1 Kings 16:2
Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee captaine ouer my people Israel, and thou hast walked in the way of Ieroboam, and hast made my people Israel to sinne, to prouoke me with their sinnes,
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
1Then the word of the Lord came to Iehu the sonne of Hanani against Baasha, saying,
Cross References
Exodus 32:21Also Moses said vnto Aaron, What did this people vnto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sinne vpon them?
1 Samuel 2:24Do no more, my sonnes, for it is no good report that I heare, which is, that ye make the Lords people to trespasse.
1 Samuel 15:17Then Samuel saide, When thou wast litle in thine owne sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel? for the Lord anointed thee King ouer Israel.
2 Samuel 12:7Then Nathan sayd to Dauid, Thou art the man. Thus sayth the Lord God of Israel, I anoynted thee King ouer Israel, and deliuered thee out of the hand of Saul,
1 Kings 14:7Goe, tel Ieroboam, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Forasmuch as I haue exalted thee from among the people, and haue made thee prince ouer my people Israel,
1 Kings 15:26And he did euill in the sight of the Lord, walking in the way of his father, and in his sinne wherewith he made Israel to sinne.
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 →