1 Kings 16:2
in 1 Kings 16“Even though I lifted you out of the dust and made you ruler over My people Israel, you have walked in the way of Jeroboam and have caused My people Israel to sin and to provoke Me to anger by their sins.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee prince over my people Israel, and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins;
KJV
Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee prince over my people Israel; and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins;
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This verse in 1 Kings 16
Commentary
8 notes on this verseMade thee prince over my people - That is, in the course of my providence, I suffered thee to become king; for it is impossible that God should make a rebel, a traitor, and a murderer, king over his people, or over any people. God is ever represented in Scripture as doing those things which, in the course of his providence, he permits to be done.
This site's exposition
against Baasha, saying
on 1 Kings 16:1-2
Jehu's oracle against Baasha reuses, almost word for word, the charge Ahijah brought against Jeroboam at 14:7 through 14:9: exalted out of the dust, made prince, and now made my people to sin. Baasha took the throne by killing every one of Jeroboam's house at 15:29, and the same words that raised him now condemn him for repeating the very sin he was raised up to punish. Kings measures every northern king by his distance from Jeroboam's calves, and Baasha fails his own test.
This site's exposition
made you ruler over My people Israel
The LORD still calls the northern kingdom My people Israel, even under Baasha and his sins. Matthew Henry reads the name as kept because Israel still bore circumcision and many good people still lived in the land. Hosea 1:9 gives Israel the name Lo-ammi later.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
"Since I exalted you out of the dust and made you leader over my people Israel, and you have walked in the way of Jeroboam and have caused my people Israel to sin, provoking me to anger with their sins, therefore, I will consume the …
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
And if Baasha had done this in obedience to God's command, and with a single design, to execute God's vengeance threatened against him, it had been no more a sin, than Jehu's act in killing his master king Jehoram, upon the same account, 2 Kings ix, 24.
I made thee prince over my people. God calls Israel his people still, though wretchedly corrupted, because they retained the covenant of circumcision, and there were many good people among them; it was not till long after that they were called Loammi, not a people, Hos. i.
Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
He still showed His interest in them by sending prophets and working miracles in their favor, and possessed a multitude of faithful worshippers in the kingdom of Israel.
The words behind it
19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| יַ֗עַן | yaan | because | H3282 → | 99 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֤ר | ʾasher | that | H834 → | 5497 times |
| הֲרִימֹתִ֙יךָ֙ | harimotikha | I raised up you | H7311 → | 190 times |
| מִן־ | min- | from | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| הֶ֣עָפָ֔ר | heafar | the dust | H6083 → | 110 times |
| וָאֶתֶּנְךָ֣ | vaetenkha | and I made you | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| נָגִ֔יד | nagid | a ruler | H5057 → | 45 times |
| עַ֖ל | ʾal | over | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| עַמִּ֣י | ʾami | people my | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| וַתֵּ֣לֶךְ׀ | vatelekh | and you have walked | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ | bederekh | in [the] way of | H1870 → | 707 times |
| יָרָבְעָ֗ם | yaraveam | Jeroboam | H3379 → | 104 times |
| וַֽתַּחֲטִא֙ | vatachati' | and you have caused to sin | H2398 → | 238 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| עַמִּ֣י | ʾami | people my | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| לְהַכְעִיסֵ֖נִי | lehakhiseni | to provoke to anger me | H3707 → | 54 times |
| בְּחַטֹּאתָֽם׃ | bechatotam | by sins their | H2403 → | 295 times |
יַ֗עַןbecause
yaanH3282 →99 times
אֲשֶׁ֤רthat
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
הֲרִימֹתִ֙יךָ֙I raised up you
harimotikhaH7311 →190 times
מִן־from
min-H4480 →1188 times
הֶ֣עָפָ֔רthe dust
heafarH6083 →110 times
וָאֶתֶּנְךָ֣and I made you
vaetenkhaH5414 →2011 times
נָגִ֔ידa ruler
nagidH5057 →45 times
עַ֖לover
ʾalH5921 →5755 times
עַמִּ֣יpeople my
ʾamiH5971 →1873 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
וַתֵּ֣לֶךְ׀and you have walked
vatelekhH1980 →1546 times
בְּדֶ֣רֶךְin [the] way of
bederekhH1870 →707 times
יָרָבְעָ֗םJeroboam
yaraveamH3379 →104 times
וַֽתַּחֲטִא֙and you have caused to sin
vatachati'H2398 →238 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
עַמִּ֣יpeople my
ʾamiH5971 →1873 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
לְהַכְעִיסֵ֖נִיto provoke to anger me
lehakhiseniH3707 →54 times
בְּחַטֹּאתָֽם׃by sins their
bechatotamH2403 →295 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
1 Samuel 2:8He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth…
it leads to
- Psalms 113:7–8
He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the dump
- Daniel 2:48
Then the king promoted Daniel and gave him many generous gifts. He made him ruler over the entire province of Babylon and chief administrator over all the wise men of Babylon.
- James 2:5
Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?
- Daniel 6:3
Soon, by his extraordinary spirit, Daniel distinguished himself among the administrators and satraps. So the king planned to set him over the whole kingdom.
- 1 Samuel 15:17
And Samuel said, “Although you were once small in your own eyes, have you not become the head of the tribes of Israel? The LORD anointed you king over Israel
- Psalms 113:7–8
Through
1 Kings 15:34And Baasha did evil in the sight of the LORD and walked in the way of Jeroboam and in his sin, which he had caused Israel to commit.
it leads to
- 1 Kings 15:26
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and walked in the way of his father and in his sin, which he had caused Israel to commit.
- 1 Kings 14:16
So He will give Israel over on account of the sins Jeroboam has committed and has caused Israel to commit.”
- 1 Kings 15:26
Through
1 Kings 14:7Go, tell Jeroboam that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I raised you up from among the people and appointed you ruler over My people Israel.
it leads to
- 2 Samuel 12:7–8
Then Nathan said to David, “You are that man! This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul.
- 2 Samuel 12:7–8
Where this verse is studied
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About 1 Kings

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; 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; Keil, The Books of the Kings; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Rabanus Maurus, COMMENTARY ON THE THIRD BOOK OF KINGS 15.
