1 A palavra do Senhor foi dirigida a Jeú, filho de Hanani, contra Baasa, nestes termos:2 Levantei-te do pó e estabeleci-te príncipe do meu povo de Israel; tu, porém, andaste pelo caminho de Jeroboão, e levaste meu povo de Israel a cometer pecados que excitam a minha cólera.3 Por isso vou varrer Baasa e sua casa, e farei da sua casa o que fiz da casa de Jeroboão, filho de Nabat.4 Todo membro da família de Baasa que morrer na cidade, será comido pelos cães; o que morrer no campo, comê-lo-ão as aves do céu.5 O resto da história de Baasa, suas ações e seus grandes feitos, tudo isso se acha consignado no livro das Crônicas dos reis de Israel.6 Baasa adormeceu com seus pais e foi enterrado em Tersa. Seu filho Ela sucedeu-lhe no trono.7 O oráculo do Senhor, transmitido pelo profeta Jeú, filho de Hanani, fora pronunciado contra Baasa e sua casa, não só por causa de todo o mal que ele tinha feito aos olhos do Senhor, irritando-o com o seu proceder e imitando a casa de Jeroboão, mas também porque Baasa tinha destruído essa casa.8 No vigésimo sexto ano de Asa, rei de Judá, Ela, filho de Baasa, tornou-se rei de Israel. Residia em Tersa e reinou dois anos.9 Seu servo Zambri, que comandava a metade de sua cavalaria, conspirou contra ele. Numa ocasião em que ele bebia e se embriagava em Tersa, na casa de Arsa, intendente de seu palácio nessa cidade,10 entrou Zambri e o assassinou, sucedendo-lhe no trono, no vigésimo sétimo ano de Asa, rei de Judá.11 Logo que ficou rei e sentou-se no trono, mandou exterminar toda a casa de Baasa, não deixando vivo nenhum filho varão, nenhum parente, nenhum amigo.12 Desse modo, exterminou toda a casa de Baasa, assim como o Senhor o predissera contra Baasa pela boca do profeta Jeú.13 Tal foi o castigo de todos os pecados que Baasa e seu filho Ela tinham cometido e levado Israel a cometer, provocando com o culto dos ídolos a cólera do Senhor, Deus de Israel.14 resto da história de Ela e suas ações, tudo está consignado no livro das Crônicas dos reis de Israel.15 No vigésimo sétimo ano de Asa, rei de Judá, Zambri reinou em Tersa durante sete dias. O exército sitiava Gebeton dos filisteus.16 Quando o exército, que estava acampado ali, ouviu dizer que Zambri tinha conspirado contra o rei e o assassinara, todo o Israel constituiu imediatamente como seu rei o general Amri.17 Este partiu de Gebeton com todo o Israel e veio sitiar Tersa.18 Zambri, vendo a cidade tomada, retirou-se para o fortim do palácio real e incendiou o palácio. Morreu assim19 pelos pecados que tinha cometido, fazendo o mal aos olhos do Senhor, imitando o proceder de Jeroboão e entregando-se ao pecado ao qual Jeroboão arrastara Israel.20 O resto da história de Zambri e sua conjuração, tudo está consignado no livro das Crônicas dos reis de Israel.21 Então se dividiu o povo de Israel em duas facções: metade era por Tebni, filho de Ginet, e queria fazê-lo rei, e metade por Amri.22 O partido de Amri prevaleceu contra o de Tebni, filho de Ginet. Tebni morreu, e reinou Amri.23 No trigésimo primeiro ano de Asa, rei de Judá, Amri tornou-se rei de Israel e reinou durante doze anos. Depois de ter reinado seis anos em Tersa,24 comprou o monte de Samaria a Somer por duzentos talentos de prata. Construiu uma cidade nesse monte e chamou-a Samaria, do nome de Somer, a quem pertencera o monte.25 Amri fez o mal aos olhos do Senhor, mais ainda que todos os seus predecessores.26 Andou por todo o caminho de Jeroboão, filho de Nabat, e nos pecados com que este fizera pecar Israel, provocando com seus ídolos a cólera do Senhor, Deus de Israel.27 O resto da história de Amri, suas ações e seus grandes feitos, tudo isso se acha consignado no livro das Crônicas dos reis de Israel.28 Amri adormeceu com seus pais e foi sepultado em Samaria. Seu filho Acab sucedeu-lhe no trono.29 No trigésimo oitavo ano de Asa, rei de Judá, Acab, filho de Amri, tornou-se rei de Israel e reinou vinte e dois anos sobre Israel em Samaria.30 Acab, filho de Amri, fez o mal aos olhos do Senhor, e mais ainda que todos os seus predecessores.31 Como se lhe não bastasse o andar nos pecados de Jeroboão, filho de Nabat, desposou ainda Jezabel, filha de Etbaal, rei dos sidônios, e chegou até a render culto a Baal, prostrando-se diante dele.32 Erigiu um altar a Baal no templo que lhe edificou em Samaria.33 Acab fez também a asserá, irritando assim o Senhor, Deus de Israel, mais ainda que todos os seus predecessores no trono de Israel.34 No tempo de Acab, Hiel de Betel reconstruiu Jericó. Lançou-lhe os alicerces ao preço de Abirão, seu primogênito, e pôs-lhe as portas ao preço de Segub, seu último filho, assim como o Senhor o predissera pela boca de Josué, filho de Num.

