The Bible and Holy Scriptures conteyned in the Olde and Newe Testament. Translated according to the Ebrue and Greke, and conferred with the best translations in diuers languges. VVith moste profitable annotations vpon all the hard places, and other things of great importance as may appeare in the epistle to the reader

CHAP. XVI.

1 Of Baasha. 6 Elah 9 Zimri. 16 Omri. 31 Achab ma∣rieth Iezebél. 34 Ierichó is buylt againe.

1 THen the worde of the Lorde came to Iehú the sonne of Hanáni against Baa∣shá, saying,

2 a 1.1 For asmuche as I exalted thee out of the dust, & made thee captaine ouer my people Israél, and thou hast walked in the waye of Ieroboám, and hast made my people Israél to sinne, to prouoke me with their sinnes,

3 Beholde, I will take away the posteritie of Baashá, and the posteritie of his house, and wil makeb 1.2 thine house like the * house of Ieroboám the sonne of Nebát.

4 * He that dyeth of Baashas (stoke) in the* 1.3 citie, him shall the dogs eat: and that man* 1.4 of him which dyeth in the fieldes, shall the foules of the ayre eat.

5 And the rest of the actes of Baashá & what he did, and his“ 1.5 power, are they not writen in the boke of the * Chronicles of the* 1.6 Kings of Israél?

6 So Baashá slept with his fathers, and was buryed in Tirzáh, and Eláh his sonne reig∣ned in his steade.

7 Andc 1.7 also by the hande of Iehū the sonne of Hanáni the Prophet came the worde of the Lord to Baashá, and to his house, that he shulde be like the house of Ieroboam, euen for all the wickednes that he dyd in the sight of the Lord, in prouoking hym with the worke of his hands, and because he killedd 1.8 him.

8 ¶ In the six and twentie yere of Asá Kyng of Iudáh began Eláh the sonne of Baashá to reigne ouer Israél in Tirzah, (& reigned) two yere.

9 And hys seruante Zimri, captaine of halfe his charets conspired agaynste him, as he was in Tirzah drinking, til he was drōken in the house ofe 1.9 Arza stuarde of his house in Tirzah.

10 And Zimri came and smote him & kylled him in the seuen and twentye yere of Asa King of Iudah, and reigned in his steade.

11 ¶ And when he was King, and sate on hys throne, he slewe all the house of Baasha, not leauing thereof one to pisse agaynst a wall, net her of hys kinsfolkes nor of hys friends,

12 So did Zimri destroye all the house of Baasha, according to the word of the Lord which he spake against Baasha by the hād of Iehú thef 1.10 Prophet,

13 For all the sinnes of Baasha, and sinnes of Elah his sonne, which they sinned & made Israél to sinne, and prouoked the LORD God of Israél with their vanities.

14 And the rest of the actes of Elah, and all that he did, are they not writē in the boke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israél?

15 ¶ In the seuen & twentie yere of Asa King of Iudah did Zimri reygne seuen dayes in Tirzah, & the people was then in the hosteg 1.11 besieging Gibbethón, which (belonged) to the Philistims.

16 And the people of the hoste hearde say, Zimri hathe conspired, and hath also slaine the King. Wherefore all Israél made Omri the captaine of the hoste King ouer Israél that same day, (euen) in the hoste.

17 Then Omri went vp from Gibbethón, and all Israél with hym, and they besiegedh 1.12 Tirzah.

18 〈◊〉〈◊〉 when Zimri sawe, that the Citie was takē, he wēt into the palace of the Kings house, and” 1.13 burnt him selfe and the Kings house with fire, (and) so dyed,

19 For his sinnes which he sinned, in doynge that which is euill in the sight of the Lord, in walking in the waye of Ieroboam, and in his sinnes whiche he did, causing Israél to sinne.

20 And the rest of the actes of Zimri, and hys treason that he wroght, are they not wri∣ten in the boke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israél?

