from Biblica1The LORD’s message about Baasha came to Jehu, the son of Hanani. Here is what the LORD said about Baasha.2‘I lifted you up from the dust. I appointed you king over my people Israel. But you lived the way Jeroboam had lived. You also caused my people Israel to sin. And their sins made me very angry.3So I am about to destroy you, Baasha, and your royal house. I will make your house like the royal house of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat.4Some of the people who belong to you will die in the city. Dogs will eat them up. Others will die in the country. The birds will eat them.’5The other events of Baasha’s rule are written down. What he did and what he accomplished are written in the official records of the kings of Israel.6Baasha joined the members of his family who had already died. He was buried in Tirzah. Baasha’s son Elah became the next king after him.7The LORD’s message came through the prophet Jehu, the son of Hanani. It was against Baasha and his royal house. Baasha had done all kinds of evil things in the sight of the LORD. Baasha had also destroyed the royal house of Jeroboam. What Baasha did had made the LORD very angry. So Baasha had become as sinful as the royal house of Jeroboam had been.
Elah king of Israel
8Elah became king of Israel. It was in the 26th year that Asa was king of Judah. Elah ruled in Tirzah for two years. He was the son of Baasha.9Zimri was one of Elah’s officials. He commanded half of Elah’s chariot drivers. He made plans against Elah. Elah was in Tirzah at the time. He was getting drunk in the home of Arza. Arza was in charge of the palace at Tirzah.10Zimri came in. He struck Elah down and killed him. It was in the 27th year of Asa, the king of Judah. Zimri became the next king after Elah.11As soon as Zimri was seated on the throne as king, he killed off Baasha’s whole family. He didn’t even spare one male. It didn’t matter whether it was a relative or a friend.12So Zimri destroyed the whole family of Baasha. That’s what the LORD had said would happen. He had spoken against Baasha through Jehu the prophet.13Baasha and his son Elah had committed all kinds of sin. They had also caused Israel to commit the same sins. So Israel made the LORD very angry. They did it by worshipping worthless statues of gods. The LORD is the God of Israel.14The other events of Elah’s rule are written down. Everything he did is written in the official records of the kings of Israel.
Zimri king of Israel
15Zimri ruled in Tirzah for seven days. It was in the 27th year that Asa was king of Judah. The army of Israel had set up camp near Gibbethon. It was a Philistine town.16The Israelites in the camp heard that Zimri had made plans against King Elah. They also heard that Zimri had murdered him. So they announced that Omri was king over Israel. He was the commander of the army. They made him king that day in the camp.17Then Omri and all his men pulled back from Gibbethon. They marched to Tirzah and surrounded it. They attacked it and captured it.18Zimri saw that they had taken over the city. So he went into the safest place in the royal palace. He set the palace on fire all around him. He died there19because of the sins he had committed. He had done what was evil in the sight of the LORD. He had lived the way Jeroboam had lived. He had committed the same sin Jeroboam had caused Israel to commit.20The other events of Zimri’s rule are written down. The way he turned against King Elah and killed him is written down. All these things are written in the official records of the kings of Israel.
Omri king of Israel
21The Israelites divided up into two groups. Half of them wanted Tibni to be king. He was the son of Ginath. The other half wanted Omri.22But Omri’s followers were stronger than those of Tibni, the son of Ginath. So Tibni died. And Omri began to rule.23Omri became king of Israel. It was in the 31st year that Asa was king of Judah. Omri ruled for 12 years. He ruled in Tirzah for six of those years.24He bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer. He weighed out 72 kilograms of silver for it. Then he built a city on the hill. He called it Samaria. He named it after Shemer. Shemer had owned the hill before him.25But Omri did what was evil in the sight of the LORD. He sinned more than all the kings who had ruled before him.26He lived the way Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, had lived. He committed the same sin Jeroboam had caused Israel to commit. Israel made the LORD very angry. They did it by worshipping worthless statues of gods. The LORD is the God of Israel.27The other events of Omri’s rule are written down. Everything he did and the things he accomplished are written in the official records of the kings of Israel.28Omri joined the members of his family who had already died. He was buried in Samaria. Omri’s son Ahab became the next king after him.
Ahab king of Israel
29Ahab became king of Israel. It was in the 38th year that Asa was king of Judah. Ahab ruled over Israel in Samaria for 22 years. He was the son of Omri.30Ahab, the son of Omri, did what was evil in the sight of the LORD. He did more evil things than any of the kings who had ruled before him.31He thought it was only a small thing to commit the sins Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, had committed. Ahab also married Jezebel. She was Ethbaal’s daughter. Ethbaal was king of the people of Sidon. Ahab began to serve the god named Baal and worship him.32He set up an altar to honour Baal. He set it up in the temple of Baal that he built in Samaria.33Ahab also made a pole used to worship the female god named Asherah. He made the LORD very angry. Ahab did more to make him angry than all the kings of Israel had done before him. The LORD is the God of Israel.34In Ahab’s time, Hiel from Bethel rebuilt Jericho. When he laid its foundations, it cost him the life of his eldest son Abiram. When he set up its gates, it cost him the life of his youngest son Segub. That’s what the LORD had said would happen. He had spoken it through Joshua, the son of Nun.
