1 Kings 16:12

12 Thus Zimri destroyed all the house of Baasha, ¹according to the word of the LORD, which he spoke against Baasha by ²Jehu the prophet,

1 Kings 16:12 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 16:12

Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha, according to
the word of the Lord, which he spoke against Baasha by Jehu the
prophet.
] That not only his posterity, but all any way related to him, should be cut off; yea, it seems to have been carried further, even to all that were in any connection with him in point of friendship, see ( 1 Kings 16:3 ) .

1 Kings 16:12 In-Context

10 Zimri came in and struck him down and killed him, in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his place.

11 When he began to reign, as soon as he had seated himself on his throne, he struck down all the house of Baasha. He did not leave him a single male of his relatives or his friends.

12 Thus Zimri destroyed all the house of Baasha, according to the word of the LORD, which he spoke against Baasha by Jehu the prophet,

13 for all the sins of Baasha and the sins of Elah his son, which they sinned and which they made Israel to sin, provoking the LORD God of Israel to anger with their idols.

14 Now the rest of the acts of Elah and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

Cross References

• 1. ver. 3
• 2. [See ver. 1 above]