So Baashakilledhim in the thirdyearof Asakingof Judahand reignedin his place.
Now there was warbetweenAsaand Baashakingof Israelalltheir days.
Then Baashathe sonof Ahijahof the houseof Issacharconspiredagainsthim, and Baashastruckhim downat Gibbethon,whichbelonged to the Philistines,while Nadaband allIsraelwere layingsiegeto Gibbethon.
It cameabout as soon as he was king,he struckdownallthe householdof Jeroboam.He did not leaveto Jeroboamanypersonsalive,untilhe had destroyedthem, according to the wordof the LORD,whichHe spokeby His servantAhijahthe Shilonite,
Thenthe peopleof Israelwere dividedinto twoparts:halfof the peoplefollowedTibnithe sonof Ginath,to makehim king;the [other] halffollowedOmri.
Vengeanceis Mine, and retribution,In due timetheir footwill slip;For the dayof their calamityis near,And the impendingthingsare hasteningupon them.'
