1 Kings 16:1

Easy-to-Read Version

Then the Lord spoke against King Baasha through the prophet, Jehu son of Hanani. He said,

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,

Contemporary English Version
The Lord sent Jehu son of Hanani to say to Baasha:

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,

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 Then the Lord spoke against King Baasha through the prophet, Jehu son of Hanani. He said, ² "I made you an important prince over my people Israel. But you have done the same things Jeroboam did. You have caused my people Israel to sin. Their sins have made me angry. ³ So Baasha, I will destroy you and your family, just as I did Jeroboam son of Nebat and his family. ⁴ Dogs will eat the bodies of those in your family who die in the city. And wild birds will eat the bodies of those who die out in the fields." ⁵ The rest of the story about Baasha and the great things he did are written in the book, The History of the Kings of Israel. ⁶ Baasha died and was buried in Tirzah. His son Elah became the new king after him. ⁷ That book also has the story of the time the Lord gave the message to Jehu the prophet about Baasha and his family. Baasha did many things the Lord said were wrong, just as Jeroboam and his family had done. This and the fact that Baasha had killed everyone in Jeroboam's family made the Lord very angry. ⁸ Elah son of Baasha became king during the 26th year that Asa was the king of Judah. He ruled in Tirzah for two years. ⁹ Zimri was one of King Elah's officers. Zimri commanded half of Elah's chariots, but Zimri plotted against Elah. King Elah was in Tirzah, drinking and getting drunk at Arza's home. Arza was the man in charge of the palace at Tirzah. ¹⁰ Zimri went into the house and killed King Elah. Then Zimri became the new king of Israel after Elah. This was during the 27th year that Asa was king in Judah.

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 11:30
Sarai did not have any children because she was not able to have children.

Genesis 12:16
Pharaoh was kind to Abram because he thought Abram was Sarai's brother. He gave Abram sheep, cattle, donkeys, camels, and men and women servants.

Genesis 16:2
Sarai told Abram, "The Lord has not allowed me to have children, so sleep with my slave. Maybe she can have a son, and I will accept him as my own." Abram did what Sarai said.

Genesis 16:3
So after living ten years in the land of Canaan, Sarai gave her Egyptian slave to Abram as a second wife.

Genesis 16:9
The angel of the Lord said to her, "Sarai is your owner. Go home to her and obey her."

Genesis 16:10
The angel of the Lord also said, "From you will come many people—too many people to count."

Genesis 21:12
But God said to Abraham, "Don't worry about the boy and the slave woman. Do what Sarah wants. Your descendants will be those who come through Isaac.

Genesis 21:21
His mother found a wife for him in Egypt. They continued to live in the Paran desert.

Genesis 25:21
Isaac's wife could not have children. So Isaac prayed to the Lord for her. The Lord heard Isaac's prayer, and he allowed Rebekah to become pregnant.

Judges 13:2
There was a man named Manoah from the city of Zorah. He was from the tribe of Dan. Manoah had a wife, but she was not able to have any children.

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.