1 Kings 16:5

Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, and what he did, and his might [as to which see 1 Kings 15:17-21 . He could hardly have given a stronger proof of his might than by fortifying a post but five miles distant from Jerusalem. Keil, however, would interpret the word, both here and in 1 Kings 15:23 , of his energy and strength in government. Better Bähr, tapfere Thaten . Ewald hence infers that Baasha was "a man of distinguished bravery"], are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?