Kaum hatte Simri seine Herrschaft gefestigt, brachte er alle
männlichen Nachkommen Baschas um. Keiner kam mit dem Leben davon. Sogar noch entferntere Verwandte und Freunde des früheren Königs ließ Simri ermorden.
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.