1 Kings 16:6

16:6 Baasha passed away ¹  and was buried in Tirzah. His son Elah replaced him as king.

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 4:18

4:18 Shimei son of Ela was in charge of Benjamin.

1 Kings 16:14

16:14 The rest of the events of Elah’s reign, including all his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel. ² 

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. ³ 

1 Kings 16:9-10

16:9 His servant Zimri, a commander of half of his chariot force, conspired against him. While Elah was drinking heavily ⁴  at the house of Arza, who supervised the palace in Tirzah, 16:10 Zimri came in and struck him dead. (This happened in the twenty-seventh year of Asa’s reign over Judah.) Zimri replaced Elah as king. ⁵ 

[16:6]  ¹ tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

[16:14]  ² tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Elah, and all which he did, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Israel?”

[16:13]  ³ tn Heb “angering the Lord God of Israel with their empty things.”

[16:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “while he was drinking and drunken.”

[16:10]  ⁵ tn Heb “and he became king in his place.”