1 Kings 16:7

Overview - 1 Kings 16
Jehu's prophecy against Baasha.
Elah succeeds him.
Zimri, conspiring against Elah, succeeds him.
11 Zimri executes Jehu's prophecy.
15 Omri, made king by the soldiers, forces Zimri desperately to burn himself.
21 The kingdom being divided, Omri prevails against Tibni.
23 Omri builds Samaria.
25 His wicked reign.
27 Ahab succeeds him.
29 Ahab's most wicked reign.
34 Joshua's curse upon Hiel the builder of Jericho.
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1 Kings 16:7  (King James Version)
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.
 


the hand
1 Kings 16:1 1 Kings 16:2

and against his house
Exodus 20:5

in provoking
16:13

with the work
Psalms 115:4 ; Isaiah 2:8 ; 44:9-20

because he killed him
This the Vulgate understands of Jehu the prophet; some think Baasha is intended; others Nadab the son of Jeroboam; and others Jeroboam, whom Baasha destroyed in his posterity by cruelly murdering them all.
14:14 15:27-29 2 Kings 10:30 2 Kings 10:31 ; Isaiah 10:6 Isaiah 10:7 ; Hosea 1:4 ; Acts 2:23 ; Acts 4:27 Acts 4:28