1 Then came the word of the Lord to Jehu the son of Chanani against Ba’sha, saying,2 Forasmuch as I lifted thee up out of the dust, and I set thee as prince over my people Israel; and thou hast walked in the way of Jerobo’am, and hast induced my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins:3 Behold, I will sweep out after Ba’sha, and after his house; and I will render thy house like the house of Jerobo’am the son of Nebat;4 Him that dieth of Ba’sha in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth of his in the field shall the fowls of the heavens eat.5 And the rest of the acts of Ba’sha, and what he did, and his mighty deeds, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.6 And Ba’sha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Thirzah: and Elah his son became king in his stead.7 And also by the hand of Jehu the son of Chanani, the prophet, came the word of the Lord against Ba’sha, and against his house, both for all the evil that he did in the eyes of the Lord, to provoke him to anger with the work of his hands, thus being like the house of Jerobo’am; and because he had killed him.8 In the twenty and sixth year of Assa the king of Judah became Elah the son of Ba’sha king over Israel in Thirzah, for two years.9 And there conspired against him his servant Zimri, captain of half the chariots, as he was in Thirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, who was set over the house in Thirzah.10 And Zimri went in and smote him, and killed him, in the twenty and seventh year of Assa the king of Judah, and became king 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 Ba’sha: he left him not a single male, neither of his kinsfolks, nor of his friends.12 Thus did Zimri exterminate all the house of Ba’sha, according to the word of the Lord, which he had spoken against Ba’sha by the agency of Jehu the prophet,13 For all the sins of Ba’sha, and the sins of Elah his son, by which they had sinned, and by which they had induced Israel to sin, to provoke the Lord the God of Israel to anger with their vanities.14 Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.15 In the twenty and seventh year of Assa the king of Judah did Zimri reign seven days in Thirzah: and the people were encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines.16 And when the people that were encamped heard it said, Zimri hath conspired, and hath also slain the king: all Israel made ‘Omri, the captain of the army, king over Israel on that day in the camp.17 And ‘Omri went up, and all Israel with him from Gibbethon, and they besieged Thirzah.18 And it came to pass, when Zimri saw that the city was captured, that he went into the strong–hold of the king’s house, and burnt the king’s house over him with fire, and he died;19 For his sins which he had sinned, in doing what is evil in the eyes of the Lord, to walk in the way of Jerobo’am, and in his sin which he did, to induce Israel to sin.20 And the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his conspiracy that he contrived, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.21 At that time were the people of Israel divided into two parts: one half of the people followed Thibni the son of Ginath, to make him king; and the other half followed ‘Omri.22 But the people that followed ‘Omri prevailed against the people that followed Thibni the son of Ginath: and Thibni also died, and ‘Omri became king.23 In the thirty and first year of Assa the king of Judah became ‘Omri king over Israel, for twelve years; in Thirzah he reigned six years.24 And he bought the mount Samaria, of Shemer for two talents of silver, and built on the mount, and called the name of the city which he had built, after the name of Shemer, the Lord of the mount, Samaria.25 And ‘Omri did what is evil in the eyes of the Lord, and did worse than all that were before him.26 And he walked in all the way of Jerobo’am the son of Nebat, and in his sin wherewith he induced 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 mighty deeds that he displayed, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.28 And ‘Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria: and Achab his son became king in his stead.29 And Achab the son of ‘omri became king over Israel in the thirty and eighth year of Assa the king of Judah; and Achab the son of ‘Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty and two years.30 And Achab the son of ‘Omri did what is evil in the eyes of the Lord more than all that had been before him.31 And it came to pass, as if it had been too light a thing for him to walk in the sins of Jerobo’am the son of Nebat, that he took for wife Izebel the daughter of Ethba’al the king of the Zidonians, and went and served Ba’al, and worshipped him.32 And he erected an altar for Ba’al in the house of Ba’al, which he had built in Samaria.33 And Achab made a grove; and Achab did yet more, so as to provoke the Lord the God of Israel to anger, than all the kings of Israel that had been before him.34 In his days did Chiel the Beth–elite build Jericho: with Abiram his first–born laid he the foundation thereof, and with Segub his youngest son set he up the gates thereof, according to the word of the Lord, which he had spoken by means of Joshua the son of Nun.