Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah; and Elah his son reigned in his place.
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Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah; and Elah his son reigned in his place.
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So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah: and Elah his son reigned in his stead.
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And Baasa slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah; and Elah his son reigned in his stead.
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Passages linked to 1 Kings 16:6 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 1 Kings 14:17 Jeroboam’s wife arose and departed, and came to Tirzah. As she came to the threshold of the house, the child died.
- 1 Kings 15:21 When Baasha heard of it, he stopped building Ramah, and lived in Tirzah.
- 1 Kings 14:20 The days which Jeroboam reigned were twenty two years, then he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his place.
- 1 Kings 15:25 Nadab 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 Kings 16:8 In 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 16:13-14 for 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. Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Ki 16:6 So Baasha slept with his fathers, and…
1Ki 16:6 So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah: and Elah his son reigned in his stead.
Ver. 6. Slept with his fathers.] His posterity only were eaten by dogs and fowls.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And also by the hand of the prophet Jehu,…
And also by the hand of the prophet Jehu, the son of Hanani, came the word of the Lord against Baasha, and against his house,.... Which is here repeated, as Abarbinel thinks, because in the former prophecy the threatening was on account not of his own sin, but because he made Israel to sin; but here it is because of his own evil works, as it follows:
even for all the evil that he did in the sight of the Lord, in provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam: worshipping the golden calves as they did:
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and because he killed him; either Jeroboam; for, according to Dr. Lightfoot (b), he was alive this year; rather Nadab the son of Jeroboam, who it is certain was slain by Baasha; though it may refer, as Abarbinel thinks, to the whole house of Jeroboam; though it was agreeable to the will of God, yet was not done by Baasha with any regard to it, but to gratify his malice and ambition, and therefore punishable for it.
(b) Works, vol. 1. p. 79.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 6. So [R.V. And] Baasha slept with his fathers]…
6. So [R.V. And] Baasha slept with his fathers] He had reigned not quite twenty-four full years. Cf. 1Ki_15:33 with 1Ki_16:8. Tirzah was now sufficiently distinguished to be made a burial place by the kings of Israel.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried…
So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tizrzah, 1Ki_15:21, 1Ki_15:33. This place is twice mentioned as his residence and Elah his son reigned in his stead. It is perhaps more than a mere coincidence that this uncommon name, Elah ("terebinth," see note on, 1Ki_13:14) is also the name of the great valley (1Sa_17:2, 19 21:9) near to Gibbethon, where Baasha was proclaimed king.
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