(11) And it came to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, that he slew all the house of Baasha: he left him not one that pisseth against a wall, neither of his kinsfolks, nor of his friends. (12) Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake against Baasha by Jehu the prophet, (13) 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. (14) 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?
What a quick transition of government from father to son, and from the master to the servant, do these few Chapter s, and even these few verses bring before us. And is it for such short lived honors, and interrupted, as they are, with continued disquietude, men in all ages lose their immortal souls! oh! blessed Jesus! how striking are thy sacred words; What is a man profiled to gain the whole world, if it were possible, and in the end thus lose his soul? Mark 8:36-37.