1 Kings 16:1

1 The LORD's word came to Jehu, Hanani's son, against Baasha:

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 LORD's word came to Jehu, Hanani's son, against Baasha:

2 I raised you up from the dust and made you a leader over my people Israel, but you walked in Jeroboam's ways, making my people Israel sin, making me angry with their sins.

3 So look, I am about to set fire to Baasha and his household, and I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam, Nebat's son.

4 Dogs will eat any of Baasha's family who die in town. Birds will eat any who die in the country.

5 Now the rest of Baasha's deeds, what he did, and his powerful acts, aren't they written in the official records of Israel's kings?