Elah (son of Baasha)

Elah (son of Baasha) is a king living at the time of the divided monarchy. He is named in 4 verses of the Bible, first in 1 Kings 16:6.

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Verses

1 Kings

• 1 Kings 16:6
  So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah: and Elah his son reigned in his stead.And Baasha rested with his fathers and was buried in Tirzah, and his son Elah reigned in his place.
• 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.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.
• 1 Kings 16:13
  For all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, by which they sinned, and by which they made Israel to sin, in provoking the Lord God of Israel to anger with their vanities.This happened because of all the sins Baasha and his son Elah had committed and had caused Israel to commit, provoking the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger with their worthless idols.
• 1 Kings 16:14
  Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?As for the rest of the acts of Elah, along with all his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

Notes

1. Names, family links and verses from STEPBible's Translators Individualised Proper Names (TIPNR), STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0.
2. Where several people share a name, which verses belong to which person, and the family links, follow STEPBible's identifications; some are uncertain and are marked so.