Baasha: Bravery, the third king of the separate kingdom of Israel, and founder
of its second dynasty
(1 Kings 15:1)ff
(1 Kings 16:1)ff
(2 Chronicles 16:1-6) He
was the son of Ahijah of the tribe of Issachar. The city of Tirzah he
made the capital of his kingdom, and there he was buried, after an
eventful reign of twenty-four years
(1 Kings 15:33) On account of his
idolatries his family was exterminated, according to the word of the
prophet Jehu
(1 Kings 16:3,4,10-13)
