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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 ...
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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...
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_and they besieged Tirzah_ Which must therefore have been a fortified
town, and not a mere pleasance of the kings of Israel....
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D. THE SEVEN-DAY REIGN OF ZIMRI 16:15-20
TRANSLATION
(15) In the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, Zimri reigned
seven days in Tirzah. Now the people were on an expedi tion against
Gibbethon...
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_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....
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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)....
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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...
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וַ יַּעֲלֶ֥ה עָמְרִ֛י וְ כָל
־יִשְׂרָאֵ֥ל עִמ
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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...
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PERSISTENCE IN SINFUL WAYS
1 Kings 16:15
These Chapter s afford a dreary record of apostasy and revolution, of
idolatry and national disaster. Perhaps the great mass of the
people-the peasantry-were...
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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...
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And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they
besieged (h) Tirzah.
(h) Where Zimri holed up....
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(15) В¶ In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah did
Zimri reign seven days in Tirzah. And the people were encamped against
Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines. (16) And the people...
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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...
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AND OMRI WENT UP FROM GIBBETHON, AND ALL ISRAEL WITH HIM,.... He, and
the army under him, broke up the siege of that place, and marched to
Tirzah; which, according, to Bunting c were thirty six miles...
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And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they
besieged Tirzah.
Ver. 17. _And Omri went out from Gibethon._] Where now the second time
the siege was raised. See 1 Kings 15:27 ....
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_The people were encamped against Gibbethon_ Which had been besieged
many years before, but, it seems, was then relieved or afterward
recovered by the Philistines, while the Israelites were in a
distr...
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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...
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And Omri went up from Gibbethon and all Israel with him, he went on a
campaign against the usurper of the throne, AND THEY BESIEGED TIRZAH....
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THE RULE OF ZIMRI IN ISRAEL...
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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...
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15-28 When men forsake God, they will be left to plague one another.
Proud aspiring men ruin one another. Omri struggled with Tibni some
years. Though we do not always understand the rules by which G...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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1 Kings 16:17 Omri H6018 Israel H3478 up H5927 (H8799) Gibbethon H1405
besieged H6696 (H8799) Tirzah H8656...
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THE REIGN OF ZIMRI KING OF ISRAEL C. 884 BC (1 KINGS 16:15).
As we have already seen Zimri's reign was short and brief, but it was
found in the annals of the kings of Israel and so it is included. His...
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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,...
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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....
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CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—
1 Kings 16:15. DID ZIMRI REIGN SEVEN DAYS—A brief possession of a
throne won by such criminal deeds! The Israelites repudiated the
villainous usurper.
1 Kings 16:18....
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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...
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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...
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2 Kings 18:9; 2 Kings 25:1; 2 Kings 6:24; 2 Kings 6:25; Judges 9:45;...