1 Kings 16:1

Contemporary English Version

The Lord sent Jehu son of Hanani to say to Baasha:

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Now the word of the Lord came to Jehu son of Hanani against Baasha:

Hebrew Names Version
The word of the LORD came to Yehu the son of Hanani against Ba`sha, saying,

King James Version
Then the word of the Lord came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying,

English Standard Version
And the word of the Lord came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying,

New Century Version
Jehu son of Hanani spoke the word of the Lord against King Baasha.

New English Translation
Jehu son of Hanani received from the Lord this message predicting Baasha's downfall:

Amplified Bible
Now the word of the LORD came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying,

New American Standard Bible
Now the word of the LORD came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying,

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then the word of the Lord came to Iehu the sonne of Hanani against Baasha, saying,

Legacy Standard Bible
Now the word of Yahweh came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying,

Complete Jewish Bible
The word of Adonai came to Yehu the son of Hanani against Ba‘sha:

Darby Translation
And the word of Jehovah came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying,

Easy-to-Read Version
Then the Lord spoke against King Baasha through the prophet, Jehu son of Hanani. He said,

George Lamsa Translation
THEN the word of the LORD came to Jehu the son of Hanan against Baasha, saying,

Good News Translation
The Lord spoke to the prophet Jehu son of Hanani and gave him this message for Baasha:

Lexham English Bible
The word of Yahweh came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying,

Literal Translation
And the Word of Jehovah came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Neuertheles the worde of the LORDE came vnto Iehu the sonne of Hanani agaynst Baesa, and sayde:

American Standard Version
And the word of Jehovah came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying,

Bible in Basic English
And the word of the Lord came to Jehu, son of Hanani, protesting against Baasha and saying,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then the worde of the Lorde came to Iehu the sonne of Hanani against Baasa, saying:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the word of the LORD came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasa, saying:

King James Version (1611)
Then the word of the Lord came to Iehu the sonne of Hanani, against Baasha, saying,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the word of the Lord came by the hand of Ju son of Anani to Baasa, saying,

English Revised Version
And the word of the LORD came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying,

Berean Standard Bible
Then the word of the LORD came to Jehu son of Hanani against Baasha, saying:

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe the word of the Lord was maad to Hieu, sone of Anany, ayens Baasa, and seide,

Young's Literal Translation
And a word of Jehovah is unto Jehu son of Hanani, against Baasha, saying,

Update Bible Version
And the word of Yahweh came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying,

Webster's Bible Translation
Then the word of the LORD came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying,

World English Bible
The word of Yahweh came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying,

New King James Version
Then the word of the LORD came to Jehu the son of Hanani, against Baasha, saying:

New Living Translation
This message from the Lord was delivered to King Baasha by the prophet Jehu son of Hanani:

New Life Bible
Now the word of the Lord came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying,

New Revised Standard
The word of the Lord came to Jehu son of Hanani against Baasha, saying,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then came the word of Yahweh unto Jehu

Douay-Rheims Bible
Then the word of the Lord came to Jehu, the son of Hanani, against Baasa, saying:

Revised Standard Version
And the word of the LORD came to Jehu the son of Hana'ni against Ba'asha, saying,

THE MESSAGE
The word of God came to Jehu son of Hanani with this message for Baasha: "I took you from nothing—a complete nobody—and set you up as the leader of my people Israel, but you plodded along in the rut of Jeroboam, making my people Israel sin and making me seethe over their sin. And now the consequences—I will burn Baasha and his regime to cinders, the identical fate of Jeroboam son of Nebat. Baasha's people who die in the city will be eaten by scavenger dogs; carrion crows will eat the ones who die in the country."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Now the word of the LORD came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying,

