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The Four Generation Curse | Larry Wood [Released: Sept. 23, 2016 | Website: shorturl.at/ksRW3]

     The Four Generation Curse is one of the most profound      doctrines in the BIBLE.  It affects four generations of a family,      & no family in recorded history has ever been free from the curse.

     Even children of the promise, of which there are 2 in the BIBLE,      could find no one to marry that wasn't under the curse.

     Before procreating children, all      Christian parents should know what      is in store for them from this curse.

1.] Meaning of the Four Generation Curse

     The Second Commandment of the Decalogue      [Ten Commandments] was a prohibition against idolatry.

          Exodus 20:4  Prohibition of Idolatry           You shall not make for yourself an idol of any kind,            or an image of anything in the heavens above,            on the earth beneath, or in the waters below.

     If GOD is truly GOD, then no one can take HIS place.

     An idol is an object that symbolizes a god,      other than the True GOD.

     Idols were images of man, animals, or angels.      Satan & his demons were the gods that gave power to the idols.

     Making an idol was prohibited.

1a] The Four Generation Curse was the Judgment for      violating the prohibition against idolatry in the Decalogue      [Ex 20:5; 34:7; Num 14:18, 33; Deut 5:9; 1 Ki 21:29; Jer 32:18]:

      Numbers 33:53-56 | You are to take possession of the land &       settle in it, for I have given you the land to possess...             55 But if you do NOT drive out the inhabitants             of the land before you, those you allow to remain             will become barbs in your eyes & thorns in your sides;             they will harass you in the land where you settle.

            56 Then I will do to you what             I had planned to do to them.”

     People were prohibited from worshiping or serving idols      because that was a rejection of the one, True GOD.

     GOD was alone to be worshiped.

     GOD will tolerate four generations of negative volition      before HE punishes the nation with the Fifth Cycle of      National Cursing, the destruction of the nation.

     The word "jealous" can mean jealous or possessive.

     Here it refers to the possessiveness of GOD.      GOD is the only GOD, & HE will tolerate none other.***

1b] "Visiting [punishing] the iniquity of the fathers upon      the children" -  refers to punishment for negative volition      ["them that hate me"].

     "Visiting the iniquity" means punishing the iniquity.

     GOD orders the punishment, but it can be administered      in all the ways available, e.g. by people, nations,      angels, & Satan.

     This does not mean the children are punished because      of their fathers.  Each generation is punished for its      own negative volition.**

     The generations of a family correspond to generations      of the nation.

1c] "Third & fourth generations of them that hate ME" -       the limit GOD will tolerate from the client nation is four       generations of negative volition.

     >> Herein lies the problem.

     What began as a prohibition against idolatry concluded      with a curse for 4 generations of the sin of negative volition.

     The sin of negative volition against GOD amounted to idolatry.

     Turning away from GOD was turning to the Cosmic System      of Satan, where Satan was like a god.

     Furthermore, since "the wages of sin is death" [Rom 6:23],      the fifth generation would be destroyed.****

     What began in the Garden as the Tree of the Knowledge of      Good & Evil was translated into the Four Generation Curse      as a choice between GOD [Good] & Satan [Evil].****

     Positive volition was choosing GOD &      negative volition was the default of choosing Satan.

     Every person born in a family     must choose between GOD & Satan.

     The consequence of eating the forbidden fruit was "you will die"      [Gen 2:17].  The consequence of rejecting GOD was      four generations of dying, followed by physical death      [national destruction].

     For each individual who rejected GOD the result would be dying,      you will die with the sin leading to death.

     Each generation of a family will be      cursed with more capacity for      evil than its predecessor.****

     GOD does not make a person evil, but HE allows each the      capacity & opportunity for evil [Rom 1:24, 26-27, 28].

     As in GOD stops helping, no more bail outs, you’re just going to      love doing bad things to others, which is really self harm.

     Hence the cursed are twisted, they can’t decipher truth/good.      We become spiritually blinded & hardened by pride.

        Isaiah 5:20 | Woe to those who call evil good & good evil,         who turn darkness to light & light to darkness,         who replace bitter with sweet & sweet with bitter.

2. Breaking the Curse

     Is there a way to break the 4 Generation Curse? Yes, choose GOD.      Recover from reversionism & advance to Spiritual Maturity.

           Exodus 20:6 Grace            But exercising grace to the thousandth generation            of those who love ME & keep MY commandments.

