1 Kings 16:6
◄  1 Kings 16:6  ►
New International Version (©2011)
Baasha rested with his ancestors and was buried in Tirzah. And Elah his son succeeded him as king.

New Living Translation (©2007)
When Baasha died, he was buried in Tirzah. Then his son Elah became the next king.

English Standard Version (©2001)
And Baasha slept with his fathers and was buried at Tirzah, and Elah his son reigned in his place.

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.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah: and Elah his son reigned in his stead.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Baasha rested with his fathers and was buried in Tirzah. His son Elah became king in his place.

International Standard Version (©2012)
Eventually, Baasha died, as had his ancestors, and he was buried in Tirzah. His son Elah was installed as king in his place.

NET Bible (©2006)
Baasha passed away and was buried in Tirzah. His son Elah replaced him as king.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Baasha lay down in death with his ancestors and was buried in Tirzah. His son Elah succeeded him as king.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah: and Elah his son reigned in his place.

American King James Version
So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah: and Elah his son reigned in his stead.

American Standard Version
And 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.

Darby Bible Translation
And Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah; and Elah his son reigned 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.

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.

Young's Literal Translation
And Baasha lieth with his fathers, and is buried in Tirzah, and Elah his son reigneth in his stead.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

16:1-14 This chapter relates wholly to the kingdom of Israel, and the revolutions of that kingdom. God calls Israel his people still, though wretchedly corrupted. Jehu foretells the same destruction to come upon Baasha's family, which that king had been employed to bring upon the family of Jeroboam. Those who resemble others in their sins, may expect to resemble them in the plagues they suffer, especially those who seem zealous against such sins in others as they allow in themselves. Baasha himself dies in peace, and is buried with honour. Herein plainly appears that there are punishments after death, which are most to be dreaded. Let Elah be a warning to drunkards, who know not but death may surprise them. Death easily comes upon men when they are drunk. Besides the diseases which men bring themselves into by drinking, when in that state, men are easily overcome by an enemy, and liable to bad accidents. Death comes terribly upon men in such a state, finding them in the act of sin, and unfitted for any act of devotion; that day comes upon them unawares. The word of God was fulfilled, and the sins of Baasha and Elah were reckoned for, with which they provoked God. Their idols are called their vanities, for idols cannot profit nor help; miserable are those whose gods are vanities.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 6. - So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tizrzah [cf. 1 Kings 15:21, 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 1 Kings 13:14), is also the name of the great valley (1 Samuel 17:2, 19; 1 Samuel 21:9) near to Gibbethon, where Baasha was proclaimed king.]

Gill's Exposition of the Entire 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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Jehu's Prophecy against Baasha
…5Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, and what he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 6So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah: and Elah his son reigned in his stead. 7And also by the hand of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the word of the LORD against Baasha, and against his house, 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; and because he killed him.

1 Kings 14:17 Then Jeroboam's wife got up and left and went to Tirzah. As soon as she stepped over the threshold of the house, the boy died.
1 Kings 15:16 There was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel throughout their reigns.
1 Kings 15:21 When Baasha heard this, he stopped building Ramah and withdrew to Tirzah.