1 Kings 21:22

22 And I will make your house like ¹the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like ²the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for the anger to which you have provoked me, and because you ³have made 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 Ahab said to Elijah, “Have you found me, O my enemy? ” He answered, “I have found you, because you have sold yourself to do what is evil in the sight of the Lord.

21 Behold, I will bring disaster upon you. I will utterly burn you up, and will cut off from Ahab every male, bond or free, in Israel.

22 And I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for the anger to which you have provoked me, and because you have made Israel to sin.

23 And of Jezebel the Lord also said, ‘The dogs shall eat Jezebel within the walls of Jezreel. ’

24 Anyone belonging to Ahab who dies in the city the dogs shall eat, and anyone of his who dies in the open country the birds of the heavens shall eat. ”

Cross References

• 1. 21:22 ch. 15:29
• 2. 21:22 ch. 16:3, 11
• 3. 21:22 ch. 14:16