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Baasha
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Key facts
- Reign
- 909–886 BCE
- Predecessor
- Nadab
- Successor
- Elah
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Israel
- Child
- Elah
- Occupation
- sovereign
- Image
- Baasha of Israel.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1000-01-01
- date of death
- 0960-00-00
- present in work
- 1 Kings 16
- name in native language
- בַּעְשָׁא
- Commons category
- Baasha
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Encyclopedic overview
Baasha (Hebrew: בַּעְשָׁא, Baʿšāʾ) was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the third king of the northern Israelite Kingdom of Israel. He was the son of Ahijah of the Tribe of Issachar. Baasha's story is told in 1 Kings 15:16–16:7.
Reign
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