Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah; and Elah his son reigned in his place.
Parallel translations
- KJV So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah: and Elah his son reigned in his stead.
- BSB And Baasha rested with his fathers and was buried in Tirzah, and his son Elah reigned in his place.
- NKJV So Baasha rested with his fathers and was buried in Tirzah. Then Elah his son reigned in his place.
- NASB And Baasha lay down with his fathers and was buried in Tirzah, and his son Elah became king in his place.
- NLT When Baasha died, he was buried in Tirzah. Then his son Elah became the next king.
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Quick answer
Baasha dies and is buried in Tirzah, succeeded by his son Elah.
Overview
Baasha's relatively peaceful death and burial precede the swift fall of his house through his son Elah, in whom the prophesied judgment will land. The succession sets the stage for the fulfillment of Jehu's prophecy. It quietly underscores that the delay of judgment is not its cancellation; God's word will come to pass in His timing.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- 1 Kgs 14:17Jeroboam’s wife arose and departed, and came to Tirzah. As she came to the threshold of the house, the child died.
- 1 Kgs 15:21When Baasha heard of it, he stopped building Ramah, and lived in Tirzah.
- 1 Kgs 14:20The days which Jeroboam reigned were twenty two years, then he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his place.
- 1 Kgs 15:25Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah; and he reigned over Israel two years.
- 1 Kgs 16:13–14for all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, which they sinned, and with which they made Israel to sin, to provoke Yahweh, the God of Israel, to anger with their vanities.
- 1 Kgs 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.
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