1 Kings 16:12
that he smote all the house of Baasha, according to the word which the Lord spoke against the house of Baasha, and to Jehu the prophet,
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11And it came to pass when he reigned, when he sat upon his throne,
Cross References
1 Kings 16:1And the word of the Lord came by the hand of Jehu son of Hanani to Baasha, saying,
1 Kings 16:7And the Lord spoke by Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, and against his house, even all the evil which he wrought before the Lord to provoke him to anger by the works of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam; and because he smote him.
2 Kings 14:25He recovered the coast of Israel from the entering in of Hamath to the Sea of Arabah, according to the word of the Lord God of Israel, which he spoke by his servant Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet of Gath-hepher.
Proverbs 26:6He that sends a message by a foolish messenger 1 Procures for himself a reproach from his own ways. 1
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 16:2-15
Ruin of Baasha's Family Foretold. ( b. c. 931.) 1 Then the word of the Lord came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying, 2 Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee prince over my people Israel; and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins; 3 Behold, I will take away the posterity of Baasha, and the posterity of his house; and will make thy house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat. 4 Him that dieth of… Read the whole commentary →