1. The Lord sent Jehu son of Hanani to say to Baasha:
2. Nobody knew who you were until I, the Lord, chose you to be the leader of my people Israel. And now you're acting exactly like Jeroboam by causing the Israelites to sin. What you've done has made me so angry
3. that I will destroy you and your family, just as I did the family of Jeroboam.
4. Dogs will eat the bodies of your relatives who die in town, and vultures will eat the bodies of those who die in the country.
5-7. Baasha made the Lord very angry, and that's why the Lord gave Jehu this message for Baasha and his family. Baasha constantly disobeyed the Lord by following Jeroboam's sinful example—but even worse, he killed everyone in Jeroboam's family!Everything else Baasha did while he was king, including his brave deeds, is written in The History of the Kings of Israel. Baasha died and was buried in Tirzah, and his son Elah became king.