Baasha was the third king of the Kingdom of Northern Israel. He became king after destroying the house of Jeroboam I. [See Genealogy of the Kingdom of Israel] The first dynasty of the Kingdom of Northern Israel was started by Jeroboam I, but due to idolatry, God declared the destruction of his house, and Baasha, who belonged to the tribe of Issachar, fulfilled this prophecy.
1 Kings 15:27Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah, Baasha killed him, and reigned in his place.1 Kings 15:28As soon as he was king, he struck all the house of Jeroboam. He didn’t leave to Jeroboam any who breathed, until he had destroyed him; according to the saying of Yahweh, which he spoke by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite;1 Kings 15:29for the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and with which he made Israel) to sin, because of his provocation with which he provoked Yahweh, the God of Israel, to anger.1 Kings 15:30Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
1 Kings 16:1“Because I exalted you out of the dust, and made you prince over my people Israel), and you have walked in the way of Jeroboam, and have made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins;1 Kings 16:2behold, I will utterly sweep away Baasha and his house; and I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.1 Kings 16:3The dogs will eat Baasha’s descendants who die in the city; and he who dies of his in the field, the birds of the sky will eat.”1 Kings 16:4Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, and what he did, and his might, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
그는 남 유다 침공을 계속해서 아사왕과 대립하였는데, 아사왕의 외교전략에 의해 아람의 침공을 받게 되었다.
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죽은 뒤에 엘라가 왕이 되었으나, 시므리가 반역을 일으키고 집안이 멸절되었다.
1 Kings 16:8His servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired against him. Now he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, who was over the household in Tirzah;1 Kings 16:9and Zimri went in and struck him, and killed him, in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his place.1 Kings 16:10When he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, he attacked all the house of Baasha. He didn’t leave him a single one who urinates on a wall among his relatives or his friends.1 Kings 16:11Thus Zimri destroyed all the house of Baasha), according to Yahweh’s word, which he spoke against Baasha by Jehu the prophet,1 Kings 16:12for all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, which they sinned, and with which they made Israel) to sin, to provoke Yahweh, the God of Israel, to anger with their vanities.1 Kings 16:13Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?1 Kings 16:14In the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, Zimri reigned seven days in Tirzah. Now the people were encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines.