When Baasha heard of it, he quit building up Ramah and dwelt in Tirzah.
So Jeroboam's wife departed and came to Tirzah. When she came to the threshold of the house, the child died.
Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah and built up Ramah, that he might allow no one to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.
In the thirty-first year of Asa king of Judah, Omri began his reign of twelve years over Israel. He reigned six years in Tirzah.
Baasha slept with his fathers and was buried in Tirzah. Elah his son reigned in his stead.
And when Baasha heard it, he stopped building Ramah and let his work cease.
[He said] You are as beautiful as Tirzah [capital of the northern kingdom's first king], my love, and as comely as Jerusalem, [but you are] as terrible as a bannered host!