33 Ahiyah’s son Baesha began to reign over Yisrael (Israel) in the third year of King Asa’s reign over Yehudah (Judah), and he ruled from Tirtsah for twenty-four years. 34 He did what Yahweh had said was evil, similar to Nevat’s son Yarov’am’s (Jeroboam’s) behaviour and his sin that in turn, caused Yisrael to sin.

16 Then Yahweh told Hanani’s son Yehu (Jehu) to tell Baesha, 2 “I took a nobody and promoted you to leader over my people Yisrael, yet you followed Yarov’am’s behaviour and provoked me to anger by causing my people Yisrael to sin, 3 so now I’ll get rid of you and your family—I’ll do the same to you that I did to Yarov’am and his family. 4 The bodies of those in your family who die in the city will be eaten by dogs, and those who die in the countryside will be eaten by vultures.

5 Everything else that Baesha did is written in the book of the events of the kings of Yisrael. 6 When Baesha died he was buried in Tirtsah, and his son Elah replaced him as king.

7 Yahweh sent that message via Hanani the prophet’s son Yehu. It was for Baesha and his family—speaking against the evil that they’d done that had provoked Yahweh to get angry with their behaviour which was as bad as Yarov’am’s family had been. Yahweh was also angry with Baesha because he had killed all of Yarov’am’s family.