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Young's Literal Translation

1 Kings 16:1

And a word of Jehovah is unto Jehu son of Hanani, against Baasha, saying,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Baasha;   Government;   Hanani;   Ingratitude;   Jehu;   Promotion;   Thompson Chain Reference - Jehu;   Magistrates;   Nation, the;   Rebuke;   Rulers;   Wicked, the;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Prophets;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Hanani;   Jehu;   Zimri;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Baasha;   Jehu;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Baasha;   Hanani;   Samaria;   Zimri;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Jehu;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Hanani;   Jehu;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Baasha ;   Hanani ;   Jehu ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Nimshi;   Samaria;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Baasha;   Jehu;   Kings;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Hana'ni;   Je'hu;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Babylonish Captivity, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Baasha;   Chronicles, Books of;   Hanani;   Prophecy;  

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,
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 And a word of Jehovah is unto Jehu son of Hanani, against Baasha, saying, 2 `Because that I have raised thee up out of the dust, and appoint thee leader over My people Israel, and thou walkest in the way of Jeroboam, and causest My people Israel to sin -- to provoke Me to anger with their sins; 3 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; 4 him who dieth of Baasha in a city do the dogs eat, and him who dieth of his in a field do fowl of the heavens eat.' 5 And the rest of the matters of Baasha, and that which he did, and his might, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel? 6 And Baasha lieth with his fathers, and is buried in Tirzah, and Elah his son reigneth in his stead. 7 And also by the hand of Jehu son of Hanani the prophet a word of Jehovah hath been concerning Baasha, and concerning his house, and concerning all the evil that he did in the eyes of Jehovah to provoke Him to anger with the work of his hands, to be like the house of Jeroboam, and concerning that for which he smote him. 8 In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah reigned hath Elah son of Baasha over Israel in Tirzah, two years; 9 and conspire against him doth his servant Zimri (head of the half of the chariots) and he [is] in Tirzah drinking -- a drunkard in the house of Arza, who [is] over the house in Tirzah. 10 And Zimri cometh in and smiteth him, and putteth him to death, in the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigneth in his stead;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

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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
And Sarai is barren -- she hath no child.
Genesis 12:16
and to Abram he hath done good because of her, and he hath sheep and oxen, and he-asses, and men-servants, and handmaids, and she-asses, and camels.
Genesis 16:2
and Sarai saith unto Abram, `Lo, I pray thee, Jehovah hath restrained me from bearing, go in, I pray thee, unto my handmaid; perhaps I am built up from her;' and Abram hearkeneth to the voice of Sarai.
Genesis 16:3
And Sarai, Abram's wife, taketh Hagar the Egyptian, her handmaid, at the end of the tenth year of Abram's dwelling in the land of Canaan, and giveth her to Abram her husband, to him for a wife,
Genesis 16:9
And the messenger of Jehovah saith to her, `Turn back unto thy mistress, and humble thyself under her hands;'
Genesis 16:10
and the messenger of Jehovah saith to her, `Multiplying I multiply thy seed, and it is not numbered from multitude;'
Genesis 21:12
and God saith unto Abraham, `Let it not be wrong in thine eyes because of the youth, and because of thy handmaid: all that Sarah saith unto thee -- hearken to her voice, for in Isaac is a seed called to thee.
Genesis 21:21
and he dwelleth in the wilderness of Paran, and his mother taketh for him a wife from the land of Egypt.
Genesis 25:21
And Isaac maketh entreaty to Jehovah before his wife, for she [is] barren: and Jehovah is entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceiveth,
Judges 13:2
And there is a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danite, and his name [is] Manoah, his wife [is] barren, and hath not borne;

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.


 
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