1 Kings 16:1-7

1 Kings 16:1-7

[1] Then the word  of the LORD  came to Jehu  the son  of Hanani  against Baasha,  saying,  [2] Forasmuch as I exalted  thee out of the dust,  and made  thee prince  over my people  Israel;  in the way  of Jeroboam,  and hast made my people  Israel  to sin,  to provoke me to anger  with their sins;  [3] Behold, I will take away  the posterity  of Baasha,  and the posterity  of his house;  and will make  thy house  of Jeroboam  the son  of Nebat.  [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  [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.