behold, (A)I am going to [a]burn (B)Baasha and his house, and (C)I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat. (D)Anyone belonging to Baasha who dies in the city, the dogs will eat; and anyone belonging to him who dies in the field, the birds of the sky will eat.”

(E)Now as for 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?

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 16:3 Another reading is sweep away

11 And when he became king, as soon as he sat on his throne, (A)he [a]killed all the household of Baasha; he did not leave [b]a single male alive, either of his [c]relatives or of his friends.

12 So Zimri eliminated all the household of Baasha, (B)in accordance with the word of the Lord which He spoke against Baasha through (C)Jehu the prophet,

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 16:11 Lit struck
  2. 1 Kings 16:11 Lit him who urinates against the wall
  3. 1 Kings 16:11 Lit blood avengers

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