1 Kings 16
Nuova Riveduta 2006
from Società Biblica di Ginevra1La parola del Signore fu rivolta a Ieu, figlio di Canani, contro Baasa, in questi termini:2«Io ti ho innalzato dalla polvere e ti ho fatto principe del mio popolo Israele, ma tu hai seguito la via di Geroboamo e hai spinto il mio popolo Israele a peccare, provocando il mio sdegno con i suoi peccati;3perciò io spazzerò via Baasa e la sua casa, e farò della tua casa quel che ho fatto della casa di Geroboamo, figlio di Nebat.4Quelli di Baasa che moriranno in città saranno divorati dai cani, e quelli che moriranno nei campi saranno divorati dagli uccelli del cielo».5Le rimanenti azioni di Baasa, le sue gesta e le sue prodezze, risultano scritte nel libro delle Cronache dei re d’Israele.6E Baasa si addormentò con i suoi padri e fu sepolto a Tirsa; ed Ela, suo figlio, regnò al suo posto.7La parola del Signore, per mezzo del profeta Ieu, figlio di Canani, fu diretta contro Baasa e contro la casa di lui, per tutto il male che Baasa aveva fatto sotto gli occhi del Signore, provocandolo a ira, con l’opera delle sue mani, perché aveva imitato la casa di Geroboamo e aveva sterminato quella casa.
Ela, re d’Israele
8Il ventiseiesimo anno di Asa, re di Giuda, Ela, figlio di Baasa, cominciò a regnare sopra Israele. Stava a Tirsa, e regnò due anni.9Zimri, suo servitore, che comandava la metà dei suoi carri, congiurò contro di lui. Ela stava a Tirsa, bevendo e ubriacandosi in casa di Arsa, sovrintendente del palazzo di Tirsa.10Zimri entrò, lo colpì e lo uccise, il ventisettesimo anno di Asa, re di Giuda, e regnò al suo posto.11Quando fu re, appena fu sul trono, distrusse tutta la casa di Baasa; non gli lasciò neppure un uomo, né parenti, né amici.12Così Zimri sterminò tutta la casa di Baasa, secondo la parola che il Signore aveva pronunciata contro Baasa per bocca del profeta Ieu,13a causa di tutti i peccati che Baasa ed Ela, suo figlio, avevano commessi e fatto commettere a Israele, provocando l’ira del Signore, Dio d’Israele, con i loro idoli.14Il resto delle azioni di Ela e tutto quello che fece risulta scritto nel libro delle Cronache dei re d’Israele.
Zimri, re d’Israele
15Il ventisettesimo anno di Asa, re di Giuda, Zimri regnò per sette giorni a Tirsa. Il popolo era accampato contro Ghibbeton, città dei Filistei.16Il popolo accampato in quel luogo sentì dire: «Zimri ha fatto una congiura e ha perfino ucciso il re!» E quello stesso giorno, nell’accampamento, tutto Israele fece re d’Israele Omri, capo dell’esercito.17E Omri con tutto Israele salì da Ghibbeton e assediò Tirsa.18Zimri, vedendo che la città era presa, si ritirò nella torre del palazzo del re, diede fuoco al palazzo del re e morì.19Così morì a causa dei peccati che aveva commessi, facendo ciò che è male agli occhi del Signore, seguendo la via di Geroboamo e abbandonandosi al peccato che questi aveva commesso, spingendo Israele a peccare.20Il resto delle azioni di Zimri, la congiura che egli tramò, sono scritte nel libro delle Cronache dei re d’Israele.21Allora il popolo d’Israele si divise in due parti; metà del popolo seguiva Tibni, figlio di Ghinat, per farlo re; l’altra metà seguiva Omri.22Ma il popolo che seguiva Omri prevalse su quello che seguiva Tibni, figlio di Ghinat. Tibni morì e regnò Omri.
Omri, re d’Israele; Samaria, capitale del regno
23Il trentunesimo anno di Asa, re di Giuda, Omri cominciò a regnare sopra Israele, e regnò dodici anni. Regnò sei anni a Tirsa.24Poi comprò da Semer il monte di Samaria per due talenti d’argento; costruì su quel monte una città; e alla città che costruì diede il nome di Samaria dal nome di Semer, padrone del monte.25Omri fece ciò che è male agli occhi del Signore e fece peggio di tutti i suoi predecessori;26seguì in tutto la via di Geroboamo, figlio di Nebat, e si abbandonò ai peccati che Geroboamo aveva fatto commettere a Israele, provocando lo sdegno del Signore, Dio d’Israele, con i suoi idoli.27Il resto delle azioni compiute da Omri e le prodezze da lui fatte stanno scritte nel libro delle Cronache dei re d’Israele.28Omri si addormentò con i suoi padri e fu sepolto a Samaria; e Acab, suo figlio, regnò al suo posto.
Acab, re d’Israele; matrimonio con Izebel
29Acab, figlio di Omri, cominciò a regnare sopra Israele l’anno trentottesimo di Asa, re di Giuda; e regnò a Samaria, sopra Israele, per ventidue anni.30Acab, figlio di Omri, fece ciò che è male agli occhi del Signore più di tutti quelli che l’avevano preceduto.31Come se fosse stato per lui poca cosa abbandonarsi ai peccati di Geroboamo, figlio di Nebat, prese in moglie Izebel, figlia di Etbaal, re dei Sidoni, andò ad adorare Baal[1], a prostrarsi davanti a lui,32e innalzò un altare a Baal, nel tempio di Baal, che costruì a Samaria.33Acab fece anche l’idolo di Astarte. Acab fece più di quello che avevano fatto tutti i precedenti re d’Israele per provocare lo sdegno del Signore, Dio d’Israele.34Al tempo di lui, Chiel, di Betel, ricostruì Gerico; ne gettò le fondamenta su Abiram, suo primogenito, e ne rizzò le porte su Segub, il più giovane dei suoi figli, secondo la parola che il Signore aveva pronunciata per bocca di Giosuè, figlio di Nun.