1 Kings 16:7
in 1 Kings 16Moreover, 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 Him to anger with the work of his hands and becoming like the house of Jeroboam, and also because Baasha had struck down the house of Jeroboam.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And moreover by the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the word of Jehovah against Baasha, and against his house, both because of all the evil that he did in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam, and because he smote him.
KJV
And also by the hand of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the word of the Lord against Baasha, and against his house, even for all the evil that he did in the sight of the Lord, in provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam; and because he killed him.
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This verse in 1 Kings 16
Commentary
10 notes on this verse"… In being like the house of Jeroboam, and also because he destroyed it." This does not mean that Elah killed Jeroboam, but that Baasha, father of Elah, killed the son of Jeroboam. And he is not threatened with evils by the prophet because he …
This site's exposition
along with his accomplishments and might, are they not written
on 1 Kings 16:5-7
The closing formula names “the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel”, a source the author used and did not preserve. Verse 7 adds a second charge, that Baasha kept the sin of Jeroboam and also “because Baasha had struck down the house of Jeroboam”.
This site's exposition
because Baasha had struck down the house
Albert Barnes reads this verse as added by the writer after the close of the reign of Baasha. Wesley held that killing the house of Jeroboam would have been no sin had Baasha acted only to carry out the word of the LORD. His motive made the deed evil.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices
. [2.] That he had himself provoked God to anger with the work of his hands, that is, by worshipping images, the work of men's hands; though perhaps others made them, yet he served them and thereby avowed the making of them, and they are therefore called the work of his hands. [3.] That he had destroyed the house of Jeroboam (
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Came, &c. - The meaning is, the message which came from the Lord to Jehu, ver. 1, &c. was here delivered by the hand, the ministry of Jehu, unto Baasha. Jehu did what God commanded him in this matter, tho' it was not without apparent hazard to himself.
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And also by the hand of the prophet Jehu, the son of Hanani, came the word of the Lord against Baasha, and against his house,....
Note, Those who are in any way employed in denouncing or executing the justice of God (magistrates or ministers) are concerned to do it from a good principle and in a holy manner, lest it turn into sin to them and they make themselves obnoxious by it.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
The natural position of this verse would be after 1Ki 16:4 and before 1Ki 16:5. But it may be regarded as added by the writer, somewhat irregularly, as an afterthought; its special force being to point out that the sentence on Baasha was intended to punish, not only his calf-worship, but emphatically his murder of Jeroboam and his family.
2 more voices on this verse
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
also by the hand of the prophet Jehu--This is not another prophecy, but merely an addition by the sacred historian, explanatory of the death of Baasha and the extinction of his family.
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — starts-lowercase
And because he killed him - This the Vulgate understands of Jehu the prophet, put to death by Baasha: Ob hanc causam occidit eum, hoe est. Jehu filium Hanani prophetam; “On this account he killed him, that is, Jehu the prophet, the son of Hanani.” Some think Baasha is intended, others Jeroboam, and others Nadab the son of Jeroboam. This last is the sentiment of Rab. Sol. Jarchi, and of some good critics. The order is here confused; and the seventh verse should probably be placed between the 4th and 5th.
