Reign of Elah
929 BC, lasting 2 years traditional (Jones)
- Passage
- 1 Kgs 16:6-8
- Person
- Elah
- Place
- Tirzah
- Before
- Death of Abijam
- After
- Reign of Zimri
Participants
Taking part, as Theographic records them, most often named first.
Places
Where it happens. Locations follow OpenBible.info, which grades each identification.
- likely location: Tirzah
Every verse
All 3 verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.
1 Kings3 verses
- 16:6
And Baasha rested with his fathers and was buried in Tirzah, and his son Elah reigned in his place.
- 16:7
Moreover, the word of the LORD came through the prophet Jehu son of Hanani against Baasha and his house, because of all the evil he had done in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger with the work of his hands and becoming like the house of Jeroboam, and also because Baasha had struck down the house of Jeroboam.
- 16:8
In the twenty-sixth year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Elah son of Baasha became king of Israel, and he reigned in Tirzah two years.