33In the third year of Asa king of Judah, Baasha son of Ahijah reigned over all Israel in Tirzah, twenty-four years. 34He did what was bad in the eyes of the LORD and walked in the way of Jeroboam and in his sin by which he caused Israel to sin.

Chapter 16

1Then the word of the LORD came to Jehu son of Hanani concerning Baasha, saying: 2Because I exalted you from the dust and gave you as leader over my people Israel, yet you walked in the way of Jeroboam and caused my people Israel to sin so as to provoke me by their sin, 3Look, I will burn after Baasha and after his house, and I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam son of Nebat. 4The one belonging to Baasha who dies in the city the dogs will eat, and the one belonging to him who dies in the field the birds of heaven will eat. 5Now the rest of the words of Baasha and what he did and his might—are they not written upon the scroll of the words of the days of the kings of Israel? 6Baasha lay down with his fathers and was buried in Tirzah, and Elah his son reigned in his place. 7Moreover, the word of the LORD came by the hand of Jehu son of Hanani the prophet to Baasha and to his house and upon all the distress that he did in the eyes of the LORD by provoking him through the work of his hands, so that it should become like the house of Jeroboam, and upon that which he struck him down.

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