KJV King James Version
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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1 Kings 16:8
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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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB World English Bible
In the twenty-sixth year of Asa king of Judah, Elah the son of Baasha began to reign over Israel in Tirzah for two years.
ASV American Standard Version
In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah the son of Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, and reigned two years.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah reigned hath Elah son of Baasha over Israel in Tirzah, two years;
Surrounding context — 1 Kings 16
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.
9 And his servant Zimri, captain of half [his] chariots, conspired against him, as he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza steward of [his] house in Tirzah.
10 And Zimri went in and smote him, and killed him, in the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his stead.
11 And it came to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, [that] he slew all the house of Baasha: he left him not one that pisseth against a wall, neither of his kinsfolks, nor of his friends.
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בִּשְׁנַ֨תH8141 · sha.nehyearעֶשְׂרִ֤יםH6242 · es.rimtwentyוָשֵׁשׁ֙H8337 · sheshsixשָׁנָ֔הH8141 · sha.nehyearלְאָסָ֖אH609 · a.saAsaמֶ֣לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingיְהוּדָ֑הH3063 · ye.hu.dahJudahמָ֠לַךְH4427 · ma.lakhto reignאֵלָ֨הH425 · e.lahElahבֶן־H1121 · benson: childבַּעְשָׁ֧אH1201 · ba.sahBaashaעַל־H5921 · aluponיִשְׂרָאֵ֛לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelבְּתִרְצָ֖הH8656 · tir.tsahTirzahשְׁנָתָֽיִם׃H8141 · sha.nehyear
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