri reign seven days in Tirzah.
And the people wereencamped against Gibbethon, which belongedto the Philistines.
16 And the people that wereencamped 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.
17 And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah.
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,
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.
20 Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his treason that he wrought, arethey not written in
the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
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.
22 But the people that followed Omri prevailed against the people that followed Tibni the son
of Ginath: so Tibni died, and Omri reigned.
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.
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.
25 But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the LORD, and did worse than all that werebefore him.
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.
27 Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and his might that he shewed, arethey not
written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
28 So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria: and Ahab his son reigned in his
stead.

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.
30 And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD above all that werebefore him.
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.
32 And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.
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.
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 sonSegub, according to the word of the
LORD, which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun.
1 And Elijah the Tishbite, who wasof the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, Asthe LORD
God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but
according to my word.
2 And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,
3 Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that isbefore
Jordan.
4 And it shall be, thatthou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed
thee there.
5 So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD: for he went and dwelt by the brook
Cherith, that isbefore Jordan.
6 And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening;
and he drank of the brook.
7 And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in
the land.
8 And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,
9 Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongethto Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have
commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.
10 So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the
widow woman wasthere gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray
thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.
11 And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel
of bread in thine hand.
12 And she said, Asthe LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a
barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I amgathering two sticks, that I may go in and
dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.
13 And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go anddo as thou hast said: but make me thereof a little
cake first, and bring itunto me, and after make for thee and for thy son.
14 For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the
cruse of oil fail, until the day thatthe LORD sendeth rain upon the earth.
15 And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did
eat manydays.
16 Andthe barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of
the LORD, which he spake by Elijah.
17 And it came to pass after these things, thatthe son of the woman, the mistress of the
house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore, that there was no breath left in him.
18 And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? art thou come unto
me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son?