1O profeta Jeú, filho de Hanani, entregou ao rei Bacha uma mensagem de condenação da parte do Senhor. 2“Tirei-te do pó do chão”, dizia a mensagem, “para te constituir rei sobre o povo de Israel; mas tu preferiste andar nos maus caminhos de Jeroboão. Fizeste pecar o meu povo e acendeste a minha ira! 3Por isso, destruir-te-ei e à tua família como fiz com os descendentes de Jeroboão, filho de Nebat. 4Os teus familiares que morrerem na cidade serão comidos por cães, os que morrerem nos campos serão comidos pelas aves.”
5O resto da biografia de Bacha, os seus atos e conquistas, está no Livro das Crónicas dos Reis de Israel. 6Bacha morreu e foi sepultado na cidade de Tirza. Sucedeu-lhe no trono o seu filho Elá. 7Quando o Senhor enviou a sua mensagem a Bacha e aos seus, por intermédio do profeta Jeú, filho de Hanani, fê-lo por duas razões: primeiro, por Bacha e os seus familiares terem feito o que desagradava ao Senhor e provocado a sua ira, como fizeram Jeroboão e a sua família; segundo, por Bacha ter massacrado toda a família de Jeroboão.
Elá rei de Israel
8Elá, filho de Bacha, começou a reinar no vigésimo sexto ano do reinado do rei Asa de Judá, mas reinou em Tirza durante 2 anos.
9O general Zimri, que tinha a seu cargo o comando de metade dos carros reais de combate, conspirou contra ele. Um dia, o rei Elá encontrava-se na casa de Arza, o superintendente do palácio em Tirza. 10O rei estava já embriagado quando Zimri simplesmente entrou, o feriu e matou. Isto ocorreu no vigésimo sétimo ano do reinado de Asa, rei de Judá. Zimri proclamou-se a si mesmo o novo rei de Israel.
11Imediatamente mandou matar toda a família real anterior, sem deixar com vida um só elemento masculino. 12Eliminou mesmo os familiares mais afastados e os amigos do rei. Esta destruição dos descendentes de Bacha correspondia ao que o Senhor tinha predito por intermédio do profeta Jeú. 13A tragédia ocorreu por causa dos pecados de Bacha e do seu filho Elá; porque foram eles que levaram Israel à idolatria e o Senhor, Deus de Israel, ficou muito irado com isso.
14O resto da história do reinado de Elá está escrito no Livro das Crónicas dos Reis de Israel.
Zimri rei de Israel
15No entanto, Zimri ficou no poder apenas sete dias. Quando as tropas de Israel, que estavam a atacar a cidade filisteia de Gibetom, 16souberam que Zimri tinha assassinado o rei, decidiram eleger como rei o general Omri, comandante das forças militares. 17Omri levou o exército, desde Gibetom, a atacar Tirza, a capital de Israel. 18Ao ver a cidade tomada, Zimri foi para a fortaleza do palácio, incendiou-o e morreu entre as chamas. 19Porque também ele tinha pecado, fazendo o que era mau aos olhos do Senhor, à semelhança de Jeroboão, prestando culto a ídolos e levando o povo a pecar.
20O resto dos acontecimentos da vida de Zimri e a sua traição estão narrados no Livro das Crónicas dos Reis de Israel.
Omri rei de Israel
21Agora o próprio reino de Israel estava dividido em dois; metade era leal ao general Omri e outra metade seguia Tibni, filho de Ginate. 22Contudo, o general saiu vitorioso e matou Tibni; Omri passou a reinar sem oposição.
23O rei Asa de Judá tinha estado no trono 31 anos, quando Omri começou o seu reinado sobre Israel, o qual durou 12 anos, 6 dos quais em Tirza. 24Omri comprou a colina, agora conhecida por Samaria, ao seu proprietário Semer, por 70 quilos de prata, e construiu ali uma cidade, chamando-lhe Samaria em honra do seu proprietário Semer.
25Omri foi pior do que qualquer dos reis que o precederam, pois fez tudo o que era mau aos olhos do Senhor. 26Prestou culto aos ídolos, tal como Jeroboão, filho de Nebate, e levou Israel a cometer o mesmo pecado, acendendo a ira do Senhor, Deus de Israel, com a sua inútil idolatria.
27O resto da história de Omri está relatado no Livro das Crónicas dos Reis de Israel. 28Omri morreu e foi sepultado em Samaria; o seu filho Acabe reinou em seu lugar.
Acabe rei de Israel
29O rei Asa de Judá tinha estado no trono 38 anos, quando Acabe se tornou rei de Israel. Acabe reinou 22 anos. 30Acabe fez o que era mau aos olhos do Senhor, e foi pior do que o seu pai Omri e do que qualquer outro rei de Israel. 31Como se não bastasse em pecar como Jeroboão, filho de Nebate, casou-se com Jezabel, filha do rei Etbaal, rei dos sidónios, acabando por prestar culto a Baal. 32Iniciou o culto a Baal, começando por construir um templo e um altar a esse deus em Samaria. 33Depois fez outros postes ídolos de Achera, e acendeu ainda mais a ira do Senhor, o Deus de Israel, do que qualquer dos outros reis de Israel antes dele.
34Foi durante o seu reinado que Hiel, um homem de Betel, reconstruiu Jericó. Quando colocou os alicerces, morreu-lhe o filho mais velho, Abirão. Quando completou as construções e colocou as portas da povoação, faleceu-lhe o filho mais novo, Segube. Porque esta tinha sido a maldição do Senhor sobre Jericó, declarada por Josué, filho de Num.
1Then the word of the LORD came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying, 2Forasmuch 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; 3Behold, 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. 4Him 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. 5Now 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? 6So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah: and Elah his son reigned in his stead. 7And 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. 9And 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.16.9 steward…: Heb. which was over 10And 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, 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.16.11 neither…: or, both his kinsmen and his friends 12Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake against Baasha by Jehu the prophet,16.12 by: Heb. by the hand of 13For 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. 14Now 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?
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. 16And 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. 17And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah. 18And 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, 19For 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. 20Now 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?
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. 22But 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. 24And 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.16.24 Samaria: Heb. Shomeron
25¶ But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the LORD, and did worse than all that were before him. 26For 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. 27Now 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? 28So 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. 30And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD above all that were before him. 31And 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.16.31 as if…: Heb. was it a light thing, etc 32And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria. 33And 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 Beth-elite 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.
