בַּעְשָׁא
ba.sah
Baasha
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Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredBaasha is a proper name in the Hebrew Bible, given to a person who appears 28 times in scripture. This name, recorded as בַּעְשָׁא, is a unique identifier, likely serving as a title or label assigned to a specific individual. The fact that it is mentioned 28 times suggests Baasha held a noteworthy position or played a significant role in their community. The frequency of the name's occurrence may imply that Baasha was a prominent figure or leader in ancient Israelite society. The name itself does not provide any additional contextual information about their character, background, or actions. The name solely serves as a means to identify this person within the biblical narrative. The significance of Baasha's name lies in its connection to the broader biblical story, where the person's actions, decisions, or experiences are recorded as part of historical events. Without further information, we can only speculate about the nature and extent of their influence, but the frequency of the name suggests that Baasha left a lasting impression on the biblical narrative.
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Occurrences in Scripture
28 total occurrences across the text
Now the pit in which Ishmael cast all the dead bodies of the men whom he had killed, by the side of Gedaliah (this was that which Asa the king had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel), Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with those who were killed.
1 Kings 15:16There was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
1 Kings 15:17Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not allow anyone to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.
1 Kings 15:19“There is a treaty between me and you, between my father and your father. Behold, I have sent to you a present of silver and gold. Go, break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.”
1 Kings 15:21When Baasha heard of it, he stopped building Ramah, and lived in Tirzah.
1 Kings 15:22Then king Asa made a proclamation to all Judah. No one was exempted. They carried away the stones of Ramah, and its timber, with which Baasha had built; and king Asa used it to build Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.
1 Kings 15:27Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha struck him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel were besieging Gibbethon.
1 Kings 15:27Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha struck him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel were besieging Gibbethon.
1 Kings 15:28Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah, Baasha killed him, and reigned in his place.
1 Kings 15:32There was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
1 Kings 15:33In the third year of Asa king of Judah, Baasha the son of Ahijah began to reign over all Israel in Tirzah for twenty-four years.
1 Kings 16:1Yahweh’s word came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying,
1 Kings 16:3behold, I will utterly sweep away Baasha and his house; and I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
1 Kings 16:4The dogs will eat Baasha’s descendants who die in the city; and he who dies of his in the field, the birds of the sky will eat.”
1 Kings 16:5Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, and what he did, and his might, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
1 Kings 16:6Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah; and Elah his son reigned in his place.
1 Kings 16:7Moreover Yahweh’s word came by the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha and against his house, both because of all the evil that he did in Yahweh’s sight, to provoke him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam, and because he struck him.
1 Kings 16:8In the twenty-sixth year of Asa king of Judah, Elah the son of Baasha began to reign over Israel in Tirzah for two years.
1 Kings 16:11When he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, he attacked all the house of Baasha. He didn’t leave him a single one who urinates on a wall among his relatives or his friends.
1 Kings 16:12Thus Zimri destroyed all the house of Baasha, according to Yahweh’s word, which he spoke against Baasha by Jehu the prophet,
1 Kings 16:12Thus Zimri destroyed all the house of Baasha, according to Yahweh’s word, which he spoke against Baasha by Jehu the prophet,
1 Kings 16:13for all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, which they sinned, and with which they made Israel to sin, to provoke Yahweh, the God of Israel, to anger with their vanities.
1 Kings 21:22I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah for the provocation with which you have provoked me to anger, and have made Israel to sin.”
2 Kings 9:9I will make Ahab’s house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah.
2 Chronicles 16:1In the thirty-sixth year of Asa’s reign, Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not allow anyone to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.
2 Chronicles 16:3“Let there be a treaty between me and you, as there was between my father and your father. Behold, I have sent you silver and gold. Go, break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.”
2 Chronicles 16:5When Baasha heard of it, he stopped building Ramah, and let his work cease.
2 Chronicles 16:6Then Asa the king took all Judah, and they carried away the stones of Rama, and its timber, with which Baasha had built; and he built Geba and Mizpah with them.