1 Kings 16:1 BSB — MannaFest

1 Kings 16:1

Then the word of the LORD came to Jehu son of Hanani against Baasha, saying:

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And the word of Jehovah came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying,

KJV

Then the word of the Lord came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying,

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Commentary

2 voices

Ephrem the Syrian

ON THE FIRST BOOK OF KINGS 16:1 (373)

[Baasha] was appointed king by God and was sent to restore the true religion which had been destroyed by Jeroboam and his successor Nadab, and to take revenge on the evil that was committed as well as impiety. He was certainly able to accomplish in …

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Hanani, the father of Jehu, was seer to Asa in the kingdom of Judah 2Ch 16:7-10. His son Jehu, who here discharges the same office in the kingdom of Israel, appears at a later date as an inhabitant of Jerusalem where he prophesied under Jehoshaphat, whom he rebuked on one occasion. He must have lived to a great age, for he outlived Jehoshaphat, and wrote his life (marginal references).

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיְהִ֤י	vay.Hi	and it came	H1961 →
דְבַר־	de.var-	[the] word of	H1697 →
יְהוָה֙	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
יֵה֣וּא	ye.Hu'	Jehu	H3058 →
בֶן־	ven-	[the] son of	H1121 →
חֲנָ֔נִי	cha.Na.ni	Hanani	H2607 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
בַּעְשָׁ֖א	ba'.Sha'	Baasha	H1201 →
לֵאמֹֽר׃	le.Mor	<to> saying	H559 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Chronicles 19:2
Jehu son of Hanani the seer went out to confront him and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD? Because of this, the wrath of…
leads to
- Psalms 139:21–22
  Do I not hate those who hate You, O LORD, and detest those who rise against You?
- 2 John 1:10–11
  If anyone comes to you but does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your home or even greet him.
- Ephesians 5:11
  Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.
- James 4:4
  You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God.
- 2 Chronicles 18:3
  Ahab king of Israel asked Jehoshaphat king of Judah, “Will you go with me against Ramoth-gilead?” And Jehoshaphat replied, “I am like you, and my people are your people; we will join you in…
Through
2 Chronicles 20:34
As for the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, from beginning to end, they are indeed written in the Chronicles of Jehu son of Hanani, which are recorded in the Book of the Kings…
leads to
- 2 Chronicles 19:2
  Jehu son of Hanani the seer went out to confront him and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD? Because of this, the wrath of…
Through
1 Kings 16:7
Moreover, the word of the LORD came through the prophet Jehu son of Hanani against Baasha and his house, because of all the evil he had done in the sight of the LORD, provoking…
leads to
- Psalms 115:4
  Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.
- Isaiah 2:8
  Their land is full of idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their fingers have made.

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06About 1 Kings

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Where the connections lead

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About 1 Kings