1Ki 15:32 1Ki 15:32 is simply a repetition of 1Ki 15:16; and the remark concerning Baasha’s attitude towards Asa of Judah immediately after his entrance upon the government precedes the account of his reign, for the purpose of indicating at the very outset, that the overthrow of the dynasty of Jeroboam and the rise of a new dynasty did not alter the hostile relation between the kingdom of Israel and the kingdom of Judah.