1 Kings 16:3 - Forerunner Commentary

1 Kings 16:3

1 Then the word of the Lord came to ^aJehu the son of ^bHanani, against ^cBaasha, saying:

2 ^a“Inasmuch as I lifted you out of the dust and made you ruler over My people Israel, and ^byou have walked in the way of Jeroboam, and have made My people Israel sin, to provoke Me to anger with their sins,

3 surely I will ^atake away the posterity of Baasha and the posterity of his house, and I will make your house like ^bthe house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

4 The dogs shall eat ^awhoever belongs to Baasha and dies in the city, and the birds of the air shall eat whoever dies in the fields.”

5 Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, what he did, and his might, ^aare they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

6 So Baasha rested with his fathers and was buried in ^aTirzah. Then Elah his son reigned in his place.

7 And also the word of the Lord came by the prophet ^aJehu the son of Hanani against Baasha and his house, because of all the evil that he did in the sight of the Lord in provoking Him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam, and because ^bhe killed them.

Verse Comparison: 1 Kings 16:3

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American Standard Version
behold, I will utterly sweep away Baasha and his house; and I will make thy house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

Amplified® Bible
Behold, I will utterly sweep away Baasha and his house, and will make your house like [that] of Jeroboam son of Nebat.

Contemporary English Version
that I will destroy you and your family, just as I did the family of Jeroboam.

Darby English Version
behold, I will take away Baasha and his house, and will make thy house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

Good News Bible
and so I will do away with you and your family, just as I did with Jeroboam.

King James Version
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.

New American Standard Bible
behold, I will consume Baasha and his house, and I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

New International Version
So I am about to consume Baasha and his house, and I will make your house like that of Jeroboam son of Nebat.

New King James Version
surely I will take away the posterity of Baasha and the posterity of his house, and I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
behold, I will consume Baasha and his house, and I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

Revised Standard Version
behold, I will utterly sweep away Ba'asha and his house, and I will make your house like the house of Jerobo'am the son of Nebat.

Young's Literal Translation
lo, I am putting away the posterity of Baasha, even the posterity of his house, and have given up thy house as the house of Jeroboam son of Nebat;

New English Translation
So I am ready to burn up¹ Baasha and his family, and make your family² like the family of Jeroboam son of Nebat.

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