So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah, and Elah his son reigned in his stead.

And also [a]by the hand of Jehu the son of Hanani the Prophet, came the word of the Lord to Baasha, and to his house, that he should be like the house of Jeroboam, even for all the wickedness that he did in the sight of the Lord, in provoking him with the work of his hands, and because he killed [b]him.

¶ In the six and twenty years of Asa king of Judah, began Elah the son of Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, and reigned two years.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 16:7 That is, the Prophet did his message.
  2. 1 Kings 16:7 Meaning, Nadab Jeroboam’s son.

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