de Biblica1O 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.
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de Crossway1And the word of the Lord came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying, (2 Cr 16:7; 2 Cr 19:2; 2 Cr 20:34)2“Since I exalted you out of the dust and made you leader over my people Israel, and you have walked in the way of Jeroboam and have made my people Israel to sin, provoking me to anger with their sins, (1 Rs 14:7; 1 Rs 15:34)3behold, I will utterly sweep away Baasha and his house, and I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat. (1 Rs 14:10; 1 Rs 15:29; 1 Rs 16:11; 1 Rs 21:21)4Anyone belonging to Baasha who dies in the city the dogs shall eat, and anyone of his who dies in the field the birds of the heavens shall eat.” (1 Rs 14:11; 1 Rs 21:24)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?6And Baasha slept with his fathers and was buried at Tirzah, and Elah his son reigned in his place. (1 Rs 14:17; 1 Rs 15:21)7Moreover, the word of the Lord came by the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha and his house, both because of all the evil that he did in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam, and also because he destroyed it. (1 Rs 15:27; 1 Rs 15:29; 1 Rs 16:1; Os 1:4)
Elah Reigns in Israel
8In the twenty-sixth year of Asa king of Judah, Elah the son of Baasha began to reign over Israel in Tirzah, and he reigned two years.9But his servant Zimri, commander of half his chariots, conspired against him. When he was at Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, who was over the household in Tirzah, (1 Rs 18:3; 2 Rs 9:31)10Zimri came in and struck him down and killed him, in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his place.11When he began to reign, as soon as he had seated himself on his throne, he struck down all the house of Baasha. He did not leave him a single male of his relatives or his friends. (1 Sm 25:22; 1 Rs 16:3)12Thus Zimri destroyed all the house of Baasha, according to the word of the Lord, which he spoke against Baasha by Jehu the prophet, (1 Rs 16:1; 1 Rs 16:3)13for all the sins of Baasha and the sins of Elah his son, which they sinned and which they made Israel to sin, provoking the Lord God of Israel to anger with their idols. (Dt 32:21; 1 Rs 16:26)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?
Zimri Reigns in Israel
15In the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, Zimri reigned seven days in Tirzah. Now the troops were encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines, (1 Rs 15:27)16and the troops who were encamped heard it said, “Zimri has conspired, and he has killed the king.” Therefore all Israel made Omri, the commander of the army, king over Israel that day in the camp.17So Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah.18And when Zimri saw that the city was taken, he went into the citadel of the king’s house and burned the king’s house over him with fire and died,19because of his sins that he committed, doing evil in the sight of the Lord, walking in the way of Jeroboam, and for his sin which he committed, making Israel to sin. (1 Rs 15:26; 1 Rs 15:34)20Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and the conspiracy that he made, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
Omri Reigns in Israel
21Then the people of Israel were 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 who followed Omri overcame the people who followed Tibni the son of Ginath. So Tibni died, and Omri became king.23In the thirty-first year of Asa king of Judah, Omri began to reign over Israel, and he reigned for twelve years; six years he reigned in Tirzah.24He bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents[1] of silver, and he fortified the hill and called the name of the city that he built Samaria, after the name of Shemer, the owner of the hill. (1 Rs 13:32; 1 Rs 16:28; 1 Rs 16:32)25Omri did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and did more evil than all who were before him. (1 Rs 16:30; Mq 6:16)26For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in the sins that he made Israel to sin, provoking the Lord, the God of Israel, to anger by their idols. (1 Rs 16:13; 1 Rs 16:19)27Now the rest of the acts of Omri that he did, and the might that he showed, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?28And Omri slept with his fathers and was buried in Samaria, and Ahab his son reigned in his place.
Ahab Reigns in Israel
29In the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah, Ahab the son of Omri began to reign over Israel, and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty-two years.30And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the Lord, more than all who were before him. (1 Rs 16:25; 1 Rs 21:25)31And as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, he took for his wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and went and served Baal and worshiped him. (Ex 34:16; Dt 7:3; Jz 18:7; 1 Rs 21:25; 2 Rs 3:2; 2 Rs 10:18; 2 Rs 17:16)32He erected an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he built in Samaria. (2 Rs 10:21; 2 Rs 10:26)33And Ahab made an Asherah. Ahab did more to provoke the Lord, the God of Israel, to anger than all the kings of Israel who were before him. (Ex 34:13; 1 Rs 16:30; 1 Rs 18:19; 2 Rs 13:6; 2 Rs 17:10; 2 Rs 21:3; 2 Cr 14:3; Jr 17:2)34In his days Hiel of Bethel built Jericho. He laid its foundation at the cost of Abiram his firstborn, and set up its gates at the cost of his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the Lord, which he spoke by Joshua the son of Nun. (Js 6:26; 2 Rs 2:4; 2 Rs 2:18)