     GOD will change the cursing into blessing for those      with positive volition.

     Those who love GOD & keep HIS commandments will      receive Grace blessing for a thousand generations,      meaning forever.

     Advancing to Spiritual Maturity will break the curse.

     So, the solution is to continue to eat the Good fruit &      reject the forbidden fruit.

     The one who does this will receive Grace blessing from GOD.      Furthermore, his family & others will receive blessing      by association.

     However, there is still one problem.

     If the person marries a person who has not reached      Spiritual Maturity, then the children will still be under      the Four Generation Curse.

     Only two parents in Spiritual Maturity can produce      a child of the promise. That's why Abraham & Sarah had to      get to Spiritual Maturity before they had Isaac.

     Abraham procreated Ishmael from a slave girl under      the Four Generation Curse before he reached maturity.

     She was also wrong woman.

     The result was that Ishmael was a wild ass of a man      [Genesis 16:12].

           Genesis 16:12 | He will be a wild donkey of a man,            & his hand will be against everyone, & everyone’s            hand against him; he will live in hostility toward            all his fellow believers.”

3. Families Under the Curse

3.1 - Effect on Children

3.1a] Every parent notices bad traits in children that correspond      to relatives of previous generations.

     The children may be rebellious, mischievous, or secretive.

     They may be full of arrogance, ambition, or worldly desires.

     These traits are often the result of the Four Generation Curse.      Children that are not born to Right Man - Right Woman in      Maturity are not children of the promise, but cursing:

     "visiting [punishing] the iniquity of the fathers upon the children."

     Children born into a family must bear the intensity of cursing      at their level [generation 1-4].

     The child receives cursing from the father's & mother's line.

     There may be other curses, e.g. the curse of Jezebel or Ichabod.

3.1b] When Isaac wed Rebekah, he = Spiritual Maturity [Level 1]

     However, she was under the Four Generation Curse at Level 4.

     Consequently, when she got pregnant, the children,      Jacob & Esau, even fought in the womb.

     They continued to fight outside the womb even into adulthood.

     When Esau, who was an unbeliever, could not receive the      blessing of the firstborn from his father, he got so mad he      decided to kill Jacob, who had hoodwinked him out of his      birthright.

     Jacob had to flee the country to escape the wrath of Esau.

3.1c] Jacob went to Haran to seek a wife from his mother's relatives

     However, all of them were under the Four Generation Curse.

     Before reaching Spiritual Maturity, Jacob married Leah & Rachel,      both of whom were under the Four Generation Curse [Level 4].

     The children he had from these women & their maids      were all monsters except for Joseph, who was the only      one born from the Right Woman.

3.1d] However, Joseph was born under the Four Generation Curse.      His brothers tried to kill him & sold him into slavery in Egypt.

     Even though Joseph was born from Right Man – Right Woman,      his parents were not in Spiritual Maturity, & he was born under      the curse.

     He had to endure the suffering of slavery in Egypt before      reaching maturity. His children, Ephraim & Manasseh,      were blessed even though their mother was almost      certainly under the Four Generation Curse.

3.2 - Cursing in Jacob's Family

     Jacob & his family were all under the Four Generation Curse.

     When Jacob married Leah & Rachel, he had not reached        Spiritual Maturity & his wives were still under the      Four Generation Curse.

     Jacob worked for Laban for 20 years. Laban was a worldly      revisionist who cheated Jacob & changed his wages 10x      [Gen 31:7, 41].

     Laban even substituted Leah for Rachel on Jacob's wedding night.

     Laban, like Jacob, was a chiseller, & Jacob finally found the      courage to separate from him.

     Even as they left behind Laban's back, Rachel stole the      household idols.

     Even after separating from Laban, Jacob's children were full of evil      & cursing. Jacob's oldest son Reuben committed adultery with      Bilhah, his father's concubine [Gen 35:22].

     Because of that Reuben lost the inheritance of the firstborn      [Gen 49:3, 4].

     After Dinah was raped by a Hivite, the next two sons,       Simeon & Levi conspired to take revenge.

     They convinced the Hivite men to be circumcised so they could      intermarry with them.  When the men were sore from their      circumcision, Simeon & Levi attacked them & killed them.

     Then they houghed the livestock & took the women &      children as spoils.

     This was so odious that Jacob was forced to flee from that part      of the country with his family.

