6Baasha rested with his fathers and was buried in Tirzah. And Elah his son succeeded him as king.


In Context

3 So I am about to consume Baasha and his house, and I will make your house like that of Jeroboam son of Nebat.

4 Dogs will eat those belonging to Baasha who die in the city, and the birds of the air will feed on those who die in the country."

5 As for the other events of Baasha's reign, what he did and his achievements, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel?

6 Baasha rested with his fathers and was buried in Tirzah. And Elah his son succeeded him as king.

7 Moreover, the word of the Lord came through the prophet Jehu son of Hanani to Baasha and his house, because of all the evil he had done in the eyes of the Lord , provoking him to anger by the things he did, and becoming like the house of Jeroboam-and also because he destroyed it.

8 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.

1st Kings 16:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:6So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah: and Elah his son reigned in his stead.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

16:6So Baasa slept with his fathers, and was buried in Thersa: and Ela his son reigned in his stead.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

16:6And Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah; and Elah his son reigned in his stead.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:6And Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah; and Elah his son reigned in his stead.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

16:6And Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah; and Elah his son reigned in his stead.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:6So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah: and Elah his son reigned in his stead.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:6Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah; and Elah his son reigned in his place.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

16:6And Baasha lieth with his fathers, and is buried in Tirzah, and Elah his son reigneth in his stead.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:6So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah: and Elah his son reigned in his stead.