1 Kings 16:4

4 Baasha's people who die in the city will be eaten by scavenger dogs; carrion crows will eat the ones who die in the country."

1 Kings 16:4 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 16:4

Him that dieth of Baasha in the city shall the dogs eat, and
him that dieth of his in the fields shall the fowls of the air eat.
] They should not have burial, which is just the same that was threatened to and executed on Jeroboam's family, ( 1 Kings 14:11 ) .

1 Kings 16:4 In-Context

2 "I took you from nothing - a complete nobody - and set you up as the leader of my people Israel, but you plodded along in the rut of Jeroboam, making my people Israel sin and making me seethe over their sin.

3 And now the consequences - I will burn Baasha and his regime to cinders, the identical fate of Jeroboam son of Nebat.

4 Baasha's people who die in the city will be eaten by scavenger dogs; carrion crows will eat the ones who die in the country."

5 The rest of Baasha's life, the record of his regime, is written in The Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.

6 Baasha died and was buried with his ancestors in Tirzah. His son Elah was king after him.