²¹ When Baasha heard this, he stopped building Ramah^(A) and withdrew to Tirzah.^(B)

¹⁷ Then Jeroboam’s wife got up and left and went to Tirzah.^(A) As soon as she stepped over the threshold of the house, the boy died.

Zimri King of Israel

¹⁵ In the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, Zimri reigned in Tirzah seven days. The army was encamped near Gibbethon,^(A) a Philistine town. ¹⁶ When the Israelites in the camp heard that Zimri had plotted against the king and murdered him, they proclaimed Omri, the commander of the army, king over Israel that very day there in the camp. ¹⁷ Then Omri and all the Israelites with him withdrew from Gibbethon and laid siege to Tirzah. ¹⁸ When Zimri saw that the city was taken, he went into the citadel of the royal palace and set the palace on fire around him. So he died,

⁵ When Baasha heard this, he stopped building Ramah and abandoned his work.

¹⁷ Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah and fortified Ramah^(A) to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the territory of Asa king of Judah.