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the word of Yahweh came
"Yahweh spoke this message" or "Yahweh spoke these words". The prophet Jehu warned Baasha, king of Israel, that God would destroy his family for worshiping the idols. But Baasha did not change his ways; so Zimri murdered Baasha's son and all his relatives. Then Omri killed Zimri. Omri's son Ahab brought in the rain god Baal and his wife, the fertility goddess Ashtoreth, as the official religion of Israel. This was very evil.
all the evil that he did in the sight of Yahweh
"all the things that Baasha did that are evil in Yahweh's judgment" or "all the things that Baaha did that Yahweh considers to be evil"
so as to provoke him to anger
"so as to make Yahweh very angry" or "that made God very angry"
with the work of his hands
"by the things Baasha had done"