Translation | Verse | Text |
King James | 1Ki 16:6 | So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah: and Elah his son reigned in his stead. |
Word | American Tract Society - Definition |
BAASHA | Son of Ahijah, and commander of the armies of Nadab, king of Israel. He killed his master treacherously at the siege of Gibbethon, and usurped the kingdom, B.C. 953, which he possessed twenty-three years. He exterminated the whole race of Jeroboam, as had been predicted, 1Ki 14:7-14; but by his bad conduct and idolatry incurred God's indignation, 1Ki 15:1-16:7,12. God sent him a warning by the mouth of Jebu the prophet; which was fulfilled in the extermination of his family two years after his own death. |