1 Kings 16:6

Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah; and Elah his son reigned in his place.

World English Bible British with Deuterocanon

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 Baasha, and what he did, and his might, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

7Moreover the LORD’s word came by the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha and against his house, both because of all the evil that he did in the LORD’s sight, to provoke him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam, and because he struck him.

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Cross References

1 Kings 14:17Jeroboam’s wife arose and departed, and came to Tirzah. As she came to the threshold of the house, the child died.

1 Kings 15:21When Baasha heard of it, he stopped building Ramah, and lived in Tirzah.

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

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

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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