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Over the course of his twenty-three year reign, Baasha allied Israel with Syria and endeavored to strangle Judah's trade by fortifying Ramah, a city five miles north of Jerusalem. King AsaAsa Standard Hebrew Asa Tiberian Hebrew s was king of Judah, the son of Abijam, and grandson of Rehoboam. Albright has dated his reign to 913 873 BC, while Thiele offers the dates 911 870 BC. 2 Chronicles describes his reign in a favorable manner; "He did of Judah then bribed King Ben-hadad of Syria to switch sides and attack Israel, prompting the loss of extensive territory in DanThe Tribe of Dan "Judge", Standard Hebrew Dan Tiberian Hebrew Dn is one of the Hebrew tribes, founded by Dan, son of Jacob and Bilhah, Rachel's maidservant ( Genesis 30:4). The tribe originally settled in the central coastal area of of the promised land ( and NaphtaliThe Tribe of Naphtali "My wrestling", Standard Hebrew Naftali Tiberian Hebrew Naptl was founded by Naphtali, son of Jacob. On this tribe Jacob pronounced the patriarchal blessing, " Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words" (Gen. It was intend northwest of the Sea of GalileeThe Sea of Galilee is Israel's largest freshwater lake, approximately 53 kilometers (33 miles) in circumference, about 21 km (13 miles) long, and 13 km (8 miles) wide; it has a total area of 166 sq km, and a maximum depth of approximately 48 meters. At 21. Baasha was forced to withdraw from Ramah.

Though Baasha remained in power for life, he was not without his opponents. The prophet JehuJehu " The LORD is he", Standard Hebrew Yhu Tiberian Hebrew Yh was king of Israel, and the son of Jehoshaphat (2 Kings 9:2), and grandson of Nimshi. Albright has dated his reign to 842 815 BC, while Thiele offers the dates 841 814 BC. Our principal source, the son of Hanani, foretold the destruction of his dynasty, which came to pass with the assassination of Baasha's son ElahElah was a son of Baasha, who succeeded him as king of Israel. Albright has dated his reign to 877 876 BC, while Thiele offers the dates 886 885 BC. Chapter 16 of 1 Kings relates how Elah was murdered by his chariot commander Zimri, who became his success.

Baasha's story is told in 1 KingsThe Books of Kings Sefer Melachim in Hebrew) are two books of the Jewish Tanakh and included by Christians in their Bible (the Old Testament). They contain accounts of the kings of ancient Israel and Judah. The two books of Kings comprise the fourth book 15:16 through 16:7.