Now 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? ] As those of Jeroboam and Nadab were, ( 1 Kings 14:19 ) ( 15:31 ) .
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And now the consequences - I will burn Baasha and his regime to cinders, the identical fate of Jeroboam son of Nebat.
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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."
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The rest of Baasha's life, the record of his regime, is written in The Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
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Baasha died and was buried with his ancestors in Tirzah. His son Elah was king after him.
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That's the way it was with Baasha: Through the prophet Jehu son of Hanani, God's word came to him and his regime because of his life of open evil before God and his making God so angry - a chip off the block of Jeroboam, even though God had destroyed him.
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