1 Kings 16:6

And Baasa slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah; and Elah his son reigned in his stead.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

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

In Context

5Now the rest of the acts of Baasa, and what he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

7And moreover by the hand of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the word of the LORD against Baasa, and against his house, both because of all the evil that he did in the sight of the LORD, to provoke Him with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam, and because he smote him.

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Cross References

1 Kings 14:17And Jeroboam's wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah; and as she came to the threshold of the house, the child died.

1 Kings 15:21And it came to pass, when Baasa heard thereof, that he left off building Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah.

1 Kings 16:8In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah the son of Baasa to reign over Israel in Tirzah, and reigned two years.

1 Kings 16:28And Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria; and Ahab his son reigned in his stead.

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 16:2-15

Ruin of Baasha's Family Foretold. ( b. c. 931.) 1 Then the word of the Lord came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying, 2 Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee prince over my people Israel; and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins; 3 Behold, I will take away the posterity of Baasha, and the posterity of his house; and will make thy house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat. 4 Him that dieth of… Read the whole commentary →

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