1 Kings 16:8 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁸ In the twenty-sixth year of King Asa of Judah, Elah son of Baasha began to reign over Israel in Tirzah; he reigned two years.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ 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.

Common English Bible

⁸ In the twenty-sixth year of Judah’s King Asa, Elah, Baasha’s son, became king over Israel. He ruled in Tirzah for two years.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ In the twenty-sixth year of Asa, the king of Judah, Elah, the son of Baasha, reigned over Israel, at Tirzah, for two years.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ In the six and twentieth year of Asa king of Juda, Ela the son of Baasa reigned over Israel in Thersa two years.

1 Kings 16:8 Cross References

1 Kings 15:16

There was war between Asa and King Baasha of Israel all their days.

1 Kings 15:33

In the third year of King Asa of Judah, Baasha son of Ahijah began to reign over all Israel at Tirzah; he reigned twenty-four years.

1 Kings 16:15

In the twenty-seventh year of King Asa of Judah, Zimri reigned seven days in Tirzah. Now the troops were encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines,

1 Kings 16:21

Then the people of Israel were divided into two parts: half of the people followed Tibni son of Ginath to make him king, and half followed Omri.

1 Kings 16:23

In the thirty-first year of King Asa of Judah, Omri began to reign over Israel; he reigned for twelve years, six of them in Tirzah.

1 Kings 16:6

Baasha slept with his ancestors and was buried at Tirzah, and his son Elah succeeded him.

1 Kings 16:7

Moreover, the word of the Lord came by the prophet Jehu son of Hanani against Baasha and his house, both because of all the evil that he did in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam, and also because he destroyed it.

1 Kings 16:9

But his servant Zimri, commander of half his chariots, conspired against him. When he was at Tirzah drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, who was in charge of the palace at Tirzah,

2 Kings 15:14

Then Menahem son of Gadi came up from Tirzah and came to Samaria; he struck down Shallum son of Jabesh in Samaria and killed him; he reigned in place of him.

2 Kings 15:23

In the fiftieth year of King Azariah of Judah, Pekahiah son of Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria; he reigned two years.

2 Kings 21:19

Amon was twenty-two years old when he began to reign; he reigned two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Meshullemeth daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.

Proverbs 28:2

When a land rebels it has many rulers; but with an intelligent person, honesty endures.