     During the journey, as Jacob was reaching Spiritual Rapport,      Rachel gave birth to Benjamin & died. Simeon & Levi subsequently      lost their inheritance & were cursed [Gen 49:5-7].

     Judah finally received the rulership of the family of Jacob,      & Joseph received the double blessing.

     However, Judah himself went after what he thought was a        prostitute & wound up being seduced by Tamar, his widowed      daughter-in-law [Gen 38:6-26]

           Genesis 38:6-26 | Now Judah acquired a wife for Er,            his firstborn, & her name was Tamar. But Er, Judah’s firstborn,            was wicked in the LORD’s sight; so the LORD put him to death.

           Then Judah said to Onan, “Sleep with your brother’s wife.

           Perform your duty as her brother-in-law & raise            up offspring for your brother.”

           But Onan knew that the offspring would not belong to him;            so whenever he would sleep with his brother’s wife,            he would spill his seed on the ground so that he would            not produce offspring for his brother.

           What he did was evil in the sight of the LORD,            so HE put Onan to death as well. Then Judah said to            his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Live as a widow in your            father’s house until my son Shelah grows up.”

           For he thought,            “He may die too, like his brothers.”

           So Tamar went to live in her father’s house.

           After a long time Judah’s wife, the daughter of Shua, died.

           When Judah had finished mourning, he & his friend Hirah            the Adullamite went up to his sheepshearers at Timnah.

           Tamar was told, “Your father-in-law is going up to Timnah            to shear his sheep,” she removed her widow’s garments,            covered her face with a veil to disguise herself, & sat at the            entrance to Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah.

           For she saw that although Shelah had grown up,            she had not been given to him as a wife.

           When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute because            she had covered her face.

           Not realizing that she was his daughter-in-law,            he went over to her & said, “Come now, let me sleep with you.”

           “What will you give me for sleeping with you?” she asked.

           “I will send you a young goat from my flock,” Judah answered.

           But she replied, “Only if you leave me something as            a pledge until you send it.”

           “What pledge should I give you?” he asked.

           She answered, “Your seal & your cord, & the staff in your hand.”

           So he gave them to her & slept with her, & she became            pregnant by him. Then Tamar got up & departed.

           She removed her veil & put on her widow’s garments again.

           Now when Judah sent his friend Hirah the Adullamite with the            young goat to collect the items he had left with the woman,            he could not find her.

           He asked the men of that place, “Where is the temple prostitute            who was beside the road at Enaim?”

           “No temple prostitute has been here,” they answered.

           So Hirah returned to Judah & said,            “I could not find her, & furthermore, the men of that place said,            ‘No temple prostitute has been here.’”

           “Let her keep the items,” Judah replied.

           “Otherwise we will become a laughingstock.            After all, I sent her this young goat, but you could not find her.”

           About three months later, Judah was told,            “Your daughter-in-law Tamar has prostituted herself,            & now she is pregnant.”

           “Bring her out!” Judah replied. “Let her be burned to death!”

           As she was being brought out, Tamar sent a message            to her father-in-law:            “I am pregnant by the man to whom these items belong.”

           And she added, “Please examine them. Whose seal & cord            & staff are these?” Judah recognized the items & said,            “She is more righteous than I, since I did not give her to            my son Shelah.”

           And he did not have relations with her again.

3.3 - Joseph

     Joseph was born from Jacob before Jacob reached maturity      & to Rachel, who was under the Four Generation Curse      [4th generation].

     Joseph did not curse others, but he himself was viciously      cursed by his brothers. Joseph was sent by Jacob to check up      on his brothers, who were keeping the livestock.

     After Joseph brought back a bad report on them,      they became angry & sought to take it out on him [Gen 37:1-11].

     Under the arrogance of unhappiness, the brothers saw Joseph      as the reason for their unhappiness. It never occurred to them       to accept responsibility for their actions & straighten up.

     So they made Joseph the scapegoat, or idol, responsible      for their unhappiness & sought to alleviate their unhappiness      by making Joseph unhappy too.

     When Joseph went to check up on his brothers at Dothan,      they saw him coming & conspired to kill him [Gen 37:18].

     They stripped him of his varicolored tunic & threw him      in a pit [Gen 37:23-24]. Then they saw a caravan coming & sold      Joseph into slavery [Gen 37:28].

