1 Kings 16:4

4 Some of the people who belong to you will die in the city. Dogs will eat them up. Others will die in the country. The birds of the air will eat them."

1 Kings 16:4 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 16:4

Him that dieth of Baasha in the city shall the dogs eat, and
him that dieth of his in the fields shall the fowls of the air eat.
] They should not have burial, which is just the same that was threatened to and executed on Jeroboam's family, ( 1 Kings 14:11 ) .

1 Kings 16:4 In-Context

2 "I lifted you up from the dust. I made you leader of my people Israel. But you lived the way Jeroboam had lived. You also caused my people Israel to sin. And their sins made me very angry.

3 "So I am about to destroy you and your royal house. I will make your house like the royal house of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat.

4 Some of the people who belong to you will die in the city. Dogs will eat them up. Others will die in the country. The birds of the air will eat them."

5 The other events of Baasha's rule are written down. What he did and what he accomplished are written down. All of those things are written in the official records of the kings of Israel.

6 Baasha joined the members of his family who had already died. His body was buried in Tirzah. His son Elah became the next king after him.