1 Kings 16:6
in 1 Kings 16And Baasha rested with his fathers and was buried in Tirzah, and his son Elah reigned in his place.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah; and Elah his son reigned in his stead.
KJV
So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah: and Elah his son reigned in his stead.
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This verse in 1 Kings 16
Commentary
2 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
and his might, are they not written
on 1 Kings 16:5-7
The closing formula, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel, seals Baasha's reign here and marks a source the author used but did not preserve; the same line closes four reigns before this chapter ends. Verse 7 adds a second charge behind the first: Baasha is judged not only for keeping the calves but for killing Nadab's whole house with his own hand, even though that killing carried out the sentence spoken in chapter 14. The commentators read the addition as a warning to any agent of judgment, that the office does not excuse the manner or the heart it is carried out in.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
So Baasha slept with his fathers,.... Or died, not a violent, but natural, death: and was buried in Tirzah; where was the royal palace of the kings of Israel: and Elah his son reigned in his stead; yet but a short time.
The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤ב | vaiyishkav | and he lay down | H7901 → | 212 times |
| בַּעְשָׁא֙ | ba'sha' | Baasha | H1201 → | 28 times |
| עִם־ | ʾim- | with | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| אֲבֹתָ֔יו | ʾavotav | ancestors his | H1 → | 1212 times |
| וַיִּקָּבֵ֖ר | vaiyikaver | and he was buried | H6912 → | 133 times |
| בְּתִרְצָ֑ה | betirtzah | in Tirzah | H8656 → | 18 times |
| וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ | vaiyimlokh | and he became king | H4427 → | 348 times |
| אֵלָ֥ה | ʾelah | Elah | H425 → | 16 times |
| בְנ֖וֹ | veno | son his | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| תַּחְתָּֽיו׃ | tachtav | in place of him | H8478 → | 505 times |
וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤בand he lay down
vaiyishkavH7901 →212 times
בַּעְשָׁא֙Baasha
ba'sha'H1201 →28 times
עִם־with
ʾim-H5973 →1050 times
אֲבֹתָ֔יוancestors his
ʾavotavH1 →1212 times
וַיִּקָּבֵ֖רand he was buried
vaiyikaverH6912 →133 times
בְּתִרְצָ֑הin Tirzah
betirtzahH8656 →18 times
וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְand he became king
vaiyimlokhH4427 →348 times
אֵלָ֥הElah
ʾelahH425 →16 times
בְנ֖וֹson his
venoH1121 →4930 times
תַּחְתָּֽיו׃in place of him
tachtavH8478 →505 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Kings 14:17Then Jeroboam’s wife got up and departed for Tirzah, and as soon as she stepped over the threshold of the house, the boy died.
it leads to
- Song of Solomon 6:4
You are as beautiful, my darling, as Tirzah, as lovely as Jerusalem, as majestic as troops with banners.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Kings 15:33
In the third year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Baasha son of Ahijah became king of all Israel, and he reigned in Tirzah twenty-four years.
- 1 Kings 16:23
In the thirty-first year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Omri became king of Israel, and he reigned twelve years, six of them in Tirzah.
- 1 Kings 16:15
In the twenty-seventh year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Zimri reigned in Tirzah for seven days. Now the troops were encamped against Gibbethon of the Philistines,
- 1 Kings 15:21
When Baasha learned of this, he stopped fortifying Ramah and withdrew to Tirzah.
- Song of Solomon 6:4
Through
1 Kings 15:21When Baasha learned of this, he stopped fortifying Ramah and withdrew to Tirzah.
it leads to
- 1 Kings 14:17
Then Jeroboam’s wife got up and departed for Tirzah, and as soon as she stepped over the threshold of the house, the boy died.
- 1 Kings 16:15–18
In the twenty-seventh year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Zimri reigned in Tirzah for seven days. Now the troops were encamped against Gibbethon of the Philistines,
- 1 Kings 14:17
Through
1 Kings 15:25In the second year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Nadab son of Jeroboam became king of Israel, and he reigned two years.
it leads to
- 1 Kings 14:20
And the length of Jeroboam’s reign was twenty-two years, and he rested with his fathers, and his son Nadab reigned in his place.
- 1 Kings 14:20
Where this verse is studied
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
