Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
began Elah the son of Baasha to reign—(compare I Kings 15:33). From this it will appear that Baasha died in the twenty-third year of his reign (see on I Kings 15:2), and Elah, who was a prince of dissolute habits, reigned not fully two years.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing 1 Kings 16:8:
1 Kings 16:1
1 Kings 21:21-22
Song of Solomon 6:4
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