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He hailed from the tribe of Issachar and came to power by overthrowing King Nadab, the son of Jeroboam, during a military campaign against the Philistine city of Gibbethon. Baasa's rise to the throne was marked by violence and bloodshed, as he not only killed Nadab but also exterminated the entire house of Jeroboam, fulfilling the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite (<a href="/1_kings/15-27.htm">1 Kings 15:27-29</a>).<br><br>Baasa's reign lasted for 24 years, during which he continued the idolatrous practices initiated by Jeroboam. He led Israel in sin by maintaining the worship of the golden calves at Bethel and Dan, which Jeroboam had established to prevent the Israelites from going to Jerusalem to worship (<a href="/1_kings/15-34.htm">1 Kings 15:34</a>). Despite his military prowess and political acumen, Baasa's reign was characterized by spiritual apostasy and moral decline.<br><br>The prophet Jehu, son of Hanani, delivered a message from the LORD to Baasa, condemning him for walking in the ways of Jeroboam and leading Israel into sin. The LORD declared that Baasa's house would suffer the same fate as Jeroboam's, with his lineage being cut off and his family being consumed by dogs and birds (<a href="/1_kings/16.htm">1 Kings 16:1-4</a>). This prophecy underscored the divine judgment against Baasa's unfaithfulness and idolatry.<br><br>Baasa's political maneuvers included fortifying the city of Ramah to control access to Jerusalem and prevent his subjects from defecting to the southern kingdom of Judah. This strategic move prompted Asa, king of Judah, to seek an alliance with Ben-Hadad, king of Aram, to counter Baasa's aggression. Asa's alliance with Ben-Hadad resulted in the Aramean forces attacking Baasa's northern territories, forcing him to abandon his fortification efforts at Ramah (<a href="/1_kings/15-16.htm">1 Kings 15:16-22</a>).<br><br>Baasa's death marked the end of his dynasty, as his son Elah succeeded him but reigned for only two years before being assassinated by Zimri, one of his own officials. This fulfilled the prophetic word spoken by Jehu, as Baasa's entire household was eventually destroyed (<a href="/1_kings/16-8.htm">1 Kings 16:8-13</a>).<br><br>Baasa's legacy is a cautionary tale of the consequences of idolatry and disobedience to God's commandments. His reign serves as a reminder of the importance of faithfulness to the LORD and the dangers of leading others astray through false worship and moral compromise.<a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/severus/life_and_writings_of_sulpitius_severus_/chapter_xlii_in_his_room.htm"><span class="l">In his Room Abiud his Son Held the Kingdom at Jerusalem for Six <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> of the government. He had for his successor <b>Baasa</b>, the son of Achia, and<br> he proved himself equally estranged from God. He died in <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../severus/life and writings of sulpitius severus /chapter xlii in his room.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/b/baasa.htm"><span class="l"><b>Baasa</b> (26 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Multi-Version Concordance <b>Baasa</b> (26 Occurrences). 1 Kings 15:16 And there was war<br> between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days. (See JPS). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/baasa.htm - 13k</font><p><a href="/topical/a/ahi'jah.htm"><span class="l">Ahi'jah (22 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1 Kings 15:27 And <b>Baasa</b> the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against<br> him; and <b>Baasa</b> smote him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/ahi'jah.htm - 12k</font><p><a href="/topical/j/jerobo'am.htm"><span class="l">Jerobo'am (92 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1 Kings 16:3 behold, I will utterly sweep away <b>Baasa</b> and his house; and I will make<br> thy house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat. (See RSV). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/j/jerobo'am.htm - 32k</font><p><a href="/topical/g/gib'bethon.htm"><span class="l">Gib'bethon (5 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1 Kings 15:27 And <b>Baasa</b> the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against<br> him; and <b>Baasa</b> smote him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/g/gib'bethon.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/baasha's.htm"><span class="l">Baasha's (5 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1 Kings 16:5 Now the rest of the acts of <b>Baasa</b>, and what he did, and his might,<br> are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/baasha's.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/w/withdraw.htm"><span class="l">Withdraw (52 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> between me and thee, between my father and thy father; behold, I have sent unto<br> thee a present of silver and gold; go, break thy league with <b>Baasa</b> king of <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/w/withdraw.htm - 22k</font><p><a href="/topical/h/hana'ni.htm"><span class="l">Hana'ni (11 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Multi-Version Concordance Hana'ni (11 Occurrences). 1 Kings 16:1 And the word of<br> the LORD came to Jehu the son of Hanani against <b>Baasa</b>, saying: (See RSV). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/h/hana'ni.htm - 9k</font><p><a href="/topical/a/accordance.htm"><span class="l">Accordance (118 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1 Kings 16:12 Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of <b>Baasa</b>, according to the word<br> of the LORD, which He spoke against <b>Baasa</b> by Jehu the prophet, (See NIV). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/accordance.htm - 37k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/baaseiah.htm"><span class="l">Baaseiah (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/baaseiah.htm - 7k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Baasa (26 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/15-16.htm">1 Kings 15:16</a></span><br />And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.<br /><span class="source">(See JPS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/15-17.htm">1 Kings 15:17</a></span><br />And Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not suffer any one to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah. <br /><span class="source">(See JPS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/15-19.htm">1 Kings 15:19</a></span><br />There is a league between me and thee, between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent unto thee a present of silver and gold; go, break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me. <br /><span class="source">(See JPS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/15-21.htm">1 Kings 15:21</a></span><br />And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off building Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah. <br /><span class="source">(See JPS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/15-22.htm">1 Kings 15:22</a></span><br />Then king Asa made a proclamation unto all Judah; none was exempted: and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha had builded; and king Asa built therewith Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah. <br /><span class="source">(See JPS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/15-27.htm">1 Kings 15:27</a></span><br />And Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha smote him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel were laying siege to Gibbethon. <br /><span class="source">(See JPS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/15-28.htm">1 Kings 15:28</a></span><br />Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha slay him, and reigned in his stead. <br /><span class="source">(See JPS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/15-32.htm">1 Kings 15:32</a></span><br />And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.