1 Kings 16:1

1 The word of Yahweh came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying,

1 Kings 16:1 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 16:1

Then the word of the Lord came to Jehu the son of Hanani,
&c.] The seer that reproved Asa, ( 2 Chronicles 16:7 ) , so that this man was the son of a prophet then living, and was a young man; for we hear of him several years after reproving Jehoshaphat, ( 2 Chronicles 19:2 ) , and as a writer of history, ( 2 Chronicles 20:34 ) , the prophecy that came to him from the Lord was

against Baasha;
king of Israel:

saying;
as follows.

1 Kings 16:1 In-Context

1 The word of Yahweh came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying,

2 Because I exalted you out of the dust, and made you prince over my people Israel, and you have walked in the way of Jeroboam, and have made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins;

3 behold, I will utterly sweep away Baasha and his house; and I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

4 Him who dies of Baasha in the city shall the dogs eat; and him who dies of his in the field shall the birds of the sky eat.

5 Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, and what he did, and his might, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?