Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
The natural position of this verse would be after I Kings 16:4 and before I Kings 16:5. But it may be regarded as added by the writer, somewhat irregularly, as an afterthought; its special force being to point out that the sentence on Baasha was intended to punish, not only his calf-worship, but emphatically his murder of Jeroboam and his family. Though the destruction of Jeroboam had been foretold, and though Baasha may be rightly regarded as God' s instrument to punish Jeroboam' s sins, yet, as he received no command to execute God' s wrath on the offender, and was instigated solely by ambition and self-interest, his guilt was just as great as if no prophecy had been uttered. Even Jehu' s commission II Kings 9:5-10 was not held to justify, altogether, his murder of Jehoram and Jezebel.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing 1 Kings 16:7:
2 Chronicles 19:2
Hosea 1:4
Amos 2:11
Haggai 1:1
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