1 Kings 15:17

15:17 King Baasha of Israel attacked Judah and established Ramah as a military outpost to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the land of King Asa of Judah. ¹ 

1 Kings 15:33

Baasha’s Reign over Israel

15:33 In the third year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Baasha son of Ahijah became king over all Israel in Tirzah; he ruled for twenty-four years.

1 Kings 16:3

16:3 So I am ready to burn up ²  Baasha and his family, and make your family ³  like the family of Jeroboam son of Nebat.

1 Kings 16:5

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. ⁴ 

1 Kings 16:8

Elah’s Reign over Israel

16:8 In the twenty-sixth year of King Asa’s reign over Judah, Baasha’s son Elah became king over Israel; he ruled in Tirzah for two years.

1 Kings 16:11

16:11 When he became king and occupied the throne, he killed Baasha’s entire family. He did not spare any male belonging to him; he killed his relatives and his friends. ⁵ 

1 Kings 21:22

21:22 I will make your dynasty ⁶  like those of Jeroboam son of Nebat and Baasha son of Ahijah because you angered me and made Israel sin.’ ⁷ 

1 Kings 15:19

15:19 “I want to make a treaty with you, like the one our fathers made. ⁸  See, I have sent you silver and gold as a present. Break your treaty with King Baasha of Israel, so he will retreat from my land.” ⁹ 

1 Kings 15:22

15:22 King Asa ordered all the men of Judah (no exemptions were granted) to carry away the stones and wood that Baasha had used to build Ramah. ¹⁰  King Asa used the materials to build up ¹¹  Geba (in Benjamin) and Mizpah.

1 Kings 16:7

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. ¹²  His actions angered the Lord (including the way he had destroyed Jeroboam’s dynasty), so that his family ended up like Jeroboam’s. ¹³ 

1 Kings 16:13

16:13 This happened because of all the sins which Baasha and his son Elah committed and which they made Israel commit. They angered the Lord God of Israel with their worthless idols. ¹⁴ 

[15:17]  ¹ tn Heb “and he built up Ramah so as to not permit going out or coming in to Asa king of Judah.”

[16:3]  ² tn The traditional view understands the verb בָּעַר (ba’ar) to mean “burn.” However, an alternate view takes בָּעַר (ba’ar) as a homonym meaning “sweep away” (HALOT 146 s.v. II בער). In this case one might translate, “I am ready to sweep away Baasha and his family.” Either metaphor emphasizes the thorough and destructive nature of the coming judgment.

[16:3]  ³ tc The Old Greek, Syriac Peshitta, and some mss of the Targum have here “his house.”

[16:5]  ³ 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?”

[16:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “and he did not spare any belonging to him who urinate against a wall, [including] his kinsmen redeemers and his friends.”

[21:22]  ⁵ tn Heb “house.”

[21:22]  ⁶ tn Heb “because of the provocation by which you angered [me], and you caused Israel to sin.”

[15:19]  ⁶ tn Heb “[May there be] a covenant between me and you [as there was] between my father and your father.”

[15:19]  ⁷ tn Heb “so he will go up from upon me.”

[15:22]  ⁷ tn Heb “and King Asa made a proclamation to all Judah, there was no one exempt, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and its wood which Baasha had built.”

[15:22]  ⁸ tn Heb “and King Asa built with them.”

[16:7]  ⁸ tn Heb “and also through Jehu son of Hanani the word of the Lord came concerning [or “against”] Baasha and his house, and because of all the evil which he did in the eyes of the Lord.”

[16:7]  ⁹ 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.”

[16:13]  ⁹ tn Heb “angering the Lord God of Israel with their empty things.”