1 Kings 16 · Verse 8

1 Kings 16:8

In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah the son of Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, two years.

1 Kings 16:8, King James Version

1 Kings 16:8 in other translations

BSB	In the twenty-sixth year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Elah son of Baasha became king of Israel, and he reigned in Tirzah two years.
WEB	In the twenty-sixth year of Asa king of Judah, Elah the son of Baasha began to reign over Israel in Tirzah for two years.
ASV	In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah the son of Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, and reigned two years.
YLT	In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah reigned hath Elah son of Baasha over Israel in Tirzah, two years;
DARBY	In the twenty-sixth year of Asa king of Judah, Elah the son of Baasha began to reign over Israel in Tirzah for two years.
BBE	In the twenty-sixth year that Asa was king of Judah, Elah, the son of Baasha, became king of Israel in Tirzah, and he was king for two years.
Webster	In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah the son of Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, two years.

What does 1 Kings 16:8 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

8. began Elah the son of Baasha to reign--(compare 1Ki 15:33). From this it will appear that Baasha died in the twenty-third year of his reign (see on 1Ki 15:2), and Elah, who was a prince of dissolute habits, reigned not fully two years. 1Ki 16:9-22. Zimri's Conspiracy.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 16:1-14

This chapter relates wholly to the kingdom of Israel, and the revolutions of that kingdom. God calls Israel his people still, though wretchedly corrupted. Jehu foretells the same destruction to come upon Baasha's family, which that king had been employed to bring upon the family of Jeroboam. Those who resemble others in their sins, may expect to resemble them in the plagues they suffer, especially those who seem…

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1 Kings 16:8 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

בִּשְׁנַ֨תbish.Natin yearH8141

עֶשְׂרִ֤ים'es.RimtwentyH6242

וָשֵׁשׁ֙va.Sheshand sixH8337

שָׁנָ֔הsha.NahyearH8141

לְאָסָ֖אle.'a.Sa'of AsaH609

מֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekh[the] king ofH4428

יְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahJudahH3063

מָ֠לַךְMa.lakhhe became kingH4427

אֵלָ֨ה'e.LahElahH425

בֶן\־ven-[the] son ofH1121

בַּעְשָׁ֧אba'.Sha'BaashaH1201

עַל\־'al-overH5921

יִשְׂרָאֵ֛לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478

בְּתִרְצָ֖הbe.tir.Tzahin TirzahH8656

שְׁנָתָֽיִם\׃she.na.Ta.yimtwo yearsH8141

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

A.M. 3075. B.C. 929. In the twenty.Baasha began to reign in the third year of Asa, and reigned 24 years; yet he died and was succeeded by Elah in the 26th year of Asa; and, in like manner, Elah, who began to reign in the 26th year of Asa, and was killed in the 27th, is said to have reigned two years. Thus it is evident that a part of a year is calculated as a whole year. In the Chinese annals, the whole year in which a king dies is ascribed to his reign, the years of the succeeding king being reckoned only from the beginning of the following year.
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Context

1 Kings 16:7
And also by the hand of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the word of the Lord against Baasha, and against his house, even for all the evil that he did in the sight of the Lord, in provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam; and because he killed him.
1 Kings 16:8
In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah the son of Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, two years.
1 Kings 16:9
And his servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired against him, as he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza steward of his house in Tirzah.

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1 Kings 16:8 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	En el año veintiséis de Asa rey de Judá, comenzó á reinar Ela hijo de Baasa sobre Israel en Thirsa; y reinó dos años.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	La vingt -sixième année d’Asa, roi de Juda, Éla, fils de Baësha, commença de régner sur Israël à Thirtsa, et il régna deux ans.
German Elberfelder 1871	Im 26. Jahre Asas, des Königs von Juda, wurde Ela, der Sohn Baesas, König über Israel zu Tirza, zwei Jahre.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Anno vigesimo sexto Asa regis Juda, regnavit Ela filius Baasa super Israël in Thersa, duobus annis.