Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha slay him, and reigned in his stead. ] Which seems to be his only or chief view in slaying him, to get possession of his kingdom.
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He was openly evil before God - he followed in the footsteps of his father who both sinned and made Israel sin.
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Baasha son of Ahijah of the tribe of Issachar ganged up on him and attacked him at the Philistine town of Gibbethon while Nadab and the Israelites were doing battle there.
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Baasha killed Nadab in the third year of Asa king of Judah and became Israel's next king.
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As soon as he was king he killed everyone in Jeroboam's family. There wasn't a living soul left to the name of Jeroboam; Baasha wiped them out totally, just as God's servant Ahijah of Shiloh had prophesied
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- punishment for Jeroboam's sins and for making Israel sin, for making the God of Israel thoroughly angry.
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