     They dipped Joseph's tunic in animal blood & took it to their      father so he would think that Joseph had been eaten by a wild      animal.

     Joseph was subsequently sold to Potiphar, the captain of      Pharaoh's bodyguard [police] in Egypt [Gen 37:36].

     Joseph soon became overseer of Potiphar's house [Gen 39:5].

     However Potiphar's wife tried to seduce Joseph, & when he      refused her, she tore his clothes off & accused him of trying      to rape her.

     Joseph was then thrown in the Dungeon [Gen 39:20; 41:14].

     This was suffering that Joseph had to bear before being      promoted to Spiritual Maturity.

     Then Pharaoh had a disturbing dream & Joseph was brought out      of jail to interpret it.

     Pharaoh then promoted Joseph to Prime Minister of Egypt      [Gen 41:38-45].

     That broke the Four Generation Curse, & Joseph later delivered      his entire family from famine.

     Jacob's family [66 persons [worldliness]] went down      to Egypt [Gen 46:26].

3.4 -  David

     David was the fourth generation born to great grandparents,      Ruth & Boaz. Ruth & Boaz in Spiritual Maturity ha d a child of      the promise, Obed, who became the father of Jesse,      the father of David [Ru 4:17].

     Obed, meaning servant, is a type of CHRIST, the Servant [Isa 42:1;      49:3-6; 53:11; Mt 20:28; Mk 10:45], & David is a type of CHRIST,      the King at the Second Advent [Isa 9:7; Matt 25:31; Lk 1:32].

     David was an unwanted child from non-Right Man – Right      Woman [Ps 27:10; 51:5].  He was the youngest son & sent out      to tend the sheep [1 Sa 16:11, 19].

     However, he did his job as unto the LORD & learned      BIBLE Doctrine.

     He was a good musician & became Saul's musician & armor      bearer [1 Sa 16:19-23].

     At the LORD's command, Samuel anointed him King of Israel      while Saul was still alive [1 Sa 16:5-13].

     The cursing & testing which David received included:

Killing a lion and bear (1 Sam 17:34-37)

Being hated by his brother (1 Sa 17:28).

Killing Goliath (1 Sa 17:23-51).

Saul tried to kill David (1 Sa 18:10-12; 19:1ff)

Married Michal (1 Sa 18:20-27), who was barren (2 Sa 6:23).

Saul's army chased David's army (1 Sa 23:15ff).

     David married Ahinoam & Abigail [1 Sa 25:39-43], other wives in      Hebron [2 Sa 3:2-5], & other wives & concubines in Jerusalem      [2 Sa 5:13].  Saul gave David's wife Michal to Palti [1 Sa 25:44].

     David was promoted to Spiritual Maturity & anointed      King in Hebron [2 Sam 2:4] & later over all Israel [2 Sa 5:3].

     Polygamy & the Four Generation Curse combined to make      a mess of David's family like Jacob's.

     David's children were born under the Four Generation Curse.

     They were either born before he reached Spiritual Maturity or      to a woman who was not in Spiritual Maturity.

     Sons born to David in Hebron were: Amnon, Chileab, Absalom,      Adonijah, Ithream [2 Sa 3:2-5; 1 Ch 3:1-4].

     Later children were also born in Jerusalem      [2 Sa 5:13-16; 1 Ch 3:5-9].

     David defeated all the enemies of Israel & was given the      Davidic Covenant, which meant that he would never lack      for a son on the Throne of Israel [2 Sa 7:8-16].

     However, David fell for Bathsheba when the army was away &      committed adultery with her.  When she got pregnant, he had her      husband, Uriah the Hittite, murdered [2 Sa 11].

     Because David did not rebound, he received severe       punishment from GOD [Ps 32, 38].

     After David Rebounded, his household was cursed [2 Sa 12:11-12]:

The child of adultery died [2 Sa 12:15-19]

Amnon raped Tamar [2 Sa 13:1-20]

Absalom had Amnon murdered [2 Sa 13:28-29]

Absalom rebelled and proclaimed himself king [2 Sa 15]

Shimei cursed David [2 Sa 16:5-13]

Absalom took Jerusalem & raped David's concubines [2 Sa 16:15-22]

Absalom was killed [2 Sa 18:14], & David was full of grief [2 Sa 18:31-33]

Adonijah was killed by Solomon's orders [1 Ki 2:24-25]

David was restored as King [2 Sa 19:8-43].

