1 Kings 16:1

Good News Translation

The Lord spoke to the prophet Jehu son of Hanani and gave him this message for 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,

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,

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,

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 spoke to the prophet Jehu son of Hanani and gave him this message for Baasha: ² "You were a nobody, but I made you the leader of my people Israel. And now you have sinned like Jeroboam and have led my people into sin. Their sins have aroused my anger, ³ and so I will do away with you and your family, just as I did with Jeroboam. ⁴ Any members of your family who die in the city will be eaten by dogs, and any who die in the open country will be eaten by vultures." ⁵ Everything else that Baasha did and all his brave deeds are recorded in The History of the Kings of Israel. ⁶ Baasha died and was buried in Tirzah, and his son Elah succeeded him as king. ⁷ That message from the Lord against Baasha and his family was given by the prophet Jehu because of the sins that Baasha committed against the Lord . He aroused the Lord 's anger not only because of the evil he did, just as King Jeroboam had done before him, but also because he killed all of Jeroboam's family. ⁸ In the twenty-sixth year of the reign of King Asa of Judah, Elah son of Baasha became king of Israel, and he ruled in Tirzah for two years. ⁹ Zimri, one of his officers who was in charge of half of the king's chariots, plotted against him. One day in Tirzah, Elah was getting drunk in the home of Arza, who was in charge of the palace. ¹⁰ Zimri entered the house, assassinated Elah, and succeeded him as king. This happened in the twenty-seventh year of the reign of King Asa of 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 was not able to have children.

Genesis 12:16
Because of her the king treated Abram well and gave him flocks of sheep and goats, cattle, donkeys, slaves, and camels.

Genesis 16:2
and so she said to Abram, "The Lord has kept me from having children. Why don't you sleep with my slave? Perhaps she can have a child for me." Abram agreed with what Sarai said.

Genesis 16:3
So she gave Hagar to him to be his concubine. (This happened after Abram had lived in Canaan for ten years.)

Genesis 16:9
He said, "Go back to her and be her slave."

Genesis 16:10
Then he said, "I will give you so many descendants that no one will be able to count them.

Genesis 21:12
But God said to Abraham, "Don't be worried about the boy and your slave Hagar. Do whatever Sarah tells you, because it is through Isaac that you will have the descendants I have promised.

Genesis 21:21
His mother got an Egyptian wife for him.

Genesis 25:21
Because Rebecca had no children, Isaac prayed to the Lord for her. The Lord answered his prayer, and Rebecca became pregnant.

Judges 13:2
At that time there was a man named Manoah from the town of Zorah. He was a member of the tribe of Dan. His wife had never been able to have 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.