1 Kings 16:6 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah: and Elah his son reigned in his stead.”

1 Kings 16:6 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

1 Kings 16:6 in 6 Bible Translations

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1 Kings 16:6 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah; and Elah his son reigned in his place.”

1 Kings 16:6 — World English Bible

1 Kings 16:6 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“And Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah; and Elah his son reigned in his stead. ”

1 Kings 16:6 — American Standard Version

1 Kings 16:6 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“And Baasha lieth with his fathers, and is buried in Tirzah, and Elah his son reigneth in his stead.”

1 Kings 16:6 — Young's Literal Translation

1 Kings 16:6 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah; and Elah his son reigned in his stead. ”

1 Kings 16:6 — Darby Translation

1 Kings 16:6 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buryed in Tirzah, and Elah his sonne reigned in his steade.”

1 Kings 16:6 — Geneva Bible

1 Kings 16:6 in Context — 1 Kings 16

4 Him that dieth of Baasha in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth of his in the fields shall the fowls of the air eat.

5 Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, and what he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

6 So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah: and Elah his son reigned in his stead.

7 And also by the hand of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the word of the Lord against Baasha, and against his house, even for all the evil that he did in the sight of the Lord, in provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam; and because he killed him.

8 In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah the son of Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, two years.

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What Does 1 Kings 16:6 Mean?

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