1 Kings 16:6

6 Baasha rested with his fathers and was buried in Tirzah. His son Elah became king in his place.

1 Kings 16:6 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 16:6

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.

1 Kings 16:6 In-Context

4 Anyone who belongs to Baasha and dies in the city, the dogs will eat, and anyone who is his and dies in the field, the birds of the sky will eat.

5 The rest of the events of Baasha's [reign], along with all his accomplishments and might, are written about in the Historical Record of Israel's Kings.

6 Baasha rested with his fathers and was buried in Tirzah. His son Elah became king in his place.

7 Through the prophet Jehu son of Hanani the word of the Lord also came against Baasha and against his house because of all the evil he had done in the Lord's sight, provoking Him with the work of his hands and being like the house of Jeroboam, and because Baasha had struck down the house of Jeroboam.

8 In the twenty-sixth year of Judah's King Asa, Elah son of Baasha became king over Israel in Tirzah; [he reigned] two years.