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highlighted 1 Kings 16:18 NLT
When Zimri saw that the city had been taken, he went into the citadel of the palace and burned it down over himself and died in the flames.
Mar 21
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highlighted 1 Kings 16:16 NLT
When they heard that Zimri had committed treason and had assassinated the king, that very day they chose Omri, commander of the army, as the new king of Israel.
Mar 21
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highlighted 1 Kings 16:14 NLT
The rest of the events in Elah’s reign and everything he did are recorded in
Mar 21
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highlighted 1 Kings 16:11-13 NLT
Zimri immediately killed the entire royal family of Baasha, leaving him not even a single male child. He even destroyed distant relatives and friends. So Zimri destroyed the dynasty of Baasha as the LORD had promised through the prophet Jehu. This happened because of all the sins Baasha and his son Elah had committed, and because of the sins they led Israel to commit. They provoked the anger of the LORD, the God of Israel, with their worthless idols.
Mar 21
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highlighted 1 Kings 16:10 NLT
Zimri walked in and struck him down and killed him. This happened in the twenty-seventh year of King Asa’s reign in Judah. Then Zimri became the next king.
Mar 21
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highlighted 1 Kings 16:8-9 NLT
Elah son of Baasha began to rule over Israel in the twenty-sixth year of King Asa’s reign in Judah. He reigned in the city of Tirzah for two years. Then Zimri, who commanded half of the royal chariots, made plans to kill him. One day in Tirzah, Elah was getting drunk at the home of Arza, the supervisor of the palace.
Mar 21
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highlighted 1 Kings 16:7 NLT
The message from the LORD against Baasha and his family came through the prophet Jehu son of Hanani. It was delivered because Baasha had done what was evil in the LORD’s sight (just as the family of Jeroboam had done), and also because Baasha had destroyed the family of Jeroboam. The LORD’s anger was provoked by Baasha’s sins.
Mar 21
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highlighted 1 Kings 16:6 NLT
When Baasha died, he was buried in Tirzah. Then his son Elah became the next king.
Mar 21
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highlighted 1 Kings 16:2-4 NLT
“I lifted you out of the dust to make you ruler of my people Israel, but you have followed the evil example of Jeroboam. You have provoked my anger by causing my people Israel to sin. So now I will destroy you and your family, just as I destroyed the descendants of Jeroboam son of Nebat. The members of Baasha’s family who die in the city will be eaten by dogs, and those who die in the field will be eaten by vultures.”
Mar 21
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highlighted 1 Kings 15:33-34 NLT
Baasha son of Ahijah began to rule over all Israel in the third year of King Asa’s reign in Judah. Baasha reigned in Tirzah twenty-four years. But he did what was evil in the LORD’s sight and followed the example of Jeroboam, continuing the sins that Jeroboam had led Israel to commit.
Mar 20
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highlighted 1 Kings 15:30 NLT
This was done because Jeroboam had provoked the anger of the LORD, the God of Israel, by the sins he had committed and the sins he had led Israel to commit.
Mar 20
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highlighted 1 Kings 15:28-29 NLT
Baasha killed Nadab in the third year of King Asa’s reign in Judah, and he became the next king of Israel. He immediately slaughtered all the descendants of King Jeroboam, so that not one of the royal family was left, just as the LORD had promised concerning Jeroboam by the prophet Ahijah from Shiloh.
Mar 20
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highlighted 1 Kings 15:27 NLT
Then Baasha son of Ahijah, from the tribe of Issachar, plotted against Nadab and assassinated him while he and the Israelite army were laying siege to the Philistine town of Gibbethon.
Mar 20
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highlighted 1 Kings 15:26 NLT
But he did what was evil in the LORD’s sight and followed the example of his father, continuing the sins that Jeroboam had led Israel to commit.
Mar 20
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highlighted 1 Kings 15:25 NLT
Nadab son of Jeroboam began to rule over Israel in the second year of King Asa’s reign in Judah. He reigned in Israel two years.
Mar 20
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highlighted 1 Kings 15:24 NLT
When Asa died, he was buried with his ancestors in the City of David. Then Jehoshaphat, Asa’s son, became the next king.
Mar 20
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highlighted 1 Kings 15:19 NLT
“Let there be a treaty between you and me like the one between your father and my father. See, I am sending you a gift of silver and gold. Break your treaty with King Baasha of Israel so that he will leave me alone.”
Mar 20
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highlighted 1 Kings 15:17 NLT
King Baasha of Israel invaded Judah and fortified Ramah in order to prevent anyone from entering or leaving King Asa’s territory in Judah.
Mar 20
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highlighted 1 Kings 15:16 NLT
There was constant war between King Asa of Judah and King Baasha of Israel.
Mar 20
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highlighted 1 Kings 15:14 NLT
Although the pagan shrines were not removed, Asa’s heart remained completely faithful to the LORD throughout his life.
Mar 20