1 Kings 16:1 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then the word of the LORD came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying, ”

• 1 Kings 16:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Hanani, the father of Jehu, was seer to Asa in the kingdom of Judah 2 Chronicles 16:7-10 . His son Jehu, who here discharges the same office in the kingdom of Israel, appears at a later date as an...

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• 1 Kings 16:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  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 destru...

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• 1 Kings 16:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  Jehu the son of Hanani. Compare 2 Chronicles 16:7-10 ; 2 Chronicles 19:2 .

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• 1 Kings 16:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Then the word of the LORD came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying, Then the word of the Lord came to Jehu - Of this prophet we know nothing but from this circumstance. It appears from...

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• 1 Kings 16:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Then the word of the LORD came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying, Then the word of the Lord came to Jehu. This is the only incident recorded in the life of this prophet. His fa...

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• 1 Kings 16:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Reigns of Elah, Zimri, and Omri 1. Jehu the son of Hanani] Hanani is mentioned in 2 Chronicles 16:7-10 . Jehu's denunciation of Baasha is similar to Ahijah's denunciation of Jeroboam ( 1 King...

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• 1 Kings 16:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Jehu the son of Hanani — probably of Hanani the seer of Judah in the reign of Asa ( 2 Chronicles 15:7 ). Jehu must have been now young, for we find him rebuking Jehoshaphat after the death of Ahab,...

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• 1 Kings 16:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  NADAB; BAASHA; ELAH 1 Kings 15:25-34 ; 1 Kings 16:1-10 "Wheresoever the carcass is, there will the vultures be gathered together." - Matthew 24:28 JEROBOAM slept with his fathers and went...

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• 1 Kings 16:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Executioners of Evil-Doers 1 Kings 16:1-14 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;...

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• 1 Kings 16:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  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 "drink...

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• 1 Kings 16:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  CONTENTS This chapter relates nothing of the history of Judah but wholly concerns the kingdom of Israel. Jehu comes with an alarming message from the Lord to Baasha. His ruin and death; the reign of...

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• 1 Kings 16:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Then the word of the Lord came to Jehu the son of Hanani ,.... The seer that reproved Asa, 2 Chronicles 16:7 , so that this man was the son of a prophet then living, and was a young man; for we hea...

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• 1 Kings 16:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Then the word of the LORD came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying, Ver. 1. Came to Jehu the son of Hanani. ] Who was also a prophet, and had, by good education, fitted him for the of...

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• 1 Kings 16:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  The word of the Lord came to Jehu This Jehu was a prophet, and the son of a prophet. His father Hanani, who was a prophet before him, was sent to reprove Asa king of Judah for hiring Benhadad king...

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• 1 Kings 16:1 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  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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• 1 Kings 16:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Ruin of Baasha's Family Foretold. B. C. 931.       1 Then the word of the L ORD came to Jehu...

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• 1 Kings 16:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  1 KINGS CHAPTER 16 Jehu prophesieth against Baasha, 1 Kings 16:1-7 , Elah succeedeth him: him Zimri slayeth and succeedeth: he, besieged by Omri, burneth himself, 1 Kings 16:8-20 . Omri preva...

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• 1 Kings 16:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  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 recor...

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• 1 Kings 16:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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 favou...

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• 1 Kings 16:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  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...

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• 1 Kings 16:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Then, when it was evident that Baasha was guilty of the same wickedness as Jeroboam, the word of the Lord came to Jehu, the son of Hanani, against Baasha, saying,

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• 1 Kings 16:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Kings 15:33 ; 1 Kings 16:7 ; 2 Chronicles 16:7-10 ; 2 Chronicles 19:2 ; 2 Chronicles 20:34

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• 1 Kings 16:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Hanani — He was sent to Asa, king of Judah. But the son, who was young and more active, was sent on this longer and more dangerous expedition to Baasha, king of Israel.

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