1 Kings 21:22

22 And I will make thy house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, and like the house of Baasa the son of Ahias: for what thou hast done to provoke me to anger, and for making Israel to sin.

1 Kings 21:22 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 21:22

And will make thine house like the house of Jeroboam the son
of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah
Two of his predecessors, whose families were utterly destroyed, ( 1 Kings 15:29 ) ( 16:11 ) ,

for the provocation wherewith thou hast provoked me to anger, and made
Israel to sin:
not only by his worship of the calves, but of the idols of the Zidonians, particularly Baal, and also of the Amorites, ( 1 Kings 21:26 ) .

1 Kings 21:22 In-Context

20 And Achab said to Elias: Hast thou found me thy enemy? He said: I have found thee because thou art sold, to do evil in the sight of the Lord.
21 Behold I will bring evil upon thee, and I will cut down thy posterity, and I will kill of Achab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up, and the last in Israel.
22 And I will make thy house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, and like the house of Baasa the son of Ahias: for what thou hast done to provoke me to anger, and for making Israel to sin.
23 And of Jezabel also, the Lord spoke, saying: The dogs shall eat Jezabel in the field of Jezrahel.
24 If Achab die in the city, the dogs shall eat him: but if he die in the field, the birds of the air shall eat him.
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