baasha

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baasha - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

  Baasha
  bravery, the third king of the separate kingdom of Israel, and
  founder of its second dynasty (1 Kings 15; 16; 2 Chr. 16:1-6).
  He was the son of Ahijah of the tribe of Issachar. The city of
  Tirzah he made the capital of his kingdom, and there he was
  buried, after an eventful reign of twenty-four years (1 Kings
  15:33). On account of his idolatries his family was
  exterminated, according to the word of the prophet Jehu (1 Kings
  16:3, 4, 10-13).