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From: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

 Baasha
    bravery, the third king of the separate kingdom of Israel, and
    founder of its second dynasty (1 Kings 15; 16; 2 Chr. 16:1-6).
    He was the son of Ahijah of the tribe of Issachar. The city of
    Tirzah he made the capital of his kingdom, and there he was
    buried, after an eventful reign of twenty-four years (1 Kings
    15:33). On account of his idolatries his family was
    exterminated, according to the word of the prophet Jehu (1 Kings
    16:3, 4, 10-13).

From: Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's)

 Baasha, he that seeks, or lays waste