Once again, the words of the prophet Jehu are underlined. The repetition emphasizes the urgency of the warning: the sin of Jeroboam, the provocation of the Lord. A new element is subsequently added there. The execution of Jeroboam’s family had long been foretold, but Baasha’s murderous execution of that sentence is counted as a personal sin. This is reason for the Lord to address Baasha about this. His course of action is contrary to the essence of Israelite kingship. Here too the inextricable intertwining between God’s predictions of what will happen on the one hand, and the responsibility of a human being, who is held accountable by God for his wrong deeds, on the other.
6 Baescha se coucha avec ses pères, et il fut enterré à Thirtsa. Et Ela, son fils, régna à sa place.