1 The Lord spoke to the prophet Jehu son of Hanani and gave him this message for Baasha:
2 “You were a nobody, but I made you the leader of my people Israel. And now you have sinned like Jeroboam and have led my people into sin. Their sins have aroused my anger,
3 and so I will do away with you and your family, just as I did with Jeroboam.
4 Any members of your family who die in the city will be eaten by dogs, and any who die in the open country will be eaten by vultures.”
5 Everything else that Baasha did and all his brave deeds are recorded in The History of the Kings of Israel.
6 Baasha died and was buried in Tirzah, and his son Elah succeeded him as king.