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Good News Translation

1 Kings 16:6

Baasha died and was buried in Tirzah, and his son Elah succeeded him as king.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Anger;   Baasha;   Elah;   Tirzah;   Thompson Chain Reference - Elah;   Tirzah;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Elah;   Hanani;   Jehu;   Tirzah;   Zimri;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Palestine;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Tirza;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Samaria;   Tirzah (2);   Holman Bible Dictionary - Elah;   Jehu;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Baasha;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Baasha ;   Elah ;   Tirzah ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Nimshi;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Baasha;   Issachar;   Jehu;   Kings;   Tirzah;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ba'asha;   Burial, Sepulchres;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Israel;   Babylonish Captivity, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Elah (2);   Tirzah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Baasha rested with his fathers and was buried in Tirzah. His son Elah became king in his place.
Hebrew Names Version
Ba`sha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirtzah; and Elah his son reigned in his place.
King James Version
So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah: and Elah his son reigned in his stead.
English Standard Version
And Baasha slept with his fathers and was buried at Tirzah, and Elah his son reigned in his place.
New Century Version
So Baasha died and was buried in Tirzah, and his son Elah became king in his place.
New English Translation
Baasha passed away and was buried in Tirzah. His son Elah replaced him as king.
Amplified Bible
Baasha slept with his fathers [in death] and was buried in Tirzah. Elah his son became king in his place.
New American Standard Bible
And Baasha lay down with his fathers and was buried in Tirzah, and his son Elah became king in his place.
Geneva Bible (1587)
So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buryed in Tirzah, and Elah his sonne reigned in his steade.
Legacy Standard Bible
And Baasha slept with his fathers and was buried in Tirzah, and Elah his son became king in his place.
Complete Jewish Bible
Ba‘sha slept with his ancestors, and Elah his son became king in his place.
Darby Translation
And Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah; and Elah his son reigned in his stead.
Easy-to-Read Version
Baasha died and was buried in Tirzah. His son Elah became the new king after him.
George Lamsa Translation
So Baasha slept with his fathers and was buried in Tirzah; and Elah his son reigned in his stead.
Lexham English Bible
Baasha slept with his ancestors and was buried in Tirzah, and Elah his son became king in his place.
Literal Translation
And Baasha lay with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah. And his son Elah reigned in his place.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Baesa slepte with his fathers, & was buried at Thirza: & his sonne Ella was kynge in his steade.
American Standard Version
And Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah; and Elah his son reigned in his stead.
Bible in Basic English
And Baasha went to rest with his fathers, and was put into the earth at Tirzah; and Elah his son became king in his place.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And so Baasa slept with his fathers, and was buried in Thirza, and Ela his sonne raigned in his steade.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Baasa slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah; and Elah his son reigned in his stead.
King James Version (1611)
So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah, and Elah his sonne reigned in his stead.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Baasa slept with his fathers, and they bury him in Thersa; and Ela his son reigns in his stead.
English Revised Version
And Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah; and Elah his son reigned in his stead.
Berean Standard Bible
And Baasha rested with his fathers and was buried in Tirzah, and his son Elah reigned in his place.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor Baasa slepte with hise fadris, and he was biried in Thersa; and Hela, his sone, regnede for hym.
Young's Literal Translation
And Baasha lieth with his fathers, and is buried in Tirzah, and Elah his son reigneth in his stead.
Update Bible Version
And Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah; and Elah his son reigned in his stead.
Webster's Bible Translation
So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah: and Elah his son reigned in his stead.
World English Bible
Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah; and Elah his son reigned in his place.
New King James Version
So Baasha rested with his fathers and was buried in Tirzah. Then Elah his son reigned in his place.
New Living Translation
When Baasha died, he was buried in Tirzah. Then his son Elah became the next king.
New Life Bible
Baasha died and was buried in Tirzah. His son Elah became king in his place.
New Revised Standard
Baasha slept with his ancestors, and was buried at Tirzah; and his son Elah succeeded him.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah, - and, Elah his son, reigned, in his stead.
Douay-Rheims Bible
So Baasa slept with his fathers, and was buried in Thersa: and Ela, his son, reigned in his stead.
Revised Standard Version
And Ba'asha slept with his fathers, and was buried at Tirzah; and Elah his son reigned in his stead.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
And Baasha slept with his fathers and was buried in Tirzah, and Elah his son became king in his place.

Contextual Overview

1 The Lord spoke to the prophet Jehu son of Hanani and gave him this message for Baasha: 2 "You were a nobody, but I made you the leader of my people Israel. And now you have sinned like Jeroboam and have led my people into sin. Their sins have aroused my anger, 3 and so I will do away with you and your family, just as I did with Jeroboam. 4 Any members of your family who die in the city will be eaten by dogs, and any who die in the open country will be eaten by vultures." 5 Everything else that Baasha did and all his brave deeds are recorded in The History of the Kings of Israel. 6 Baasha died and was buried in Tirzah, and his son Elah succeeded him as king. 7 That message from the Lord against Baasha and his family was given by the prophet Jehu because of the sins that Baasha committed against the Lord . He aroused the Lord 's anger not only because of the evil he did, just as King Jeroboam had done before him, but also because he killed all of Jeroboam's family. 8 In the twenty-sixth year of the reign of King Asa of Judah, Elah son of Baasha became king of Israel, and he ruled in Tirzah for two years. 9 Zimri, one of his officers who was in charge of half of the king's chariots, plotted against him. One day in Tirzah, Elah was getting drunk in the home of Arza, who was in charge of the palace. 10 Zimri entered the house, assassinated Elah, and succeeded him as king. This happened in the twenty-seventh year of the reign of King Asa of Judah.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

am 3074, bc 930

Baasha: 1 Kings 14:20, 1 Kings 15:25

Tirzah: 1 Kings 14:17, 1 Kings 15:21

Elah: 1 Kings 16:8, 1 Kings 16:13, 1 Kings 16:14

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 11:43 - slept 1 Kings 16:28 - So Omri slept Psalms 49:19 - to the generation

Cross-References

Genesis 16:8
and said, "Hagar, slave of Sarai, where have you come from and where are you going?" She answered, "I am running away from my mistress."
Genesis 16:9
He said, "Go back to her and be her slave."
Genesis 24:10
The servant, who was in charge of Abraham's property, took ten of his master's camels and went to the city where Nahor had lived in northern Mesopotamia.
Exodus 2:15
When the king heard about what had happened, he tried to have Moses killed, but Moses fled and went to live in the land of Midian. One day, when Moses was sitting by a well, seven daughters of Jethro, the priest of Midian, came to draw water and fill the troughs for their father's sheep and goats.
Job 2:6
So the Lord said to Satan, "All right, he is in your power, but you are not to kill him."
Proverbs 14:29
If you stay calm, you are wise, but if you have a hot temper, you only show how stupid you are.
Proverbs 15:1
A gentle answer quiets anger, but a harsh one stirs it up.
Proverbs 27:8
Anyone away from home is like a bird away from its nest.
Proverbs 29:19
You cannot correct servants just by talking to them. They may understand you, but they will pay no attention.
Ecclesiastes 10:4
If your ruler becomes angry with you, do not hand in your resignation; serious wrongs may be pardoned if you keep calm.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

So Baasha slept with his fathers,.... Or died, not a violent, but natural, death:

and was buried in Tirzah; where was the royal palace of the kings of Israel:

and Elah his son reigned in his stead; yet but a short time.


 
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