²¹ When Baasha heard of it, ^(A)he ceased ^[a]fortifying Ramah and remained in ^(B)Tirzah.

³³ In the third year of Asa king of Judah, Baasha the son of Ahijah became king over all Israel at Tirzah, and reigned twenty-four years.

The Israelite Kings

⁶ And Baasha slept with his fathers and was buried in ^(A)Tirzah, and Elah his son became king in his place. ⁷ Moreover, the word of the Lord through ^(B)the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani also came against Baasha and his household, both because of all the evil which he did in the sight of the Lord, provoking Him to anger with ^(C)the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam, and because ^(D)he struck ^[a]it.

⁸ In the twenty-sixth year of Asa king of Judah, Elah the son of Baasha became king over Israel at Tirzah, and reigned two years. ⁹ His servant ^(E)Zimri, commander of half his chariots, conspired against him. Now he was at Tirzah drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, ^(F)who was over the household at Tirzah.

¹⁵ In the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, Zimri reigned seven days at Tirzah. Now the people were camped against ^(A)Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines.

²³ In the thirty-first year of Asa king of Judah, Omri became king over Israel and reigned twelve years; he reigned six years at ^(A)Tirzah.