1 Kings 16:5-15

5 ¹Now the rest of the acts of Baasha and what he did and his might, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles * of the Kings of Israel?

The Israelite Kings

6 And Baasha slept with his fathers and was buried in ²Tirzah, and Elah his son became king in his place.

7 Moreover, the word of the LORD through ³the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani also came against Baasha and his household, both because of all the evil which he did in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger with ⁴the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam, and because * ⁵he struck it.

8 In the twenty-sixth year of Asa king of Judah, Elah the son of Baasha became king over Israel at Tirzah, and reigned two years.

9 His servant ⁶Zimri, commander of half his chariots, conspired against him. Now he was at Tirzah drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, ⁷who was over the household at Tirzah.

10 Then Zimri went in and struck him and put him to death in the twenty-seventh * year of Asa king of Judah, and became king in his place.

11 It came about when he became king, as soon as he sat on his throne, that ⁸he killed all the household of Baasha; he did not leave a single male *, neither of his relatives nor of his friends.

12 Thus Zimri destroyed all the household of Baasha, ⁹according to the word of the LORD, which He spoke against Baasha through ¹⁰Jehu the prophet,

13 for all the sins of Baasha and the sins of Elah his son, which they sinned and which they made Israel sin, ¹¹provoking the LORD God of Israel to anger with their idols.

14 ¹²Now 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?

15 In the twenty-seventh * year of Asa king of Judah, Zimri reigned seven days at Tirzah. Now the people were camped against ¹³Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines.

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1 Kings 16:5-15 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 16

This chapter contains a prophecy of the ruin of the family of Baasha, and an account of his death, 1Ki 16:1-7, and of his son's reigning in his stead two years, who was slain by Zimri one of his captains, 1Ki 16:8-14, and who reigned but seven days, 1Ki 16:15-20, and the people being divided between Tibni and Omri, the party for the latter prevailed, and he was made king, and reigned twelve years, 1Ki 16:21-28, and was succeeded by his son Ahab, a very wicked prince, 1Ki 16:29-33, and the chapter is concluded with the rebuilding of Jericho, 1Ki 16:34.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 13

1. 1 Kings 14:19; 1 Kings 15:31
2. 1 Kings 14:17; 1 Kings 15:21
3. 1 Kings 16:1
4. Psalms 115:4; Isaiah 2:8
5. 1 Kings 14:14; 1 Kings 15:27, 29
6. 2 Kings 9:30-33
7. Genesis 24:2; Genesis 39:4; 1 Kings 18:3
8. 1 Kings 15:29; 1 Kings 16:3
9. 1 Kings 16:3
10. 2 Chronicles 19:2; 2 Chronicles 20:34
11. Deuteronomy 32:21; 1 Kings 15:30
12. 1 Kings 16:5
13. 1 Kings 15:27

Footnotes 5

[a]. Or "him"
[b]. Lit "smote"
[c]. Lit "him who urinates against the wall"
[d]. Lit "redeemers"
[e]. Lit "vanities"