Commentary Critical and Explanatory
1 Kings 16:33
And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him.
No JFB commentary on this verse.
And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him.
No JFB commentary on this verse.
Verse 1 Kings 16:33. _AHAB MADE A GROVE_] אשרה _Asherah, Astarte_, or _Venus;_ what the _Syriac_ calls an _idol_, and the _Arabic_, a _tall tree_; probably meaning, by the last, an image of _Priapus_,...
4. KINGS OF ISRAEL Chapter S 15:25-16 _ 1. Nadab, King of Israel (1 Kings 15:25)_ 2. Baasha, King of Israel (1 Kings 15:34; 1 Kings 16:1) 3. Elah, King of Israel ...
1 KINGS 15:33 TO 1 KINGS 16:34. BAASHA'S DYNASTY. RISE OF THE HOUSE OF OMRI. Nothing is told us of Baasha except the usual annalistic details, and, that a prophet named Jehu foretold the destruction o...
GROVE. See note on Exodus 34:13, and App-42....
_And Ahab made a grove_ R.V. THE ASHÊRAH. That is, the image which was to represent the female divinity, of which Baal was the male. _to provoke the Lord God of Israel to anger_ Here the LXX. adds -a...
D. THE OMRI DYNASTY 16:21-34 The Omri dynasty ruled Israel for forty-four years. The closing verses of chapter 16 contain brief notices concerning (1) Omri's rise to power (1 Kings 16:21-22); (2) the...
16:33 Asherah; (a-5) Image of the Phoenician Astarte; see Judges 2:13 ....
THE REIGNS OF ELAH, ZIMRI, AND OMRI 1. Jehu the son of Hanani] Hanani is mentioned in 2 Chronicles 16:7. Jehu's denunciation of Baasha is similar to Ahijah's denunciation of Jeroboam (1 Kings 14:7)....
GOD’S LESSONS FROM HISTORY 1 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 16 V1 Then the *Lord spoke to Jehu the son of Hanani. He gave him this message for Baasha. V2 ‘You were not an important person, but I ma...
וַ יַּ֥עַשׂ אַחְאָ֖ב אֶת ־הָ אֲשֵׁרָ֑ה וַ
THE KINGS OF ISRAEL FROM ZIMRI TO AHAB 1 Kings 16:11 As far as we can understand from our meager authorities-and we have no independent source of information-we infer that Elah, son of the powerful B...
KING AHAB AND QUEEN JEZEBEL 1 Kings 16:29 "Besides what that grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing said." - LYCIDAS OMRI was succeeded by his son Ahab, whose eventful reign of u...
SIN'S CLIMAX SUMMONS JEHOVAH'S PROPHET 1 Kings 16:29; 1 Kings 17:1 From the beginning of his reign Ahab set aside both the First and the Second Commandment. His marriage with Jezebel, the young and b...
Here we have the account of how Jehu was called on to exercise judgment against Baasha. This being accomplished, Elah succeeded Baasha on the throne of Israel. He was so corrupt as to be found "drinki...
(29) В¶ And in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of Judah began Ahab the son of Omri to reign over Israel: and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty and two years. (30) And A...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 14, 15, AND 16. In spite of this testimony, Jeroboam perseveres in his sin. The only one of his sons in whom any piety is seen dies; and the judgment of God...
AND AHAB MADE A GROVE,.... About the temple of Baal, or elsewhere, in which he placed an idol, and where all manner of filthiness was secretly committed; or rather "Asherah", rendered "grove", is Asta...
And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him. Ver. 33. _To provoke the Lord._] To defy him, and dare him do hi...
_And he reared up an altar for Baal_ On which to offer sacrifices to him, whereby they acknowledged their dependance upon him, and sought his favour. _In the house of Baal which he had built in Samari...
1.7 Iehus prophesie against Baasha. 5 Elah succeedeth him. 8 Zimri conspiring against Elah, succeedeth him. 11 Zimri executeth Iehus prophesie. 15 Omri made King by the souldiers, forceth Zimri de...
And Ahab made a grove, he erected a pillar to the female idol of the Canaanites, Astarte, whose worship was connected with immoral practices; AND AHAB DID MORE TO PROVOKE THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL TO ANG...
THE RULE OF OMRI AND OF AHAB...
The Lord had another servant to bring a solemn message to Baasha. Jehu, the son of Hanani, was the messenger at this time (v.1). Though the history records that Baasha had murdered his master to take...
29-34 Ahab did evil above all that reigned before him, and did it with a particular enmity both against Jehovah and Israel. He was not satisfied with breaking the second commandment by image-worship,...
AHAB MADE A GROVE, against God's express prohibition, DEUTERONOMY 7:5....
1 Kings 16:33 Ahab H256 made H6213 (H8799) image H842 Ahab H256 did H6213 (H8800) more H3254 ...
AN INITIAL SUMMARY OF THE REIGN OF AHAB (1 KINGS 16:29). The account of Ahab's reign commences with an initial summary of his reign indicating its corruption in the eyes of YHWH. We can compare the in...
THE REIGN OF AHAB KING OF ISRAEL C. 872-851 BC (1 KINGS 16:29 TO 1 KINGS 22:40). The reigns of the previous seven kings of Judah and Israel have been covered in a short space (1 Kings 15:1 to...
CONTENTS: Evil reigns of Baasha, Elah, Zimri, Omri, Ahab kings of Israel. CHARACTERS: God, Baasha, Jehu, Elah, Zimri, Omri, Ahab, Jezebel, Tibni, Hiel, Segub. CONCLUSION: Destruction, when it comes,...
1 Kings 16:2. _I exalted thee._ Baasha was raised from the ranks to regal dignity. 1 Kings 16:7. _Jehu son of Hanani_ the prophet; the only case I think in which a Father and a son were so favoured....
1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 16:31 WENT AND SERVED BAAL AND WORSHIPED HIM... MADE AN ASHERAH. The Israelite king AHAB, son of Omri, added to the SINS OF JEROBOAM THE SON OF NEBAT by
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 16:30. AHAB, THE SON OF OMRI—A name fraught with woe for Israel! 1 Kings 16:30. TOOK TO WIFE JEZEBEL—_Ethbaal_, her royal father, murdered his own brother (k...
EXPOSITION THE REIGN OF AHAB.—With the accession of Ahab a new main section of our history begins—the section which has its close in the destruction of the house of Omri by Jehu, as related in 2 Kings...
So the word of the LORD came to Jehu the prophet unto Baasha, saying, Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, made thee prince over my people Israel; and you have walked in the way of Jeroboam, a...
1 Kings 16:30; 1 Kings 21:19; 1 Kings 21:25; 1 Kings 22:6; 1 Kings