21 Then were the people of Israél deuyded into two partes: (for)i 1.14 half the people fol∣lowed Tibni the sonne of Ginath to make him King, & the other half followed Omri.

22 But the people that followed Omri, pre∣uailed agaynst the people that followed Tibni the sonne of Ginath so Tibni dyed, and Omri reigned.

23 In the one and thirtie yere of Asa Kynge of Iudah began Omri to reigne ouer Israél, (& reigned) twelue yere. Six yere reigned he in Tirzah.

24 And he boght the mountaine“ 1.15 Samaria of one Shémer for two talēts of siluer, & built in the mountaine, and called the name of the citie, which he built, after the name of Shémer, Lord of the mountaine Samaria.

25 But Omri did euil in the eyes of the Lord, and didk 1.16 worse then all that were before him.

26 For he walked in all the waye of Iero∣boam the sonne of Nebat, and in his sinnes where with he made Israél to sinne in pro∣uoking the Lord God of Israél with theyr vanities.

27 And the rest of the actes of Omri, that he did, and his strength that he shewed, are they not writen in the boke of the Chro∣nicles of the Kings of Israél?

28 And Omri slept with his fathers, and was buryed inl 1.17 Samaria: and Ahab hys sonne reigned in his steade.

29 Now Ahab the sonne of Omri began to reigne ouer Israél, in the eight and thirtie yere of Asa Kyng of Iudah: and Ahab the sonne of Omri reigned ouer Israél in Sa∣maria two and twentie yere.

30 And Ahab the sonne of Omri did worse in the sight of the Lord then all that were before him.

31 For was it a light thing for him to walke in the sinnes of Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat, excepte he toke Iezebél also the daughter of Eth-baal Kynge of the Zido∣nians tom 1.18 wife, and went and ferued Baal,

and worshiped him?

32 Also he reared vp an altar to Báal in the house of Báal, whiche he had buylt in Sa∣maria.

33 And Aháb made a groue, and Aháb proce∣ded, and did prouoke the Lord GOD of Israél more then all the Kinges of Israél that were before him.

34 In his dayes did Hiél the Bethelite builden 1.19 Ierichō: he laied the fundacion thereof in Abirám his eldest sonne, and set vp the ga∣tes therof in his yongest sonne Segúb, ac∣cording to the word of the Lord which he spake” 1.20 by Ioshúa the sonne of Nun.

Notes

• a 1.1

  Thus spake Iehu to Baasha in the Name of the lord.
• b 1.2

  Meanyng, the house of Baasha.
• * 1.3

  Chap 19. 29.
• * 1.4

  Chap. 14. 10.
• “ 1.5

  Or, 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• * 1.6

  2. Chro. 16. 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• c 1.7

  That is, the Pro∣phet did his mes∣sage.
• d 1.8

  Meaning, Na∣dab Ietoboams sonne.
• e 1.9

  The Chalde text hathe thus, Drin∣king till he Was dronken in the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 ple of Arza the idole by his house in Tirzah.
• f 1.10

  Both Hanani his father & he were Prophetes.
• g 1.11

  Which siege had continued frome the time of 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Ieroboams 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• h 1.12

  Where zimri kept him selfe in holde.
• ” 1.13

  Ebr. burnt the kings house vpō him.
• i 1.14

  That is, the peo∣ple whiche were not at the siege of Gibbethon for there they had chosen Omri.
• “ 1.15

  Or, 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• k 1.16

  For suche is the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of idola trie, that the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 ion therof 〈◊〉〈◊〉 daily in∣crease, and the el∣der it is, the more abominable it is before God & his Church.
• l 1.17

  He was the first king that was bu ryed in Samaria, after that the kings house was burnt in Tirzah.
• m 1.18

  By whose mea∣nes he fell to all wicked, & strāge idolatrie, & cruell persecution.
• n 1.19

  Read Iosh. 6. 26
• ” 1.20

  Ebr. by the hand of Ioshua.