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11 Now it happened when he became king, as soon as he sat on his throne, that (A)he struck down all the household of Baasha; he did not leave [a]a single male—not even any of his kinsman redeemers or his friends.

12 Thus Zimri destroyed all the household of Baasha, (B)according to the word of Yahweh, which He spoke against Baasha by the hand of (C)Jehu the prophet, 13 for all the sins of Baasha and the sins of Elah his son, which they sinned and which they made Israel sin, (D)provoking Yahweh, the God of Israel, to anger with their [b]idols.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 16:11 Lit him who urinates against the wall, cf. 1 Sam 25:22, 34; 1 Kin 14:10; 21:21; 2 Kin 9:8
  2. 1 Kings 16:13 Lit vanities