Translation, 1 King 16:15-34

In the twenty and seventh year to Asa king of Yehudah
Reigned-as-king Zimriy seven days in Tirtzah.
Not the people [were] encamping against Gibbethon which [was] to the Pilshetim.
And heard the people who were encamping, saying,
�Zimriy bound-together and also struck the king.�E
And they caused to be king, all Yisrael did,
�Omriy, commander of the host over Yisrael in that day in the camp.
And ascended �Omriy and all Yisrael with him from Gibbethon
And they besieged against Tirtzah.
And it was according to the sight of Zimriy for the city was captured
And he entered to the palace of the house of the king
And burned over him the house of the king with fire
And died.
On account of his sins
which he sinned to do evil in the eyes of Yahweh
To walk in the way of Yarav�am
And in the sins which he did
to cause Yisrael to sin.
Now the remnant of the things/words of Zimriy
And his binding-together which he bound-together
Are they not writings in the book of the things/deeds of the days to the kings of Yisrael?

Then the people of Yisrael themselves into halves.
Half of the people were after Tivniy, son of Giynat
to cause him to reign-as-king
And the half after �Omriy.
And grew stronger the people which [were] after �Omriy
Than the people which [were] after Tibniy son of Giynat.
And died Tivniy and reigned-as-king �Omriy.

In the thirty-first year to Asa king of Yehudah
Reigned-as-king �Omriy over Yisrael twelve years.
In Tirtzah he reigned-as-king six years.
And he bought the hill Shomron
from Shemer with disks of silver
And he built the hill
And he called the name of the city
which he built
after the name of Shemer,
master of the hill of Shomron.
And did �Omriy the evil in the eyes of Yahweh
And he was evil more than all who were before him.
And he walked in all the way of Yarav�am son of Nebat
And in his sins which he caused Yisrael to sin
And caused provocation to Yahweh the Elohim of Yisrael with their vaprous-idols.
Now the remnant of the things/words of �Omriy which he did
And his manly-might which he did
Are they not writings in the book of the things/words of the days to the kings of Yisrael.
And slept �Omriy with his fathers and he was buried in Shomron.
And reigned-as-king Ach�av his son in his place.

Now Ach�av son of �Omriy reigned-as-king over Yisrael
in the thirty-eighth year to Asa king of Yehudah.
And reigned-as-king Ach�av son of �Omriy over Yisrael in Shomron twenty-two years.
And did Ach�av son of �Omriy the evil in the eyes of Yahweh
More than all which [were] before him.
And it was, Was it too small for him to talk in the sins of Yarav�am son fo Nevat
And he took a wife, �Iyzevel daughter of �Ethba�al, king of Tziydoniym.
And he walked and he served the Ba�al and prostrated-himself to him.
And he caused to rise an altar to the Ba�al, the house of the Ba�al
Which he built in Shomron.
And made Ach�av the Asherah
And added Ach�av to do to provoke Yahweh the Elohim of Yisrael
From all the kings of Yisrael which were before him.
In his days built Chiy�el of the house of Eliy (or the Beyt-Eliy) Yeriychoh.
With �Aviyram his firstborn he laid its foundation
And with Segiyyv his youngest he stationed its gates
According to the word/thing of Yahweh
which he spoke by the hand of Yehoshua�Eson of Nun.

posted by Peter J. Leithart on Wednesday, February 02, 2005 at 02:39 PM

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