1 Kings 16:12

12 Thus Zimri destroyed all the household of Baasha, ¹according to the word of the LORD, which He spoke against Baasha through ²Jehu the prophet,

1 Kings 16:12 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 16:12

Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha, according to
the word of the Lord, which he spoke against Baasha by Jehu the
prophet.
] That not only his posterity, but all any way related to him, should be cut off; yea, it seems to have been carried further, even to all that were in any connection with him in point of friendship, see ( 1 Kings 16:3 ) .

1 Kings 16:12 In-Context

10 Then Zimri went in and struck him and put him to death in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and became king in his place.

11 It came about when he became king, as soon as he sat on his throne, that he killed all the household of Baasha; he did not leave a single male , neither of his relatives nor of his friends.

12 Thus Zimri destroyed all the household of Baasha, according to the word of the LORD , which He spoke against Baasha through Jehu the prophet,

13 for all the sins of Baasha and the sins of Elah his son, which they sinned and which they made Israel sin, provoking the LORD God of Israel to anger with their idols.

14 Now the rest of the acts of Elah and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

Cross References

• 1. 1 Kings 16:3
• 2. 2 Chronicles 19:2; 2 Chronicles 20:34