1 Kings 16:2-9

²“You were very insignificant/unimportant IDM when I caused you to become the ruler of my Israeli people. But you have caused me to become very angry by doing IDM the kinds of evil things that King Jeroboam did. You have also caused me to become angry by causing my people to sin.

³So now I will get rid of you and your family MTY. I will do to you just like I did to Jeroboam and his family.

⁴The bodies of those in your family who die in this city will not be buried; they will be eaten by dogs; and the corpses of those who die in the fields will be eaten by vultures.”

⁵The other things that happened during the time that Baasha ruled Israel, and the things that he did, are written RHQ in the scroll called ❛The History of the Kings of Israel❜.

⁶When Baasha died, he was buried in Tirzah, the capital city. Then his son Elah became king.

⁷Yahweh gave that message about Baasha and his family to the prophet Jehu. Baasha had done many things that Yahweh considered to be evil, which caused Yahweh to become angry. Baasha did the same kind of things that King Jeroboam and his family had done previously. Yahweh was also angry with Baasha because he had killed all of Jeroboam's family.

⁸After Asa had been the king of Judah for almost 26 years, Elah became the king of Israel. Elah ruled in Tirzah for only two years.

⁹A man named Zimri was one of Elah's army officers. He commanded the drivers of half of Elah's army's ◄chariots/two-wheeled vehicles pulled by horses►. He made plans to kill Elah while Elah was in Tirzah, getting drunk at the house of a man named Arza. Arza was the man who took care of the things in the king's palace.