     David married Bathsheba, but there is no indication she      ever loved him.

     The children they had were also under the Four Generation      Curse because even though David was in Spiritual Maturity,      Bathsheba was not.

     She was probably in the fourth generation.

     Solomon, their eldest son, was obviously a wild child from      non-Right Man – Right Woman.

     Later under Spiritual Rapport Testing, David took a census      of Israel under Satanic influence, & all Israel was severely      punished [2 Sa 24].

     Thus, David & his family suffered under the Four Generation Curse,      & all Israel suffered because of David's bad decisions as King.

     However, David accepted his suffering & rode it out with doctrine.

     In spite of his curses, he loved the LORD & executed the      spiritual life.  He became the great example of a king      who served the LORD with his life & the standard by      which other kings were judged.

4. Four Generation Curse in Israel

4.1 - National Cursing in Israel

     The Four Generation Curse applies not only to families      but also to the royal families of the nation.

     Generations in the nation are counted by the succession of kings.

     When a king dies, his first born son inherits the throne.

     Each king is counted as a generation regardless of how      long he reigns.

     Theoretically there would be only one royal family in a nation      forever.  However, outsiders inevitably ascend to the throne &      become the new royal family.

     The Four Generation Curse applied to the nation means that      GOD will tolerate negative volition in 3 or 4 kings before      destroying the royal family.

     The Divine decision to destroy the nation is not, however,      based on the king. The king is temporal authority.

     The basis for blessing or cursing of the nation  is the Grace      of GOD related to the spirituality of the people.

     The rise or fall of the nation is based on GOD's attitude      toward the people - not the king.

     The king is a leader of the temporal flock, & the pastor, or      prophet, is the shepherd of the spiritual flock.

     The rise or fall of the nation is based on the spiritual - not temporal.

     In both the Northern & Southern Kingdoms the nation was destroyed      under the Fifth Cycle of Discipline after 4 cycles of 4 generations of      negative volition reflected in the royal family.

     The people were the reason for the fall of the nation,      but their negative volition was reflected in the kings.

     A good king may be blessed by having four or more      generations of his children ruling after him.

     However, the line of an evil king may be cut off.

     This happened to Saul & Jehoiachin [Coniah].

     The first four kings of Israel are shown in the table.

     Saul, who was handsome & stood head & shoulders      above other men, was anointed as the first king by Samuel.

     He had humility & potential, but he disobeyed the LORD,      & his royal line was cut off [1 Sa 13:13-14].

     He had a problem with jealousy & bitterness & tried to kill      David in a fit of rage.  David was Righteous, & Saul was evil.

     He reigned 42 years & was replaced by David, who      obeyed the LORD.

King Saul, 42 yrs. Curse: His Royal Family did not endure because he disobeyed the LORD[1 Sa 13:13-14] Events [1 Sa 13:1; Acts 13:21], he was handsome [1 Sam 9:2], fought the Philistines, prophesied, was terrorized by demons, promoted David and tried to kill him, consulted Samuel from the grave, and died after defeat by the Philistines.

David, 40 yrs. Curse: Family under Four Generation Curse, due to adultery, his household was cursed [2 Sa 12:11-12] Executed Curse:  Defeated the enemies of Israel & had rest [2 Sa 7:1] Events: Davidic Covenant, sons would rule forever [Psa 89:3-4, 20-37; 132:11-12; 2 Sam 7:8-16; 2 Ch 21:7; Isa 55:3; Acts 13:34]

Solomon, 40 yrs. Curse: His kingdom would be divided after his death [1 Ki 11:11-13] Events: Peace, prosperity, glory; built Temple; large harem, wives turned his heart from the Lord [1 Ki 11:3-4]

Jeroboam, 22 yrs. Curse: Curse of Jeroboam 1 Ki 14:9-14, 20; 15:29 Events: Rejected the Law (2 Ch 12:1); Baasha destroyed house of Jeroboam [1 Ki 15:29-30]

     David was the standard by which other kings were measured,      & none met his standard.

     Even though David had to overcome the Four Generation Curse      in his family & the curse of his household due to his sin, he was      given the Davidic Covenant, which promised him a son       forever on the throne.

     Every king of Judah was descended from David,      including the LORD JESUS CHRIST, who will sit on the      throne in the Millennium.

     Solomon inherited the throne from David.

