Verse 1 Kings 16:11. _HE SLEW ALL THE HOUSE OF BAASHA_] He endeavoured to exterminate his race, and blot out his memory; and the Jews say, when such a matter is determined, they not only destroy the h...
NEITHER OF HIS KINSFOLKS, NOR OF HIS FRIENDS - Zimri’s measures were of much more than ordinary severity. Not only was the royal family extirpated, but the friends of the king, his councillors and fav...
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...
NOT ONE, &C.. not one male. KINSFOLKS. kinsmen-redeemers....
that _he slew_ R.V. SMOTE. The verb is the same that is constantly so rendered in all these descriptions. Zimri made a complete end, he left not a single man child. _he left … house of Baasha_ All th...
B. THE BAASHA DYNASTY 15:32-16:14 The Baasha dynasty receives the most cursory treatment from the author of Kings. Political accomplishments of Baasha are almost totally ignored, as the author has ele...
_AND ZIMRI WENT IN AND SMOTE HIM, AND KILLED HIM, IN THE TWENTY AND SEVENTH YEAR OF ASA KING OF JUDAH, AND REIGNED IN HIS STEAD._ No JFB commentary on these verses....
16:11 kinsmen (b-35) See Note, Leviticus 25:25 and Numbers 5:8 ....
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 יְהִ֨י בְ מָלְכֹ֜ו כְּ שִׁבְתֹּ֣ו עַל
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...
EXECUTIONERS OF EVIL-DOERS 1 Kings 16:1 A noble figure crosses the canvas for a moment. It is Jehu, the son of Hanani, shining like a star in the night. No age has been without its prophets; no life,...
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...
_Wall. See 1 Kings xxv. 22. --- Friends, from whom he had any thing to fear. (Menochius)_...
(11) And it came to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, that he slew all the house of Baasha: he left him not one that pisseth against a wall, neither of his kinsfolks, nor...
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 IT CAME TO PASS WHEN HE BEGAN TO REIGN, AS SOON AS HE SAT ON HIS THRONE,.... Perhaps the very first day, THAT HE SLEW ALL THE HOUSE OF BAASHA; his whole family, all the children that he had, that...
And it came to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, [that] he slew all the house of Baasha: he left him not one that pisseth against a wall, neither of his kinsfolks, nor of...
_He slew all the house of Baasha_, &c. He not only destroyed all that were descended from Baasha, as Baasha had destroyed the families of Jeroboam, but he extended the destruction, and increased it, a...
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 it came to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, for he lost no time in carrying out his wicked designs, THAT HE SLEW ALL THE HOUSE OF BAASHA, down to the very last man; H...
THE RULE OF BAASHA AND ELAH IN ISRAEL...
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...
NEITHER OF HIS KINSFOLKS, NOR OF HIS FRIENDS...
1-14 This chapter relates wholly to the kingdom of Israel, and the revolutions of that kingdom. God calls Israel his people still, though wretchedly corrupted. Jehu foretells the same destruction to...
KINSFOLKS, Heb. _avengers_; to whom it belonged to revenge his death: see NUMBERS 35:12. NOR OF HIS FRIENDS; his confidants and familiar acquaintance, such as were most likely to hinder his settlement...
1 Kings 16:11 reign H4427 (H8800) seated H3427 (H8800) throne H3678 killed H5221 (H8689) household H1004 Baasha...
THE REIGN OF ELAH KING OF ISRAEL C. 885-884 BC (1 KINGS 16:8). The death of a king after a long reign often ushered in a period when rivals for the throne reared their heads, and Israel had no establi...
KINSFOLKS Hebrew, "goel," Redemption (Kinsman type). (_ See Scofield) - (Isaiah 59:20). _...
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....
THE DYNASTIC TROUBLES OF ISRAEL CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 16:1. WORD OF THE LORD CAME TO JEHU—His father was a prophet (2 Chronicles 16:7). This is the only incident on record of Jehu...
EXPOSITION This division of chapters, immediately after the commencement of the narrative of the reign of Baasha, is somewhat unfortunate, inasmuch as it obscures the close connexion between the sin...
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 14:10; 1 Kings 15:29; 1 Samuel 25:22; 1 Samuel 25:34; Judges
Kinfolks — Heb. avengers; to whom it belonged to revenge his death....