1. Kongebog 16 | Bibelen på hverdagsdansk

Bibelen på hverdagsdansk

1 Profeten Jehu, Hananis søn, kom til Basha med et ord fra Herren: 2 „Jeg løftede dig op fra støvet og gjorde dig til konge over mit folk Israel. Men du følger i Jeroboams fodspor og lokker mit folk til synd, så de gør oprør mod mig. 3 Jeg vil snart udrydde dig og din slægt fuldstændigt, akkurat som det skete med Jeroboams slægt. 4-7 Dem fra din slægt, som bliver dræbt i byen, vil hundene æde, og dem, som bliver dræbt på landet, vil fuglene æde!” Herren udtalte denne dom over Basha og hans slægt, fordi Basha havde gjort ham vred ved at følge i Jeroboams fodspor og gøre oprør mod Herren, og fordi han havde udryddet Jeroboams slægt. Bashas øvrige bedrifter står nedskrevet i Israels kongers krønikebog. Da Basha døde, blev han begravet i Tirtza, og hans søn Ela overtog kongetronen.

Diverse onde konger i Israel

8 Ela, Bashas søn, kom til magten i kong Asa af Judas 26. regeringsår, men han kom kun til at regere i to år.^[1] 9 Zimri, der stod i spidsen for halvdelen af vogntropperne, lavede en sammensværgelse imod ham. En dag, da kong Ela var på besøg hos sin hofmarskal, Artza, i residensbyen Tirtza, og var blevet godt beruset, 10 trængte Zimri ind i huset og myrdede ham. Mordet fandt sted i kong Asa af Judas 27. regeringsår. Derefter udråbte Zimri sig selv til Israels nye konge. 11 Han dræbte straks hele kongefamilien, det vil sige alle mandspersoner, som kunne true hans regime. Selv deres slægtninge og venner dræbte han, så der ikke var nogen til at tage blodhævn. 12 Bashas slægt var nu udryddet, som Herren havde sagt gennem profeten Jehu, 13 og det var fordi Basha og hans søn Ela havde forledt hele Israels folk til oprør mod Herren ved deres afgudsdyrkelse. 14 Resten af Elas livshistorie og hans bedrifter er nedskrevet i Israels kongers krønikebog. 15-16 Zimri beholdt dog kun kongemagten i syv dage. De israelitiske soldater var på det tidspunkt i færd med at belejre filisterbyen Gibbeton. Da de hørte, at Zimri havde gjort oprør imod kongen og dræbt ham, valgte de straks Omri, hærens øverstkommanderende, til konge. 17 Omri opgav så belejringen af Gibbeton og med hele Israels hær belejrede han hovedstaden Tirtza, hvor Zimri befandt sig. 18 Da Zimri indså, at han intet kunne stille op, gik han ind i kongepaladset og satte ild til det. Sådan omkom han, 19 fordi han gjorde, hvad der var ondt i Herrens øjne og fortsatte i samme spor som Jeroboam, der havde indført afgudsdyrkelse i Israel. 20 Resten af Zimris bedrifter og detaljer om hans oprør mod kongen er nedskrevet i Israels kongers krønikebog. 21 Befolkningen delte sig nu i to lejre, den ene var loyal over for Omri, den anden udråbte Tibni, søn af Ginat, til konge. 22 Men Omris hær var den stærkeste, så i løbet af få år blev Tibnis hær besejret. Efter at Tibni var død, blev Omri konge over hele Nordriget. 23 Det var i kong Asa af Judas 31. regeringsår, at Omri officielt blev konge over hele Nordriget. Han regerede i alt i 12 år—de første seks år i Tirtza. 24 Han købte en bakketop af en mand ved navn Shemer for 70 kilo sølv og byggede en by der, som blev hans nye hovedstad. Han kaldte byen Samaria^[2] til ære for Shemer. 25 Men Omri var værre end nogen anden konge før ham. 26 Han fortsatte i det spor, Jeroboam var slået ind på, da han fik Israels folk til at gøre oprør mod Herren, deres Gud, gennem deres tåbelige afgudsdyrkelse. 27 Resten af Omris bedrifter er nedskrevet i Israels kongers krønikebog. 28 Da Omri døde, blev han begravet i Samaria, og hans søn Ahab blev konge efter ham.

Ahab som konge i Israel

29 Ahab blev konge i Israel i kong Asa af Judas 38. regeringsår. Han regerede i 22 år med Samaria som hovedstad. 30 Han gjorde, hvad der var ondt i Herrens øjne i endnu højere grad end sine forgængere. 31 Ikke alene fortsatte han i Jeroboams spor og dyrkede de afguder, han havde indført, men han giftede sig endog med Jezabel, sidonierkongen Et-Ba’als datter, og indførte derved ba’aldyrkelsen i Israel! 32 Først byggede han et tempel og et alter for Ba’al i Samaria. 33 Derpå lavede han andre afguder og et frugtbarhedssymbol for Asheragudinden. Derved provokerede han Herren, Israels Gud, med sit oprør, og det mere end nogen anden konge i Israel før ham. 34 Det var på kong Ahabs tid, at en mand ved navn Hiel fra Betel formastede sig til at genopbygge Jeriko. Mens han lagde byens nye fundament, døde hans ældste søn Abiram, og da han gjorde byporten færdig, døde hans yngste søn Segub. Derved opfyldtes den forbandelse, som Josva i sin tid havde udtalt.^[3]

King James Version

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' house, and burnt the king' 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 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.