1 O profeta Jeú entregou ao rei Basha uma mensagem de condenação da parte do Senhor:
2 Tirei-te do pó do chão, dizia a mensagem, para te fazer rei sobre o povo de Israel; mas tu preferiste andar nos maus caminhos de Jeroboão. Fizeste pecar o meu povo e acendeste por isso a minha ira! Portanto destruir-te-ei e à tua família, tal como fiz com os descendentes de Jeroboão. Aqueles teus familiares que morrerem na cidade serão comidos por cães, os que morrerem nos campos serão comidos pelas aves. Esta mensagem foi-lhe enviada, a Basha e aos seus, porque irritou o Senhor com os seus pecados. Foi tão mau quanto Jeroboão a despeito do facto do Senhor ter destruído todos os descendentes de Jeroboão por causa da sua maldade. O resto da biografia de Basha - os seus actos e conquistas - está nas Crónicas dos Reis de Israel.
8 Elá, filho de Basha, começou a reinar no vigésimo-sexto ano do reinado do rei Asa de Judá, mas reinou apenas dois anos. O general Zimri, que tinha a seu cargo o comando de metade dos carros de combate reais, conspirou contra ele. Um dia o rei Elá encontrava-se na casa de Arza, o superintendente do palácio em Tirza; o rei estava já embriagado quando Zimri simplesmente entrou, feriu-o e matou-o. (Isto ocorreu no vigésimo-sétimo ano do reinado de Asa, de Judá.) Zimri declarou-se a si mesmo o novo rei de Israel.
11 Imediatamente matou toda a família real anterior, sem deixar em vida um só elemento masculino, criança que fosse. Destruiu mesmo os familiares mais afastados e os amigos do rei. Esta destruição dos descendentes de Basha correspondia ao que o Senhor tinha predito por intermédio do profeta Jeú. A tragédia ocorreu por causa dos pecados de Basha e do seu filho Elá; porque foram eles quem levou Israel à idolatria e o Senhor ficou muito irado com isso. O resto da história do reinado de Elá está escrito nas Crónicas dos Reis de Israel.
15 Mas Zimri apenas ficou no poder sete dias; porque quando as tropas de Israel, que estavam a atacar a cidade filistéia de Gibetom, souberam que Zimri tinha assassinado o rei, decidiram eleger o general Omri, comandante das forças militares, como rei. Então Omri levou o exército, desde Gibetom, a atacar Tirza, capital de Israel. Ao ver a cidade tomada, Zimri foi para o palácio, incendiou-o e morreu entre as chamas. Porque ele também tinha pecado à semelhança de Jeroboão, prestando culto a ídolos e levando o povo a pecar com ele. O resto dos acontecimentos de Zimri, e a sua traição, estão narrados nas Crónicas dos Reis de Israel.
21 Mas agora o próprio reino de Israel estava dividido em dois; metade era leal ao general Omri e outra metade seguia Tibni, filho de Ginate. Contudo o general foi vitorioso e matou Tibni; Omri passou a reinar sem oposição.
23 O rei Asa de Judá tinha estado sobre o trono trinta e um anos quando Omri começou o seu reinado sobre Israel, o qual durou doze anos, seis dos quais em Tirza. Omri comprou a colina, agora conhecida por Samaria, ao seu proprietário Semer, por setenta quilos de prata, e construiu nela uma cidade, chamando-lhe Samaria em honra do seu proprietário Semer. Omri foi pior do que qualquer dos reis que o precederam; prestou culto aos ídolos tal como Jeroboão e levou Israel ao mesmo pecado. Deus ficou por isso muito irado. O resto da história de Omri está relatado nas Crónicas dos Reis de Israel. Omri morreu e foi enterrado em Samaria; seu filho Acabe reinou em seu lugar.
29 O rei Asa de Judá tinha estado sobre o trono trinta e oito anos quando Acabe se tornou rei de Israel; Acabe reinou vinte e dois anos. Mas foi pior ainda do que o seu pai Omri e do que qualquer outro rei de Israel! Como se isso não bastasse, casou com Jezabel, filha do rei Etbaal, rei dos sidónios; e então iniciou o culto a Baal. Começou por construir um templo e um altar a esse deus em Samaria. Depois fez outros ídolos e acendeu ainda mais a ira do Senhor Deus de Israel do que qualquer dos outros reis de Israel antes dele.
