16:5 The rest of the events of Baasha’s reign, including his accomplishments and successes, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel. 1 16:6 Baasha passed away 2 and was buried in Tirzah. His son Elah replaced him as king. 16:7 The prophet Jehu son of Hanani received from the Lord the message predicting the downfall of Baasha and his family because of all the evil Baasha had done in the sight of the Lord. 3 His actions angered the Lord (including the way he had destroyed Jeroboam’s dynasty), so that his family ended up like Jeroboam’s. 4
1 tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Baasha, and that which he did and his strength, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Israel?”
2 tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”
3 tn Heb “and also through Jehu son of Hanani the word of the
4 tn Heb “angering him by the work of his hands, so that he was like the house of Jeroboam, and because of how he struck it down.”