     He had peace & prosperity, but his wives lured him into idolatry.

     Consequently, he was given a curse.

     His kingdom would be divided after his death,      & ten tribes would be taken away.

     When he died,      Israel was divided into a Northern & Southern Kingdom.

     The Northern Kingdom was called Israel, & the      Southern Kingdom was Judah.

     Jeroboam became the first king of the Northern Kingdom,      & Solomon's son Rehoboam became the king of the      Southern Kingdom.

     Both were severely cursed under the Four Generation Curse.

     They were the 4th generation kings, who were full of      the iniquity of the s ins of the fathers.

     Saul disobeyed the LORD & did evil.

     David had a weakness for women & kept a harem.

     Solomon went crazy for sex with a harem of a thousand women.

     His foreign wives lured him into idolatry, & he offered sacrifices      to idols such as Ashtoreth, Malcom, Chemosh, & Molech      [1 Ki 11:5, 7-8].

     In order to keep the people from going to Jerusalem to worship,      Jeroboam set up two golden calves as idols for the people      to worship [1 Ki 12:28-30].

     One was placed in the North in Dan &      the other at Bethel on the southern border.

     He set up an separate priesthood [not from the Tribe      of Levi] for offering sacrifices to the idols [1 Ki 12:31].

     He also set up an alternative to the Feast of the Passover.

     The sins of Jeroboam were so severe that he qualified      for destruction under the Four Generation Curse.

     HIS curse, called the Curse of Jeroboam, was that his entire      house [royal family] would be destroyed.

     That curse was executed by Baasha.

     As the fourth generation, Rehoboam had troubles too.

     Rehoboam rejected wise counsel & listened to foolish      counsel & lost ten tribes [1 Ki 11:11-13; 30-33].

     Note, the two tribes left for Judah are a matter of perspective.

     Judah was said to include Benjamin & the Levites      [2 Ch 11:12-14].

     Judah was considered one nation, although Simeon was      within its borders & Benjamin on the northern border      was generally considered to belong to Judah even though      some of its cities belonged to Jeroboam [1 Ki 12:21].

     The Levites in Judah were not counted as a separate tribe here,      & Ephraim & Manasseh were two tribes of the original      13 tribes - not twelve.

Under Rehoboam Judah was also invaded by Shishak, king of Egypt, and there was war continually with the Northern Kingdom of Israel.

4.2 - Cursing of the Northern Kingdom

4.2a] Jeroboam The Four Generation Curse in the Northern Kingdom of Israel is shown in the next Table.  It begins with Jeroboam, who is the recipient of the Four Generation Curse as the fourth king of Israel.  Because Jeroboam sacrificed to idols and led Israel astray through the worship of the golden calves, he was given the Curse of Jeroboam by the Prophet Ahijah.

1 Kings 14:11 Curse of Jeroboam Anyone belonging to Jeroboam who dies in the city the dogs will eat, and anyone who dies in the country the birds of the sky will eat, for the LORD has spoken it.

Under the curse Jeroboam's entire house was destroyed by Baasha, including Nadab, his successor.  The kings in a royal line are shown in the same color.  Thus, Nadab, Baasha, and Elah were sons of Jeroboam.

The evil of the Northern Kingdom was so great under Jeroboam that the Lord decreed that He would destroy the entire nation under the Fifth Cycle of Discipline.

1 Kings 14:15 Fifth Cycle of Discipline "And the LORD will strike Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water; and He will uproot Israel from this good land which He gave to their fathers, therefore He will scatter them beyond the Euphrates River, because they have made their Asherim, provoking the LORD to anger.

3- Baasha

Baasha, the third king, received the same curse as Jeroboam.  The Curse of Baasha was the same as the Curse of Jeroboam - all their houses were destroyed.  The Curse of Baasha was executed by Zimri, the commander of Elah's chariots.  The fourth king Elah succeeded Baasha but was killed by Zimri.

5- Zimri - Four Generation Curse

Zimri was the fifth king of Israel and the one in power when the Four Generation Curse was due to be executed.  He killed Elah and destroyed the house of Baasha in fulfillment of the Four Generation Curse and Curse of Baasha (1 Ki 16:12-13).  Zimri only reigned for 7 days before he was forced to commit suicide because of his sin.  Murder and suicide are a sign of Satan.  Zimri is also the first king in the next group of four.

Four Generation Curse in Northern Kingdom

To be continued...