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Verse 1 Kings 16:33. _AHAB MADE A GROVE_] אשרה _Asherah, Astarte_,
or _Venus;_ what the _Syriac_ calls an _idol_, and the _Arabic_, a
_tall tree_; probably meaning, by the last, an image of _Priapus_,...
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4. KINGS OF ISRAEL
Chapter S 15:25-16
_ 1. Nadab, King of Israel (1 Kings 15:25)_
2. Baasha, King of Israel (1 Kings 15:34; 1 Kings 16:1)
3. Elah, King of Israel ...
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1 KINGS 15:33 TO 1 KINGS 16:34. BAASHA'S DYNASTY. RISE OF THE HOUSE OF
OMRI. Nothing is told us of Baasha except the usual annalistic
details, and, that a prophet named Jehu foretold the destruction o...
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GROVE. See note on Exodus 34:13, and App-42....
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_And Ahab made a grove_ R.V. THE ASHÊRAH. That is, the image which
was to represent the female divinity, of which Baal was the male.
_to provoke the Lord God of Israel to anger_ Here the LXX. adds -a...
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D. THE OMRI DYNASTY 16:21-34
The Omri dynasty ruled Israel for forty-four years. The closing verses
of chapter 16 contain brief notices concerning (1) Omri's rise to
power (1 Kings 16:21-22); (2) the...
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_AND AHAB MADE A GROVE; AND AHAB DID MORE TO PROVOKE THE LORD GOD OF
ISRAEL TO ANGER THAN ALL THE KINGS OF ISRAEL THAT WERE BEFORE HIM._
No JFB commentary on this verse....
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16:33 Asherah; (a-5) Image of the Phoenician Astarte; see Judges 2:13
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THE REIGNS OF ELAH, ZIMRI, AND OMRI
1. Jehu the son of Hanani] Hanani is mentioned in 2 Chronicles 16:7.
Jehu's denunciation of Baasha is similar to Ahijah's denunciation of
Jeroboam (1 Kings 14:7)....
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GOD’S LESSONS FROM HISTORY
1 KINGS
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 16
V1 Then the *Lord spoke to Jehu the son of Hanani. He gave him this
message for Baasha. V2 ‘You were not an important person, but I ma...
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וַ יַּ֥עַשׂ אַחְאָ֖ב אֶת ־הָ
אֲשֵׁרָ֑ה וַ
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KING AHAB AND QUEEN JEZEBEL
1 Kings 16:29
"Besides what that grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and
nothing said."
- LYCIDAS
OMRI was succeeded by his son Ahab, whose eventful reign of u...
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THE KINGS OF ISRAEL FROM ZIMRI TO AHAB
1 Kings 16:11
As far as we can understand from our meager authorities-and we have no
independent source of information-we infer that Elah, son of the
powerful B...
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SIN'S CLIMAX SUMMONS JEHOVAH'S PROPHET
1 Kings 16:29; 1 Kings 17:1
From the beginning of his reign Ahab set aside both the First and the
Second Commandment. His marriage with Jezebel, the young and b...
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Here we have the account of how Jehu was called on to exercise
judgment against Baasha. This being accomplished, Elah succeeded
Baasha on the throne of Israel. He was so corrupt as to be found
"drinki...
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(29) В¶ And in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of Judah began
Ahab the son of Omri to reign over Israel: and Ahab the son of Omri
reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty and two years. (30) And A...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 14, 15, AND 16.
In spite of this testimony, Jeroboam perseveres in his sin. The only
one of his sons in whom any piety is seen dies; and the judgment of
God...
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AND AHAB MADE A GROVE,.... About the temple of Baal, or elsewhere, in
which he placed an idol, and where all manner of filthiness was
secretly committed; or rather "Asherah", rendered "grove", is Asta...
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And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the LORD God of
Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him.
Ver. 33. _To provoke the Lord._] To defy him, and dare him do hi...
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_And he reared up an altar for Baal_ On which to offer sacrifices to
him, whereby they acknowledged their dependance upon him, and sought
his favour. _In the house of Baal which he had built in Samari...
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1.7 Iehus prophesie against Baasha.
5 Elah succeedeth him.
8 Zimri conspiring against Elah, succeedeth him.
11 Zimri executeth Iehus prophesie.
15 Omri made King by the souldiers, forceth Zimri de...
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The Lord had another servant to bring a solemn message to Baasha.
Jehu, the son of Hanani, was the messenger at this time (v.1). Though
the history records that Baasha had murdered his master to take...
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29-34 Ahab did evil above all that reigned before him, and did it
with a particular enmity both against Jehovah and Israel. He was not
satisfied with breaking the second commandment by image-worship,...
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AHAB MADE A GROVE, against God's express prohibition, DEUTERONOMY 7:5....
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1 Kings 16:33 Ahab H256 made H6213 (H8799) image H842 Ahab H256 did
H6213 (H8800) more H3254 ...
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THE REIGN OF AHAB KING OF ISRAEL C. 872-851 BC (1 KINGS 16:29 TO 1
KINGS 22:40).
The reigns of the previous seven kings of Judah and Israel have been
covered in a short space (1 Kings 15:1 to...
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AN INITIAL SUMMARY OF THE REIGN OF AHAB (1 KINGS 16:29).
The account of Ahab's reign commences with an initial summary of his
reign indicating its corruption in the eyes of YHWH. We can compare
the in...
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CONTENTS: Evil reigns of Baasha, Elah, Zimri, Omri, Ahab kings of
Israel.
CHARACTERS: God, Baasha, Jehu, Elah, Zimri, Omri, Ahab, Jezebel,
Tibni, Hiel, Segub.
CONCLUSION: Destruction, when it comes,...
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1 Kings 16:2. _I exalted thee._ Baasha was raised from the ranks to
regal dignity.
1 Kings 16:7. _Jehu son of Hanani_ the prophet; the only case I think
in which a Father and a son were so favoured....
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1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 16:31 WENT AND SERVED BAAL AND WORSHIPED
HIM... MADE AN ASHERAH. The Israelite king AHAB, son of Omri, added to
the SINS OF JEROBOAM THE SON OF NEBAT by
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CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—
1 Kings 16:30. AHAB, THE SON OF OMRI—A name fraught with woe for
Israel!
1 Kings 16:30. TOOK TO WIFE JEZEBEL—_Ethbaal_, her royal father,
murdered his own brother (k...
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EXPOSITION
THE REIGN OF AHAB.—With the accession of Ahab a new main section of
our history begins—the section which has its close in the
destruction of the house of Omri by Jehu, as related in 2 Kings...
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So the word of the LORD came to Jehu the prophet unto Baasha, saying,
Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, made thee prince over my
people Israel; and you have walked in the way of Jeroboam, a...
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1 Kings 16:30; 1 Kings 21:19; 1 Kings 21:25; 1 Kings 22:6; 1 Kings