1 وأرسَلَ الرّبُّ النَّبـيَّ ياهو بنَ حناني إلى بَعشا يُنذِرُهُ: 2 «رفَعتُكَ مِنَ الحضيضِ وجعَلتُكَ قائِدا لِشعبـي إِسرائيلَ، فسَلكْتَ طريقَ يَرُبعامَ وجعَلْتَ شعبـي يَخطَأونَ ويُغيظونَنِـي بِـخطاياهُم. 3 لِذلِكَ أُبـيدُ ذُرِّيَّتَكَ وأجعَلُ بَيتَكَ كبَيتِ يَرُبعامَ بنِ ناباطَ. 4 مَنْ ماتَ لكَ في المدينةِ تأكُلُهُ الكلابُ، ومَنْ ماتَ لكَ في الصَّحراءِ تأكُلُه طَيرُ السَّماءِ».
5 وما بَقيَ مِنْ أخبارِ بَعشا وأعمالِهِ وبسالَتِهِ مُدَوَّنَةٌ في سِفرِ أخبارِ الأيّامِ لِمُلوكِ إِسرائيلَ. 6 ماتَ بَعشا ودُفِنَ معَ آبائِهِ في تِرْصَةَ وملَكَ أيلَةُ ابنُهُ مكانَهُ 7 وما أنذَرَ بهِ الرّبُّ بَعشا وبَيتَهُ على لِسانِ ياهو بنِ حناني النَّبـيِّ كانَ فقط بِسبَبِ جميعِ الشُّرورِ الّتي فعَلَها أمامَ الرّبِّ، فأغاظَهُ كما فعَلَ يَرُبعامُ قَبلَهُ، بل أيضا لأنَّهُ قضى على ذُرِّيَّةِ يَرُبعامَ.
أيلة يخلف بعشا
8 وفي السَّنةِ السَّادسةِ والعِشرينَ لآسا مَلِكِ يَهوذا، توَلَّى أيلَةُ بنُ بَعشا المُلْكَ على إِسرائيلَ بِتِرْصَةَ سنَتَينِ. 9 فثارَ علَيهِ زِمْري، أحدُ رِجالِهِ وقائِدُ نِصفِ كتيـبةِ المَركَباتِ، وحينَ كانَ أيلَةُ في تِرْصَةَ يشرَبُ ويسكَرُ في بَيتِ أرْصا المُوكَّلِ على القصرِ هُناكَ، 10 دخَلَ زِمْري وضرَبَهُ بِالسَّيفِ وقتَلَهُ في السَّنةِ السَّابعةِ والعِشرينَ لِعَهدِ آسا مَلِكِ يَهوذا، وتوَلَّى المُلْكَ مكانَهُ.
11 فلمَّا مَلَكَ وجلَسَ على العرشِ أبادَ جميعَ نَسلِ بَعشا ولم يَترُكْ لَه ذَكَرا ولا أحدا مِنْ أقارِبِه وأصحابِهِ. 12 فعَلَ ذلِكَ كما أنذَرَ بهِ الرّبُّ بَعشا، على لِسانِ ياهو النَّبـيِّ، 13 لأنَّهُ أغاظَ الرّبَّ إلهَ إِسرائيلَ، هوَ وأيلَةُ ابنُهُ، بِأصنامِهِما وبِـجميعِ خَطاياهُما الّتي خَطِئا بِها وجعَلا شعبَ إِسرائيلَ يَخطَأُ. 14 وما بَقيَ مِنْ أخبارِ أيلَةَ وأعمالِهِ مُدَوَّنَةٌ في سِفرِ أخبارِ الأيّامِ لِمُلوكِ إِسرائيلَ.
زمري يخلف أيلة
15 وفي السَّنةِ السَّابعةِ والعِشرينَ لآسا مَلِكِ يَهوذا، توَلَّى زِمري المُلْكَ على إِسرائيلَ سبعةَ أيّامٍ بِتِرْصَةَ حينَ كانَ يُحاصِرُ جِبَّثونَ الّتي لِلفِلسطيِّينَ. 16 فلمَّا سَمِعَ الجيشُ أنَّ زِمري ثارَ على المَلِكَ وقتَلَهُ، نادوا جميعُهُم على الفَورِ بِــعُمري قائدِ الجيشِ مَلِكا على إِسرائيلَ. 17 فسارَ عُمري وجميعُ جيشِهِ مِنْ جِبَّثونَ وحاصروا تِرْصةَ. 18 فلمَّا رأى زِمري أنَّ المدينةَ سقَطَت، دخَلَ قصرَهُ وأحرَقهُ على نفْسِه وماتَ. 19 حدَثَ ذلِكَ لأنَّهُ خَطئَ أمامَ الرّبِّ، وسلَكَ في طريقِ يَرُبعامَ، وجعَلَ شعبَ إِسرائيلَ يَخطَأُ. 20 وما بَقيَ مِنْ أخبارِ زِمري وثورتِهِ على أيلَةَ بنِ بَعشا مُدَوَّنٌ في سِفرِ أخبارِ الأيّامِ لِمُلوكِ إِسرائيلَ.
