1 Kings 16:1

New American Standard Bible (1995)

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

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,

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."

Contextual Overview

¹ Now the word of the LORD came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying,² "Inasmuch as I exalted you from the dust and made you leader over My people Israel, and you have walked in the way of Jeroboam and have made My people Israel sin, provoking Me to anger with their sins, ³ behold, I will consume Baasha and his house, and I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat. ⁴ "Anyone of Baasha who dies in the city the dogs will eat, and anyone of his who dies in the field the birds of the heavens will eat." ⁵ Now the rest of the acts of Baasha and what he did and his might, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? ⁶ And Baasha slept with his fathers and was buried in Tirzah, and Elah his son became king in his place. ⁷ Moreover, the word of the LORD through the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani also came against Baasha and his household, both because of all the evil which he did in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam, and because he struck it. ⁸ In the twenty-sixth year of Asa king of Judah, Elah the son of Baasha became king over Israel at Tirzah, and reigned two years. ⁹ His servant Zimri, commander of half his chariots, conspired against him. Now he was at Tirzah drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, who was over the household at Tirzah. ¹⁰ Then Zimri went in and struck him and put him to death in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and became king in his place.

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 barren; she had no child.

Genesis 12:16
Therefore he treated Abram well for her sake; and gave him sheep and oxen and donkeys and male and female servants and female donkeys and camels.

Genesis 16:2
So Sarai said to Abram, "Now behold, the LORD has prevented me from bearing children. Please go in to my maid; perhaps I will obtain children through her." And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.

Genesis 16:3
After Abram had lived ten years in the land of Canaan, Abram's wife Sarai took Hagar the Egyptian, her maid, and gave her to her husband Abram as his wife.

Genesis 16:9
Then the angel of the LORD said to her, "Return to your mistress, and submit yourself to her authority."

Genesis 16:10
Moreover, the angel of the LORD said to her, "I will greatly multiply your descendants so that they will be too many to count."

Genesis 21:12
But God said to Abraham, "Do not be distressed because of the lad and your maid; whatever Sarah tells you, listen to her, for through Isaac your descendants shall be named.

Genesis 21:21
He lived in the wilderness of Paran, and his mother took a wife for him from the land of Egypt.

Genesis 25:21
Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was barren; and the LORD answered him and Rebekah his wife conceived.

Judges 13:2
There was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren and had borne no 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.