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New King James Version

1 Kings 16:6

So Baasha rested with his fathers and was buried in Tirzah. Then Elah his son reigned in his place.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Anger;   Baasha;   Elah;   Tirzah;   Thompson Chain Reference - Elah;   Tirzah;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Elah;   Hanani;   Jehu;   Tirzah;   Zimri;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Palestine;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Tirza;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Samaria;   Tirzah (2);   Holman Bible Dictionary - Elah;   Jehu;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Baasha;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Baasha ;   Elah ;   Tirzah ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Nimshi;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Baasha;   Issachar;   Jehu;   Kings;   Tirzah;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ba'asha;   Burial, Sepulchres;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Israel;   Babylonish Captivity, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Elah (2);   Tirzah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Baasha rested with his fathers and was buried in Tirzah. His son Elah became king in his place.
Hebrew Names Version
Ba`sha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirtzah; and Elah his son reigned in his place.
King James Version
So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah: and Elah his son reigned in his stead.
English Standard Version
And Baasha slept with his fathers and was buried at Tirzah, and Elah his son reigned in his place.
New Century Version
So Baasha died and was buried in Tirzah, and his son Elah became king in his place.
New English Translation
Baasha passed away and was buried in Tirzah. His son Elah replaced him as king.
Amplified Bible
Baasha slept with his fathers [in death] and was buried in Tirzah. Elah his son became king in his place.
New American Standard Bible
And Baasha lay down with his fathers and was buried in Tirzah, and his son Elah became king in his place.
Geneva Bible (1587)
So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buryed in Tirzah, and Elah his sonne reigned in his steade.
Legacy Standard Bible
And Baasha slept with his fathers and was buried in Tirzah, and Elah his son became king in his place.
Complete Jewish Bible
Ba‘sha slept with his ancestors, and Elah his son became king in his place.
Darby Translation
And Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah; and Elah his son reigned in his stead.
Easy-to-Read Version
Baasha died and was buried in Tirzah. His son Elah became the new king after him.
George Lamsa Translation
So Baasha slept with his fathers and was buried in Tirzah; and Elah his son reigned in his stead.
Good News Translation
Baasha died and was buried in Tirzah, and his son Elah succeeded him as king.
Lexham English Bible
Baasha slept with his ancestors and was buried in Tirzah, and Elah his son became king in his place.
Literal Translation
And Baasha lay with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah. And his son Elah reigned in his place.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Baesa slepte with his fathers, & was buried at Thirza: & his sonne Ella was kynge in his steade.
American Standard Version
And Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah; and Elah his son reigned in his stead.
Bible in Basic English
And Baasha went to rest with his fathers, and was put into the earth at Tirzah; and Elah his son became king in his place.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And so Baasa slept with his fathers, and was buried in Thirza, and Ela his sonne raigned in his steade.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Baasa slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah; and Elah his son reigned in his stead.
King James Version (1611)
So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah, and Elah his sonne reigned in his stead.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Baasa slept with his fathers, and they bury him in Thersa; and Ela his son reigns in his stead.
English Revised Version
And Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah; and Elah his son reigned in his stead.
Berean Standard Bible
And Baasha rested with his fathers and was buried in Tirzah, and his son Elah reigned in his place.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor Baasa slepte with hise fadris, and he was biried in Thersa; and Hela, his sone, regnede for hym.
Young's Literal Translation
And Baasha lieth with his fathers, and is buried in Tirzah, and Elah his son reigneth in his stead.
Update Bible Version
And Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah; and Elah his son reigned in his stead.
Webster's Bible Translation
So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah: and Elah his son reigned in his stead.
World English Bible
Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah; and Elah his son reigned in his place.
New Living Translation
When Baasha died, he was buried in Tirzah. Then his son Elah became the next king.
New Life Bible
Baasha died and was buried in Tirzah. His son Elah became king in his place.
New Revised Standard
Baasha slept with his ancestors, and was buried at Tirzah; and his son Elah succeeded him.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah, - and, Elah his son, reigned, in his stead.
Douay-Rheims Bible
So Baasa slept with his fathers, and was buried in Thersa: and Ela, his son, reigned in his stead.
Revised Standard Version
And Ba'asha slept with his fathers, and was buried at Tirzah; and Elah his son reigned in his stead.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
And Baasha slept with his fathers and was buried in Tirzah, and Elah his son became king in his place.

Contextual Overview

1 Then the word of the LORD came to Jehu the son of Hanani, against Baasha, saying: 2 "Inasmuch as I lifted you out of the dust and made you ruler over My people Israel, and you have walked in the way of Jeroboam, and have made My people Israel sin, to provoke Me to anger with their sins, 3 surely I will take away the posterity of Baasha and the posterity of his house, and I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat. 4 The dogs shall eat whoever belongs to Baasha and dies in the city, and the birds of the air shall eat whoever dies in the fields." 5 Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, what he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 6 So Baasha rested with his fathers and was buried in Tirzah. Then Elah his son reigned in his place. 7 And also the word of the LORD came by the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha and his house, because of all the evil that he did in the sight of the LORD in provoking Him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam, and because he killed them. 8 In the twenty-sixth year of Asa king of Judah, Elah the son of Baasha became king over Israel, and reigned two years in Tirzah. 9 Now his servant Zimri, commander of half his chariots, conspired against him as he was in Tirzah drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, steward of his house in Tirzah. 10 And Zimri went in and struck him and killed him in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his place.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

am 3074, bc 930

Baasha: 1 Kings 14:20, 1 Kings 15:25

Tirzah: 1 Kings 14:17, 1 Kings 15:21

Elah: 1 Kings 16:8, 1 Kings 16:13, 1 Kings 16:14

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 11:43 - slept 1 Kings 16:28 - So Omri slept Psalms 49:19 - to the generation

Cross-References

Genesis 16:8
And He said, "Hagar, Sarai's maid, where have you come from, and where are you going?" She said, "I am fleeing from the presence of my mistress Sarai."
Genesis 16:9
The Angel of the LORD said to her, "Return to your mistress, and submit yourself under her hand."
Genesis 24:10
Then the servant took ten of his master's camels and departed, for all his master's goods were in his hand. And he arose and went to Mesopotamia, to the city of Nahor.
Exodus 2:15
When Pharaoh heard of this matter, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh and dwelt in the land of Midian; and he sat down by a well.
Job 2:6
And the LORD said to Satan, "Behold, he is in your hand, but spare his life."
Proverbs 14:29
He who is slow to wrath has great understanding,But he who is impulsive [fn] exalts folly.
Proverbs 15:1
A soft answer turns away wrath, But a harsh word stirs up anger.
Proverbs 27:8
Like a bird that wanders from its nest Is a man who wanders from his place.
Proverbs 29:19
A servant will not be corrected by mere words; For though he understands, he will not respond.
Ecclesiastes 10:4
If the spirit of the ruler rises against you, Do not leave your post; For conciliation pacifies great offenses.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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.


 
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