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1 Kings 16:7

in 1 Kings 16

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 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.

This verse in 1 Kings 16

Commentary

10 notes on this verse

A commentator

Ishodad of Merv

BOOKS OF SESSIONS 1 KINGS 16:7 · Written before 850.

"… 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

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

. [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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A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

proposed

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,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

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

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 & Brown

1802–1910

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.

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A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

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 words

Every 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.

  • 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 stops

Each 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 115:4

    Their 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.

  • Through

    Isaiah 2:8

    Their land is full of idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their fingers have made.

    it leads to

  • Through

    Hosea 1:4

    Then 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.”

Where this verse is studied

About 1 Kings

The visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon, Sir Edward John Poynter, 1890. Public domain.
The visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon, Sir Edward John Poynter, 1890. Public domain.

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.