34 (Foi durante o seu reinado que Hiel, um homem de Betel, reconstruiu Jericó. Quando pôs os alicerces, morreu-lhe o filho mais velho, Abirão. Quando completou as construções e pôs as portas à povoação, faleceu-lhe o filho mais novo, Segube. Porque tinha sido esta a maldição do Senhor sobre Jericó, declarada por Josué, filho de Num. )
1 Then came the word of Yahweh unto Jehu
2 son of Hanani, against Baasha, saying: Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and gave thee to be leader over my people Israel,and yet thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and caused, my people Israel, to sin, provoking me to anger with their sins,
3 Behold me! consuming after Baasha, and after his house,and I will deliver up thy house, like the house of Jeroboam son of Nebat:
4 Him that dieth of Baasha in the city, shall, the dogs, eat, and, him that dieth of his in the field, shall, the birds of heaven, eat.
5 Now, the rest of the story 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 Moreover also, through Jehu son of Hanani the prophet, the word of Yahweh, came against Baasha and against his house, even because of all the wickedness that he had done in the eyes of Yahweh, provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, becoming like the house of Jeroboam,notwithstanding that he smote him.
8 In the twenty-sixth year of Asa king of Judah, began Elah son of Baasha to reign over Israel, in Tirzah, two years.
9 Then conspired against him his servant Zimri, captain of half the chariots,as he was in Tirzah drinking himself drunk, in the house of Arza, who was over the household in Tirzah.
10 And Zimri went in, and smote him and slew him, in the twenty-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 smote all the house of Baasha, he left him not even the meanest,neither of his kinsfolks, nor of his friends.
12 Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha,according to the word of Yahweh which he spake unto Baasha, through Jehu the prophet;
13 as to all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son,wherewith they sinned, and wherewith they caused, Israel, to sin, provoking to anger Yahweh God of Israel, with their vanities.
14 Now, the rest of the story 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-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, did Zimri reign, seven days in Tirzah,but, the people, were encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistine.
16 When therefore the people who were encamped, heard say, Zimri hath conspired, moreover also, he hath smitten the king, all Israel made Omri, general of the army, king over Israel, on that day, in the camp.
17 So Omri, and all Israel with him, went up from Gibbethon,and laid siege against Tirzah.
18 And it came to pass, when Zimri saw that the city was captured, that he entered into the citadel of the house of the king,and burned over him the house of the king, with fire, and died:
19 because of his sins which he committed by doing the thing that was wicked in the eyes of Yahweh,by walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he committed, by causing, Israel, to sin.
20 Now, the rest of the story of Zimri, and his conspiracy wherein he conspired, are, they, not written in the book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
21 Then, were the people of Israel divided,half the people, were following Tibni son of Ginath, to make him king, and, half, following Omri.
22 But, the people that followed Omri, prevailed against, the people that followed Tibni son of Ginath; so that, Tibni, died, and, Omri, reigned.
23 In the thirty-first year of Asa king of Judah, began Omri to reign over Israel twelve years: in Tirzah, reigned he six years.
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 lord of the hillSamaria.
25 And Omri did the thing that was wicked in the eyes of Yahweh,and did more wickedly than all who were before him;
26 yea he walked in all the way of Jeroboam son of Nebat, and in his sin wherewith he caused, Israel, to sin,provoking to anger Yahweh, God of Israel, with their vanities.
27 Now, the rest of the story of Omri, what 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 Now, Ahab son of Omri, began to reign over Israel, in the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah,and Ahab son of Omri reigned over Israel, in Samaria, twenty-two years.
30 And Ahab son of Omri did the thing that was wicked in the eyes of Yahweh,and did more wickedly than all that were before him.
31 And it come to pass, as though it had been too light a thing that he should walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel, daughter of Ethbaal, king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and bowed down to him.
32 And he reared an altar unto Baal,in the house of Baal, which he built in Samaria.
33 And Ahab made the Sacred Stem,and Ahab did yet more to provoke to anger Yahweh God of Israel than all the kings of Israel who were before him.
34 In his days, did Hiel the Bethelite build Jericho,At the price of Abiram his firstborn, he laid its foundation, and, at the price of Segub his youngest, he set up its doors, according to the word of Yahweh which he spake through Joshua son of Nun.