Add parallel Print Page Options

So Baasa slept with his fathers, and was buried in Thersa: and Ela his son reigned in his stead.

And when the word of the Lord came in the hand of Jehu the son of Hanani the prophet, against Baasa, and against his house, and against all the evil that he had done before the Lord, to provoke him to anger by the works of his hands, to become as the house of Jeroboam: for this cause he slew him, that is to say, Jehu the son of Hanani, the prophet.

In the six and twentieth year of Asa king of Juda, Ela the son of Baasa reigned over Israel in Thersa two years.

Read full chapter

Baasha rested with his ancestors and was buried in Tirzah.(A) And Elah his son succeeded him as king.

Moreover, the word of the Lord came(B) through the prophet Jehu(C) son of Hanani to Baasha and his house, because of all the evil he had done in the eyes of the Lord, arousing his anger by the things he did, becoming like the house of Jeroboam—and also because he destroyed it.

Elah King of Israel

In the twenty-sixth year of Asa king of Judah, Elah son of Baasha became king of Israel, and he reigned in Tirzah two years.

Read full chapter