25. During Asa’s second year as king of Judah, Jeroboam’s son Nadab became king of Israel. Nadab ruled over Israel for two years.
26. He did what the Lord said was wrong. He sinned just as his father Jeroboam did when he caused the Israelites to sin.
27. Baasha was the son of Ahijah. They were from the tribe of Issachar. Baasha made a plan to kill King Nadab. Nadab and all Israel were fighting against the Philistine town of Gibbethon. And that is where Baasha killed Nadab.
28. This happened during Asa’s third year as king of Judah. So Baasha became the next king of Israel.
29. When Baasha became the new king, he killed everyone in Jeroboam’s family. He left no one in Jeroboam’s family alive. This happened just as the Lord said it would when he spoke through his servant Ahijah at Shiloh.
30. This happened because King Jeroboam had committed many sins and had caused the Israelites to sin. This made the Lord, the God of Israel, very angry.
31. The other things that Nadab did are written in the book, The History of the Kings of Israel.
32. All during the time that Baasha ruled over Israel, he was fighting wars against King Asa of Judah.
33. Ahijah’s son Baasha became king of Israel during the third year that Asa ruled over Judah. Baasha ruled in Tirzah for 24 years,
34. but he did what the Lord said was wrong. He did the same sins that Jeroboam had done that caused the Israelites to sin.