عمري يخلف زمري
21 ثُمَّ انقَسَمَ شعبُ إِسرائيلَ قِسمَينِ، فقِسمٌ تَبِـعَ تِبني بنَ جينَةَ لِـيُقيمَهُ مَلِكا، والآخَرُ تَبِـع عُمري. 22 وقويَ أنصارُ عُمري على أنصارِ تِبني بنِ جينَةَ، فماتَ تِبني وملَكَ عُمري. 23 وفي السَّنةِ الحاديةِ والثَّلاثينَ على عَهدِ آسا مَلِكِ يَهوذا، توَلَّى عُمري المُلْكَ على إِسرائيلَ اثنَتَي عشْرَةَ سنَةً. مَلَكَ بِتِرْصةَ سِتَّ سِنينَ. 24 واشترى جبَلَ السَّامِرةِ مِنْ شامِرَ بِرُبْعِ قِنطارٍ مِنَ الفِضَّةِ، وعلَيهِ بَنى مدينةً سَمَّاها بِاسمِ شامِرَ صاحبِ الجبَلِ.
25 وفعَلَ عُمري الشَّرَّ أمامَ الرّبِّ، وفاقَ بِشَرِّهِ جميعَ مَنْ تقَدَّمَهُ. 26 فأغاظَ الرّبَّ إلهَ إِسرائيلَ بِأصنامِهِ وسُلوكِهِ في جميعِ طُرُقِ يَرُبعامَ بنِ ناباطَ وخطاياهُ الّتي جعَلَ بِها شعبَ إِسرائيلَ يَخطَأُ. 27 وما بَقيَ مِنْ أخبارِ عُمري وأعمالِهِ وبسالَتِهِ مُدَوَّنٌ في سِفرِ أخبارِ الأيّامِ لِمُلوكِ إِسرائيلَ. 28 وماتَ عُمري ودُفِنَ معَ آبائِهِ في السَّامِرَةِ وملَكَ أخآبُ ابنُهُ مكانَهُ.
29 وملَكَ أخآبُ بنُ عُمري على إِسرائيلَ في السَّنةِ الثَّامنةِ والثَّلاثينَ لآسا مَلِكِ يَهوذا، ودامَ مُلْكُهُ اثنَتَينِ وعِشرينَ سنَةً. 30 وفعَلَ أخآبُ الشَّرَّ أمامَ الرّبِّ أكثَرَ مِنْ جميعِ مَنْ تقَدَّمَهُ. 31 وما كفاهُ أنَّهُ خَطئَ مِثلَ يَرُبعامَ بنِ ناباطَ، بل زادَ على كُلِّ ذلِكَ فتَزَوَّجَ إيزابلَ بِنتَ أنبَعَلَ مَلِكِ الصَّيدونيِّينَ، وعبَدَ البَعلَ وسجَدَ لَه. 32 وأقامَ مذبَحا في بَيتِ البَعلِ الّذي بَناهُ بِالسَّامِرةِ. 33 وأقامَ أخابُ نُصُبا لأشيرةِ، وأغاظَ الرّبَّ إلهَ إِسرائيلَ أكثَرَ مِنْ جميعِ سابِقيهِ مِنْ مُلوكِ إِسرائيلَ. 34 وفي أيّامِهِ بَنى حيئيلُ الّذي مِنْ بَيتَ إيلَ مدينةَ أريحا، على أبـيرامَ ابنِهِ البِكْرِ أسَّسَها وعلى سَجوبَ أصغَرِ بَنيهِ أقامَ أبوابَها، وهكذا تَمَّ ما قالَ الرّبُّ على لِسانِ يَشوعَ بنِ نُونٍ.
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, are they 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 his chariots, conspired against him, as he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza steward of his house 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, 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. 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, 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. 16 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. 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, 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. 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 were before 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, are they 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 were before 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 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.