Baasha
King of Israel · 953–930 BC
See him on the kings chart · On the timeline
His Reign
- Reigned
- twenty and four years 1 Kings 15:33
- Began
- in Asa’s 3rd year 1 Kings 15:33
- Before Him
- Nadab
- After Him
- Elah
In the Sight of the LORD
“he did evil in the sight of the LORD” 1 Kings 15:34
Ussher’s Years
- Reigned 953–930 BC
- “Nadab, at the siege of Gibbethon of the Philistines, was slain by Baasa, a man of the Tribe of Issacar”
Dated by Archbishop James Ussher’s Annals of the World (1658), quoted as printed.
In Judah in His Day
- Asa King of Judah · 955–914 BC
Where His Reign Is Told
Difficult Passages
How did Baasha come up against Asa ten years after he died?
The thirty-sixth year is of Asa’s kingdom, the kingdom of Judah, counted from its division from Israel: Asa’s own sixteenth year, the year after Israelites fell to him in abundance.
