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The son and successor of Baasha, king of Israel (1 Kings 16:8-10). He was killed while drunk by Zimri, one of the captains of his chariots, and was the last king of the line of Baasha. Thus was fullfilled the prophecy of Jehu (6, 7, 11-14).

Father:Baasha

  • 1Kgs.16: So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah: and Elah his son reigned in his stead.
  • 1Kgs.16: 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.
  • 1Kgs.16: For all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, by which they sinned, and by which they made Israel to sin, in provoking the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities.
  • 1Kgs.16: Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?