Contextual Overview

¹ The Lord sent Jehu son of Hanani to say to Baasha: ² Nobody knew who you were until I, the Lord , chose you to be the leader of my people Israel. And now you're acting exactly like Jeroboam by causing the Israelites to sin. What you've done has made me so angry ³ that I will destroy you and your family, just as I did the family of Jeroboam. ⁴ Dogs will eat the bodies of your relatives who die in town, and vultures will eat the bodies of those who die in the country. ⁵Baasha made the Lord very angry, and that's why the Lord gave Jehu this message for Baasha and his family. Baasha constantly disobeyed the Lord by following Jeroboam's sinful example—but even worse, he killed everyone in Jeroboam's family! Everything else Baasha did while he was king, including his brave deeds, is written in The History of the Kings of Israel. Baasha died and was buried in Tirzah, and his son Elah became king. ⁸ Elah son of Baasha became king of Israel after Asa had been king of Judah for twenty-five years, and he ruled from Tirzah for two years. ⁹ Zimri commanded half of Elah's chariots, and he made plans to kill Elah. One day, Elah was in Tirzah, getting drunk at the home of Arza, his prime minister, ¹⁰ when Zimri went there and killed Elah. So Zimri became king in the twenty-seventh year of Asa's rule in Judah. ¹¹ As soon as Zimri became king, he killed everyone in Baasha's family. Not one man or boy in his family was left alive—even his close friends were killed. ¹² Baasha's family was completely wiped out, just as the Lord 's prophet Jehu had warned.

Bible Verse Review
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Jehu: 1 Kings 16:7, 2 Chronicles 19:2, 2 Chronicles 20:34

Hanani: 1 Kings 15:33, 2 Chronicles 16:7-10

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 16:12 - according Jeremiah 32:18 - recompensest

Cross-References

Genesis 12:16
The king was good to Abram because of Sarai, and Abram was given sheep, cattle, donkeys, slaves, and camels.

Genesis 16:2
and Sarai said to Abram, "The Lord has not given me any children. Sleep with my slave, and if she has a child, it will be mine." Abram agreed,

Genesis 16:3
and Sarai gave him Hagar to be his wife. This happened after Abram had lived in the land of Canaan for ten years.

Genesis 16:9
The angel said, "Go back to Sarai and be her slave.

Genesis 16:10
I will give you a son, who will be called Ishmael, because I have heard your cry for help. And later I will give you so many descendants that no one will be able to count them all.

Genesis 21:12
But God said, "Abraham, don't worry about your slave woman and the boy. Just do what Sarah tells you. Isaac will inherit your family name,

Genesis 25:21
Rebekah still had no children. So Isaac asked the Lord to let her have a child, and the Lord answered his prayer.

Judges 13:2
Manoah from the tribe of Dan lived in the town of Zorah. His wife was not able to have children,

Luke 1:7
But they did not have children. Elizabeth could not have any, and both Zechariah and Elizabeth were already old.

Luke 1:36
Your relative Elizabeth is also going to have a son, even though she is old. No one thought she could ever have a baby, but in three months she will have a son.

Gill's Notes on the 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 hear of him several years after reproving Jehoshaphat, 2 Chronicles 19:2, and as a writer of history, 2 Chronicles 20:34, the prophecy that came to him from the Lord was

against Baasha; king of Israel:

saying; as follows.

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 inhabitant of Jerusalem where he prophesied under Jehoshaphat, whom he rebuked on one occasion. He must have lived to a great age, for he outlived Jehoshaphat, and wrote his life (marginal references).

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER XVI

Jehu the prophet denounces the destruction of Baasha,1-7.

Zimri conspires against him, and slays him and his family, and

reigns seven days, 8-15.

The people make Omri king, and besiege Zimri in Tirzah; who,

finding no way to escape, sets fire to his palace, and consumes

himself in it, 16-20.

The people are divided, half following Tibni, and half Omri;

the latter faction overcomes the former, Tibni is slain, and

Omri reigns alone, 21-23.

He founds Samaria, 24.

His bad character and death, 25-28.

Ahab reigns in his stead; marries Jezebel, restores idolatry,

and exceeds his predecessors in wickedness, 29-33.

Hiel the Beth-elite rebuilds Jericho, 34.

NOTES ON CHAP. XVI

Verse 1 Kings 16:1. Then the word of the Lord came to Jehu — Of this prophet we know nothing but from this circumstance. It appears from 2 Chronicles 16:7-10, that his father Hanani was also a prophet, and suffered imprisonment in consequence of the faithful discharge of his ministry to Asa.