24. Asa lay down in death with his ancestors. He was buried with his ancestors in the city of his ancestor, David. His son Jehoshaphat succeeded him as king.
25. Nadab, son of Jer o boam, began to rule Israel in Asa’s second year as king of Judah. He ruled for two years.
26. He did what the Lord considered evil, living as his father did, leading Israel into the same sins.
27. Then Baasha, son of Ahijah from the tribe of Issachar, plotted against Nadab. Baasha assassinated him in the Philistine city of Gibbethon while Nadab and the Israelite forces were attacking it.
28. The assassination happened in Asa’s third year as king of Judah. Baasha succeeded Nadab as king of Israel.
29. As soon as he was king, he killed everyone else in Jer o boam’s family. He did not spare a soul, as the Lord had spoken through his servant Ahijah from Shiloh.
30. This was because of Jer o boam’s sins and the sins which he led Israel to commit. Those sins made the Lord God of Israel furious.
31. Isn’t everything else about Nadab—everything he did—written in the official records of the kings of Israel?
32. There was war between Asa and Baasha as long as they lived.
33. In Asa’s third year as king of Judah, Baasha, son of Ahijah, began to rule Israel in Tirzah. He ruled for 24 years.
34. He did what the Lord considered evil. He lived like Jer o boam and led Israel into committing the ⌊same⌋ sins.