1 Kings 16:3
in 1 Kings 16So now I will consume Baasha and his house, and I will make your house like that of Jeroboam son of Nebat:
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
behold, I will utterly sweep away Baasha and his house; and I will make thy house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
KJV
Behold, I will take away the posterity of Baasha, and the posterity of his house; and will make thy house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
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This verse in 1 Kings 16
Commentary
5 notes on this verseNote, Those who resemble others in their sins may expect to resemble them in their plagues, especially those who seem zealous against such sins in others as they allow themselves in; the house of Jehu was reckoned with for the blood of the house of Ahab, Hos. i.
This site's exposition
like the house of Jeroboam
on 1 Kings 16:3-4
The sentence itself, thy house like the house of Jeroboam, sends Baasha's own line back to the fate his hands carried out on Jeroboam's line at 15:29. The dogs and fowls formula against Baasha's house is this chain's second link, following Jeroboam's house at 14:11 and preceding Ahab and Jezebel's at 21:19 through 21:24, the same sentence falling on three dynasties before the book turns south. No burial was the ancient world's severest dishonor, and the text simply states the terms rather than describing the horror.
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 Awakening2 voices
Behold, I will take away the posterity of Baasha, and the posterity of his house,.... By death, there shall be none of his family remaining in any branch of it: and I will make thy house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat; execute the same judgment on it, and in the same manner, their sins being alike.
Because his idolatry was like his, and one of the sins for which God contended with him being the destruction of Jeroboam's family, the more the destruction of his own resembled that, the nearer did the punishment resemble the sin, as face answers to face in a glass. As then, so now, the king himself was first slain, but Elah fell more ingloriously than Nadab.
The words behind it
13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| הִנְנִ֥י | hini | here I | H2005 → | 316 times |
| מַבְעִ֛יר | mavir | [am] about to sweep away | H1197 → | 94 times |
| אַחֲרֵ֥י | ʾacharei | after | H310 → | 715 times |
| בַעְשָׁ֖א | va'sha' | Baasha | H1201 → | 28 times |
| וְאַחֲרֵ֣י | veacharei | and after | H310 → | 715 times |
| בֵית֑וֹ | veito | house his | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| וְנָֽתַתִּי֙ | venatati | and I will make | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בֵּ֣יתְךָ֔ | beitekha | house your | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| כְּבֵ֖ית | keveit | like [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| יָרָבְעָ֥ם | yaraveam | Jeroboam | H3379 → | 104 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| נְבָֽט׃ | nevat | Nebat | H5028 → | 25 times |
הִנְנִ֥יhere I
hiniH2005 →316 times
מַבְעִ֛יר[am] about to sweep away
mavirH1197 →94 times
אַחֲרֵ֥יafter
ʾachareiH310 →715 times
בַעְשָׁ֖אBaasha
va'sha'H1201 →28 times
וְאַחֲרֵ֣יand after
veachareiH310 →715 times
בֵית֑וֹhouse his
veitoH1004 →2046 times
וְנָֽתַתִּי֙and I will make
venatatiH5414 →2011 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
בֵּ֣יתְךָ֔house your
beitekhaH1004 →2046 times
כְּבֵ֖יתlike [the] house of
keveitH1004 →2046 times
יָרָבְעָ֥םJeroboam
yaraveamH3379 →104 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
נְבָֽט׃Nebat
nevatH5028 →25 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
Isaiah 66:24“As they go forth, they will see the corpses of the men who have rebelled against Me; for their worm will never die, their fire will never be quenched, and they will be a…
it leads to
- Isaiah 14:11
Your pomp has been brought down to Sheol, along with the music of your harps. Maggots are your bed and worms your blanket.
- Revelation 14:10–11
he too will drink the wine of God’s anger, poured undiluted into the cup of His wrath. And he will be tormented in fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and…
- Daniel 12:2
And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:15–16
who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and drove us out as well. They are displeasing to God and hostile to all men,
- Revelation 21:8
But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This…
- Isaiah 14:11
Through
1 Kings 14:10Because of all this, behold, I am bringing disaster on the house of Jeroboam: I will cut off from Jeroboam every male, both slave and free, in Israel; I will burn up the house…
it leads to
- 2 Kings 14:26
For the LORD saw that the affliction of the Israelites, both slave and free, was very bitter. There was no one to help Israel,
- Deuteronomy 32:36
For the LORD will vindicate His people and have compassion on His servants when He sees that their strength is gone and no one remains, slave or free.
- 1 Kings 21:21
This is what the LORD says: ‘I will bring calamity on you and consume your descendants; I will cut off from Ahab every male in Israel, both slave and free.
- 2 Kings 14:26
Where this verse is studied
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About 1 Kings
This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Rabanus Maurus, COMMENTARY ON THE THIRD BOOK OF KINGS 15.