BRAGADAYJAH 1037

BRAGADAYJAH 1037

The Ascent of Ahab

And Zimri went up from Gibbethon and all Israel with him; and they besieged Tirzah. And when Zimri saw that the city was taken that he went into the palace of the king’s house and burnt the King’s house upon himself and died. His death was as a consequence of his sins which he sinned against the Lord in walking in the ways of Jeroboam, and in the sin which he did on causing Israel to sin. Then were the people of Israel divided into two parts; half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath to make him king; and the other half followed Omri.   But the people that followed Omri prevailed against the people that followed Tibni the son of Gibnath; so Tibni died and Omri reigned in his stead. In the thirty first year of king Asa, of Judah did Omri began to reign over Israel. And he reigned over Israel twelve years and six years in Tirzah. 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 Shemer owner of the hill Samaria. But Omri did evil in the eyes of the Lord and did worse than all the kings before him. For he walked in all the ways of Jeroboam the son of Nebat and in his sin wherein he caused Israel  to sin and provoked the anger of the Lord by all his vanities. And Omri died and was buried with his fathers in Samaria and Ahab his son reigned in his stead. 

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