# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/baasha-of-israel
# Generated: 2026-08-16T10:08:52.321Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/baasha-of-israel"
name: "Baasha of Israel"
slug: "baasha-of-israel"
description: "The third king of the northern Kingdom of Israel, who seized power through bloodshed and held it for over two decades — then watched his own dynasty fall to the same violence he'd used to take the throne."
tagline: "Third King of Israel (1 Kings 16)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Baasha_of_Israel.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Historical Figures"
  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
  slug: "historical-figure"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "-1000"
deathDate: "-960"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           56.49
  momentum:             7.125890736342042
  historical:           23.27816133333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
tags:
  - name: "Politicians"
    slug: "politicians"
  - name: "Politician"
    slug: "politician"
  - name: "Politics"
    slug: "politics"
  - name: "Ancient History"
    slug: "ancient-history"
sources:
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    title: "Wikipedia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q313224"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Baasha%20of%20Israel"
    title: "Pantheon 2.0"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B9%D8%B4%D8%A7"
    title: "بعشا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%B0%D1%81"
    title: "Ваас"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baasha"
    title: "Baasha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baix%C3%A0_(rei_d'Israel)"
    title: "Baixà (rei d'Israel)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bae%C5%A1a"
    title: "Baeša"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bascha"
    title: "Bascha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%92%CE%B1%CE%B1%CF%83%CE%AC"
    title: "Βαασά"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bas%C3%A1"
    title: "Basá"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B9%D8%B4%D8%A7"
    title: "بعشا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baesa"
    title: "Baesa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baasa"
    title: "Baasa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basa_fan_Israel"
    title: "Basa fan Israel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A2-s%C3%A2-v%C3%B2ng"
    title: "Pâ-sâ-vòng"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%A2%D7%A9%D7%90"
    title: "בעשא"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ba%C3%A1sa"
    title: "Baása"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baesa"
    title: "Baesa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baasa"
    title: "Baasa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%90%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3"
    title: "バシャ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%91%E1%83%90%E1%83%90%E1%83%A8%E1%83%90"
    title: "ბააშა"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B0%94%EC%95%84%EC%82%AC"
    title: "바아사"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baasa"
    title: "Baasa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%88%D0%B0_(%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB)"
    title: "Баша (крал)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Baasha_of_Israel"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Baasa"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B9%D8%B4%D8%A7"
    title: "بعشا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B9%D8%B4%D8%A7"
    title: "بعشا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Baasha was the son of Ahijah of the Tribe of Issachar, and his path to the throne ran through assassination. Once crowned as the third king of the northern Israelite Kingdom of Israel, he ruled a fractured nation that had split from the Davidic line. The Hebrew Bible records his reign in 1 Kings 15:16–16:7, a passage that traces both his consolidation of power and the prophetic judgment that hung over his house. What he built through force, force eventually undid: his dynasty, like the one he overthrew, would not outlast his son.