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16 The word of the Lord came to Jehu son of Hanani against Baasha, saying,(A) “Since I exalted you out of the dust and made you leader over my people Israel, and you have walked in the way of Jeroboam and have caused my people Israel to sin, provoking me to anger with their sins,(B) therefore I will consume Baasha and his house, and I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam son of Nebat.(C) Anyone belonging to Baasha who dies in the city the dogs shall eat, and anyone of his who dies in the field the birds of the air shall eat.”(D)

Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, what he did, and his power, are they not written in the Book of the Annals of the Kings of Israel?(E) Baasha slept with his ancestors and was buried at Tirzah, and his son Elah succeeded him.(F) Moreover, the word of the Lord came by the prophet Jehu son of Hanani against Baasha and his house, both because of all the evil that he did in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam, and also because he destroyed it.(G)

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Prophecy against Baasha

16 Now the word of the Lord came to (A)Jehu the son of (B)Hanani against Baasha, saying, “Since I (C)exalted you from the dust and made you leader over My people Israel, and (D)you have walked in the way of Jeroboam and have misled My people Israel into sin, provoking Me to anger with their sins, behold, (E)I am going to [a]burn (F)Baasha and his house, and (G)I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat. (H)Anyone belonging to Baasha who dies in the city, the dogs will eat; and anyone belonging to him who dies in the field, the birds of the sky will eat.”

(I)Now as for the rest of the acts of Baasha and what he did and his might, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

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And Baasha [b]lay down with his fathers and was buried in (J)Tirzah, and his son Elah became king in his place. Moreover, the word of the Lord through (K)the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came against Baasha and his household, both because of all the evil that he did in the sight of the Lord, provoking Him to anger with (L)the work of his hands, by being like the house of Jeroboam, and because (M)he struck [c]it.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 16:3 Another reading is sweep away
  2. 1 Kings 16:6 I.e., died
  3. 1 Kings 16:7 Or him