1 The Lord spoke his word to Jehu, Hanani’s son, against Baasha.
2 He said, “I raised you from the dust and made you leader of my people Israel. But you have lived like Jer o boam. You have led my people to sin, and their sins make me furious.
3 So I will destroy Baasha and his family. I will make his family like the family of Jer o boam (Nebat’s son).
4 Dogs will eat anyone from Baasha’s ⌊family⌋ who dies in the city. Birds will eat anyone from his ⌊family⌋ who dies in the country.”
5 Isn’t everything else about Baasha—what he did and his heroic acts—written in the official records of the kings of Israel?
6 Baasha lay down in death with his ancestors and was buried in Tirzah. His son Elah succeeded him as king.