The words behind it
30 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְגַ֡ם | vegam | and also | H1571 → | 769 times |
| בְּיַד־ | beyad- | by [the] hand of | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| יֵה֨וּא | yehu' | Jehu | H3058 → | 58 times |
| בֶן־ | ven- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| חֲנָ֜נִי | chanani | Hanani | H2607 → | |
| הַנָּבִ֗יא | hanavi' | the prophet | H5030 → | 314 times |
| דְּבַר־ | devar- | [the] word of | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| יְהוָ֡ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| הָיָה֩ | hayah | it came | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | against | H413 → | 5510 times |
| בַּעְשָׁ֨א | ba'sha' | Baasha | H1201 → | 28 times |
| וְאֶל־ | veel- | and against | H413 → | 5510 times |
| בֵּית֜וֹ | beito | house his | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| וְעַ֥ל | veal | and on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הָרָעָ֣ה׀ | haraah | the evil | H7451 → | 662 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| עָשָׂ֣ה׀ | ʾasah | he had done | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| בְּעֵינֵ֣י | beeinei | in [the] eyes of | H5869 → | 887 times |
| יְהוָ֗ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| לְהַכְעִיסוֹ֙ | lehakhiso | to provoke to anger him | H3707 → | 54 times |
| בְּמַעֲשֵׂ֣ה | bemaaseh | by [the] work of | H4639 → | 236 times |
| יָדָ֔יו | yadav | hands his | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| לִהְי֖וֹת | lihyot | to be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| כְּבֵ֣ית | keveit | like [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| יָרָבְעָ֑ם | yaraveam | Jeroboam | H3379 → | 104 times |
| וְעַ֥ל | veal | and on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | that | H834 → | 5497 times |
| הִכָּ֖ה | hikah | he struck down | H5221 → | 499 times |
| אֹתֽוֹ׃ פ | ʾoto | <obj.> it | H853 → | 10935 times |
וְגַ֡םand also
vegamH1571 →769 times
בְּיַד־by [the] hand of
beyad-H3027 →1618 times
יֵה֨וּאJehu
yehu'H3058 →58 times
בֶן־[the] son of
ven-H1121 →4930 times
חֲנָ֜נִיHanani
chananiH2607 →
הַנָּבִ֗יאthe prophet
hanavi'H5030 →314 times
דְּבַר־[the] word of
devar-H1697 →1440 times
יְהוָ֡הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
הָיָה֩it came
hayahH1961 →3559 times
אֶל־against
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
בַּעְשָׁ֨אBaasha
ba'sha'H1201 →28 times
וְאֶל־and against
veel-H413 →5510 times
בֵּית֜וֹhouse his
beitoH1004 →2046 times
וְעַ֥לand on
vealH5921 →5755 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הָרָעָ֣ה׀the evil
haraahH7451 →662 times
אֲשֶׁר־which
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
עָשָׂ֣ה׀he had done
ʾasahH6213 →2628 times
בְּעֵינֵ֣יin [the] eyes of
beeineiH5869 →887 times
יְהוָ֗הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
לְהַכְעִיסוֹ֙to provoke to anger him
lehakhisoH3707 →54 times
בְּמַעֲשֵׂ֣הby [the] work of
bemaasehH4639 →236 times
יָדָ֔יוhands his
yadavH3027 →1618 times
לִהְי֖וֹתto be
lihyotH1961 →3559 times
כְּבֵ֣יתlike [the] house of
keveitH1004 →2046 times
יָרָבְעָ֑םJeroboam
yaraveamH3379 →104 times
וְעַ֥לand on
vealH5921 →5755 times
אֲשֶׁר־that
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
הִכָּ֖הhe struck down
hikahH5221 →499 times
אֹתֽוֹ׃ פ<obj.> it
ʾotoH853 →10935 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Psalms 115:4Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 4:28
And there you will serve man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or eat or smell.
- Jeremiah 10:3–5
For the customs of the peoples are worthless; they cut down a tree from the forest; it is shaped with a chisel by the hands of a craftsman.
- Isaiah 46:6–7
They pour out their bags of gold and weigh out silver on scales; they hire a goldsmith to fashion it into a god, so they can bow down and worship.
- Isaiah 40:19–20
To an idol that a craftsman casts and a metalworker overlays with gold and fits with silver chains?
- Habakkuk 2:18–20
What use is an idol, that a craftsman should carve it—or an image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak.
- Deuteronomy 4:28
Through
Isaiah 2:8Their land is full of idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their fingers have made.
it leads to
- Psalms 115:4–8
Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.
- Psalms 115:4–8
Through
Hosea 1:4Then the LORD said to Hosea, “Name him Jezreel, for soon I will bring the bloodshed of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and I will put an end to the kingdom of Israel.
it leads to
- 2 Kings 10:7–8
And when the letter arrived, they took the sons of the king and slaughtered all seventy of them. They put their heads in baskets and sent them to Jehu at Jezreel.
- 2 Kings 10:10–11
Know, then, that not a word the LORD has spoken against the house of Ahab will fail, for the LORD has done what He promised through His servant Elijah.”
- 2 Kings 10:7–8
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Ishodad of Merv, BOOKS OF SESSIONS 1 KINGS 16:7; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
