1 Reis 16:2

2 Porquanto te exaltei do pó, e te constituí chefe sobre o meu povo Israel, e tu tens andado no caminho de Jeroboão, e tens feito o meu povo Israel pecar, provocando-me � ira com os seus pecados,

1 Reis 16:2 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 16:2

Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust
From a very low estate, and mean family:

and made thee prince over my people Israel;
as they were of right, and ought to have been; and though Baasha got the kingdom by treachery and murder, yet the translation of the kingdom to him was according to the appointment of God, and by his overruling providence; and even his act of killing Nadab was a fulfilment of a prophecy of his; and had he done it in obedience to the will of God, and in vengeance for his sin, would not have been blameworthy, since then he would have been an executioner of the, justice of God:

and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast made my people
Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins;
committing and encouraging the same idolatrous practices, so very provoking to God.

1 Reis 16:2 In-Context

1 Então veio a palavra do Senhor a Jeú, filho de Hanâni, contra Baasa, dizendo:

2 Porquanto te exaltei do pó, e te constituí chefe sobre o meu povo Israel, e tu tens andado no caminho de Jeroboão, e tens feito o meu povo Israel pecar, provocando-me � ira com os seus pecados,

3 eis que exterminarei os descendentes de Baasa, e os descendentes da casa dele; sim, tornarei a tua casa como a casa de Jeroboão, filho de Nebate.

4 Quem morrer a Baasa na cidade, comê-lo-ão os cães; e o que lhe morrer no campo, comê-lo-ão as aves do céu.

5 Quanto ao restante dos atos de Baasa, e ao que fez, e ao seu poder, porventura não estão escritos no livro das crônicas dos reis de Israel?