1 Kings 16:6

6 Baasha slept with his ancestors and was buried in Tirzah, and Elah his son 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 Those who die for Baasha in the city, the dogs will eat; those who die for him in the field, the birds of the heavens will eat."

5 The remainder of the acts of Baasha, what he did, and his powerful deeds, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Israel?

6 Baasha slept with his ancestors and was buried in Tirzah, and Elah his son became king in his place.

7 Moreover, the word of Yahweh came to Baasha and to his house by the hand of Jehu the son of Hanani the prophet, because of all the evil that he did in the eyes of Yahweh by provoking him with the work of his hands, by being like the house of Jeroboam; and he destroyed him.

8 In the twenty-sixth year of Asa king of Judah, Elah the son of Baasha became king over Israel for two years.

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "fathers"