1 Then Jehu son of Hanani spoke the word of the Lord against King Baasha.
2 The Lord said, “You were nothing. Then I took you and made you a leader over my people Israel. But you have followed the ways of Jeroboam. You have caused my people Israel to sin. Their sins have made me angry.
3 So, Baasha, I will destroy you and your family. I will do to you what I did to the family of Jeroboam son of Nebat.
4 Anyone from your family who dies in the city will be eaten by dogs. And anyone from your family who dies in the fields will be eaten by birds.”
5 Everything else Baasha did and all his victories are written down. They are in the book of the history of the kings of Israel.
6 So Baasha died and was buried in Tirzah. His son Elah became king in his place.