1 Kings 16:13

1 Corinthians 10:19; 1 Corinthians 10:20; 1 Corinthians 8:4; 1 Kings 15:30; 1 Samuel 12:21; 2 Kings 17:15; Deuteronomy 32:21; Isaiah 41:29; Jeremiah 10:15; Jeremiah 10:3-5; Jeremiah 10:8; Jonah 2:8; Romans 1:21-23

Related Commentaries of 1 Kings 16:13

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Their vanities - The “calves.” The Hebrews call an idol by terms signifying “emptiness,” “vapor,” or “nothingness.” (Compare marginal references....
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,...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

vanities . idols. Compare 1 Kings 16:26 .
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, by which they sinned, and by which they made Israel to sin, in provoking the LORD God of Is...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 commen...
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 sim...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Vanities ] i.e. idols, and so in 1 Kings 16:26 .
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Vanities — that is, idols (as in Deuteronomy 32:21 ; 1 Samuel 12:21 ; Psalms 31:6 ; Isaiah 41:29 ; Jer. viii 19; &c.): not only the idols...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE KINGS OF ISRAEL FROM ZIMRI TO AHAB 1 Kings 16:11-34 As far as we can understand from our meager authorities-and we have no independent sour...
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 i...
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...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(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 pis...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son ,.... By which it appears that the son trod in the steps of his father, and was therefore c...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

For all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, by which they sinned, and by which they made Israel to sin, in provoking the LORD God of Is...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 Jeroboa...
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 r...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ruin of Baasha's Family Foretold. B. C. 931....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

i.e. Idols, oft called vanities , as Deuteronomy 32:21 1 Samuel 12:21 Jeremiah 14:22 , because they are but imaginary deities, and mere noth...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Reign Of Elah King of Israel c. 885-884 BC ( 1 Kings 16:8-14 ). The death of a king after a long reign often ushered in a period when rivals f...
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 Chr...
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...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION This division of chapters, immediately after the commencement of the narrative of the reign of Baasha, is somewhat unfortunate, inasm...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Rule of Baasha and Elah in Israel
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

for all the sins of Baasha and the sins of Elah, his son, by which they sinned, and by which they made Israel to sin, in provoking the Lord God of Is...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Vanities — Idols called vanities; because they are but imaginary deities, and mere nothings; having no power to do either good or hurt.

¹³ For all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, by which they sinned, and by which they made Israel to sin, in provoking the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities.

Related Commentaries of 1 Kings 16:13

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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