Charles Ellicott Commentary 2 Chronicles 16:5

"And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off building Ramah, and let his work cease." — 2 Chronicles 16:5 (ASV)

And it came to pass. —See 1 Kings 15:21.

And let his work cease. — Vay-yashbêth ’ethmelakhtô. Kings: “vay-yêsheb bëthirzah,” “and dwelt in Tirzah.” The partial similarity of the Hebrew is obvious. Kings appears to be correct, and the tautologous reading of the Chronicler is attributable to a fault in the writer’s manuscript.