<br /><span class="source">(See JPS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/15-33.htm">1 Kings 15:33</a></span><br />In the third year of Asa king of Judah began Baasha the son of Ahijah to reign over all Israel in Tirzah, and reigned twenty and four years. <br /><span class="source">(See JPS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/16-1.htm">1 Kings 16:1</a></span><br />And the word of Jehovah came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying, <br /><span class="source">(See JPS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/16-3.htm">1 Kings 16:3</a></span><br />behold, I will utterly sweep away Baasha and his house; and I will make thy house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat. <br /><span class="source">(See JPS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/16-4.htm">1 Kings 16:4</a></span><br />Him that dieth of Baasha in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth of his in the field shall the birds of the heavens eat.<br /><span class="source">(See JPS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/16-5.htm">1 Kings 16:5</a></span><br />Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, and what he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? <br /><span class="source">(See JPS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/16-6.htm">1 Kings 16:6</a></span><br />And Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah; and Elah his son reigned in his stead. <br /><span class="source">(See JPS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/16-7.htm">1 Kings 16:7</a></span><br />And moreover by the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the word of Jehovah against Baasha, and against his house, both because of all the evil that he did in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam, and because he smote him. <br /><span class="source">(See JPS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/16-8.htm">1 Kings 16:8</a></span><br />In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah the son of Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, and reigned two years. <br /><span class="source">(See JPS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/16-11.htm">1 Kings 16:11</a></span><br />And it came to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, that he smote all the house of Baasha: he left him not a single man-child, neither of his kinsfolks, nor of his friends. <br /><span class="source">(See JPS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/16-12.htm">1 Kings 16:12</a></span><br />Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha, according to the word of Jehovah, which he spake against Baasha by Jehu the prophet, <br /><span class="source">(See JPS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/16-13.htm">1 Kings 16:13</a></span><br />for all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, which they sinned, and wherewith they made Israel to sin, to provoke Jehovah, the God of Israel, to anger with their vanities. <br /><span class="source">(See JPS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/21-22.htm">1 Kings 21:22</a></span><br />and I will make thy house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah for the provocation wherewith thou hast provoked me to anger, and hast made Israel to sin. <br /><span class="source">(See JPS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/9-9.htm">2 Kings 9:9</a></span><br />And I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah. <br /><span class="source">(See JPS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/16-1.htm">2 Chronicles 16:1</a></span><br />In the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa, Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not suffer any one to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah. <br /><span class="source">(See JPS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/16-3.htm">2 Chronicles 16:3</a></span><br />There is a league between me and thee, as there was between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent thee silver and gold; go, break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me. <br /><span class="source">(See JPS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/16-5.htm">2 Chronicles 16:5</a></span><br />And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off building Ramah, and let his work cease. <br /><span class="source">(See JPS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/16-6.htm">2 Chronicles 16:6</a></span><br />Then Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha had builded; and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah. <br /><span class="source">(See JPS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/41-9.htm">Jeremiah 41:9</a></span><br />Now the pit wherein Ishmael cast all the dead bodies of the men whom he had slain, by the side of Gedaliah ( the same was that which Asa the king had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel, ) Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with them that were slain. <br /><span class="source">(See JPS)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/b/baasa.htm">Baasa</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/b/ba-ase'iah.htm">Ba-ase'iah (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/b/baasa.htm">Baasa (26 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/m/malchi'jah.htm">Malchi'jah (12 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/m/malchijah.htm">Malchijah (15 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/m/malkijah.htm">Malkijah (13 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/m/maaseiah.htm">Maaseiah (25 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/m/malchiah.htm">Malchiah (10 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/m/michael.htm">Michael (16 Occurrences)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/naves/b/baara--wife_of_shaharaim.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Baara: Wife of Shaharaim"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Baara: Wife of Shaharaim" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/b/baaseiah.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Baaseiah"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Baaseiah" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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