1 Kings 16:6

So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buryed in Tirzah, and Elah his sonne reigned in his steade.

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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

5And the rest of the actes of Baasha and what he did, and his power, are they not written in the booke of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel?

7And also by the hande of Iehu the sonne of Hanani the Prophet, came the worde of the Lord to Baasha, and to his house, that he shoulde be like the house of Ieroboam, euen for all the wickednes that he did in the sight of the Lord, in prouoking him with the worke of his hands, and because he killed him.

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Cross References

1 Kings 14:17And Ieroboams wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah, and when shee came to the threshold of the house, the yong man dyed,

1 Kings 15:21And when Baasha heard thereof, hee left buylding of Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah.

1 Kings 16:8In the sixe and twentie yeere of Asa king of Iudah began Elah ye sonne of Baasha to reigne ouer Israel in Tirzah, and reigned two yeere.

1 Kings 16:28And Omri slept with his fathers, and was buryed in Samaria: and Ahab his sonne 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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