1 Kings 16:1
Then the word of the LORD came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying, Ver. 1. _Came to Jehu the son of Hanani._] Who was also a prophet, and had, by good education, fitted him for the office.... [ Continue Reading ]
Then the word of the LORD came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying, Ver. 1. _Came to Jehu the son of Hanani._] Who was also a prophet, and had, by good education, fitted him for the office.... [ Continue Reading ]
Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee prince over my people Israel; and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins; Ver. 2. _Forasmuch as I exalted thee._] See 1 Kings 14:7. _Ingentia beneficia, flagiti... [ Continue Reading ]
Behold, I will take away the posterity of Baasha, and the posterity of his house; and will make thy house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat. Ver. 3. _Behold, I will take away._] It is a just presage and desert of ruin, not to be warned by others' woes.... [ Continue Reading ]
Him that dieth of Baasha in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth of his in the fields shall the fowls of the air eat. Ver. 4. _Him that dieth of Baasha._] See 1 Kings 14:10,11 .... [ Continue Reading ]
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? Ver. 5. _Now the rest._] See on 1 Kings 14:19 .... [ Continue Reading ]
So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah: and Elah his son reigned in his stead. Ver. 6. _Slept with his fathers._] His posterity only were eaten by dogs and fowls.... [ Continue Reading ]
And also by the hand of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the word of the LORD against Baasha, and against his house, even for all the evil that he did in the sight of the LORD, in provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam; and because he killed him... [ Continue Reading ]
In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah the son of Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, two years. Ver. 8. _Two years._] Current, but not fully complete. 1Ki 16:15 So God paid Baasha in kind for his cruelty to Nadab. He loveth to retaliate.... [ Continue Reading ]
And his servant Zimri, captain of half [his] chariots, conspired against him, as he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza steward of [his] house in Tirzah. Ver. 9. _And his servant Zimri._] Perhaps he of Saul's posterity. 1Ch 8:36 _ Drinking himself drunk._] Haply to put away... [ Continue Reading ]
_And Zimri went in and smote him, and killed him, in the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his stead._ Ver. 10. _And Zimri went in and smote him, and killed him._] Even while he was drunk, and dreamt not of death. So Amnon, so Belshazzar, so not a few in all ages. And yet... [ Continue Reading ]
And it came to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, [that] he slew all the house of Baasha: he left him not one that pisseth against a wall, neither of his kinsfolks, nor of his friends. Ver. 11. _As soon as he sat on his throne._] He laid about him lustily: for the seven... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake against Baasha by Jehu the prophet, Ver. 12. By _(the hand of)_ Jehu,] _i.e., _ By his ministry.... [ Continue Reading ]
For all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, by which they sinned, and by which they made Israel to sin, in provoking the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities. Ver. 13. _And by which they made others to sin._] Height of place ever addeth two wings to sin, example and scandal... [ Continue Reading ]
Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, [are] they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? Ver. 14. _Now the rest._] See 1 Kings 14:19 .... [ Continue Reading ]
In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri reign seven days in Tirzah. And the people [were] encamped against Gibbethon, which [belonged] to the Philistines. Ver. 15. _Did Zimri reign seven days._] God quickly wore this rod of his wrath to the stumps, and then cast it into the fi... [ Continue Reading ]
And the people [that were] encamped heard say, Zimri hath conspired, and hath also slain the king: wherefore all Israel made Omri, the captain of the host, king over Israel that day in the camp. Ver. 16. _King over Israel that day._] For a matter of such consequence admitted not of any delays: - “... [ Continue Reading ]
And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah. Ver. 17. _And Omri went out from Gibethon._] Where now the second time the siege was raised. See 1 Kings 15:27 .... [ Continue Reading ]
And it came to pass, when Zimri saw that the city was taken, that he went into the palace of the king's house, and burnt the king's house over him with fire, and died, Ver. 18. _The city was taken._] And so himself like to be unkinged. Of the Ruteni it is storied, that many times they have each day... [ Continue Reading ]
For his sins which he sinned in doing evil in the sight of the LORD, in walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he did, to make Israel to sin. Ver. 19. _In doing evil._] So active was this man in a quick despatch of the deeds of darkness.... [ Continue Reading ]
Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his treason that he wrought, [are] they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? Ver. 20. _Are they not written?_] See 1 Kings 14:19 .... [ Continue Reading ]
Then were the people of Israel divided into two parts: half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king; and half followed Omri. Ver. 21. _Half of the people followed Tibni, &c._] Both Tibni and Omri should have refused these offered honours: considering what had befallen the k... [ Continue Reading ]
_But the people that followed Omri prevailed against the people that followed Tibni the son of Ginath: so Tibni died, and Omri reigned._ Ver. 22. _So Tibni died, and Omri reigned._] An untimely death it was likely that Tibni came to: as did most of the emperors of Rome till Constantine the Great. O... [ Continue Reading ]
In the thirty and first year of Asa king of Judah began Omri to reign over Israel, twelve years: six years reigned he in Tirzah. Ver. 23. _Began Omri to reign._] Without a competitor. _ Twelve years,_] viz., In all: reckoning the four full years before Tibni's death.... [ Continue Reading ]
And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver, and built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill, Samaria. Ver. 24. _And built on the hill._] A city, with a palace royal: for Tirzah was burnt by Zimri. 1Ki 16:18... [ Continue Reading ]
But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the LORD, and did worse than all that [were] before him. Ver. 25. _And did worse than all._] _Noluit solita peccare,_ as Seneca saith of some in his time: _et puduit non esse impudentem,_ as Augustine of others in his: he sought to outsin his predecessors.... [ Continue Reading ]
For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin, to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities. Ver. 26. _For he walked in all the way._] _In tota via Ieroboami et in singulis peccatis eius:_ yea, and herein he outdid Jerobo... [ Continue Reading ]
Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and his might that he shewed, [are] they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? Ver. 27. _Are they not written?_] See on 1 Kings 14:19 .... [ Continue Reading ]
So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria: and Ahab his son reigned in his stead. Ver. 28. _And was buried in Samaria._] Herein he sped better than his betters. It is well observed by Augustine, _a_ that God punisheth some wicked ones here, lest his providence - and not all, lest hi... [ Continue Reading ]
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. Ver. 29. _And Ahab reigned in Samaria._] Now the metropolis, and seat of the royal residency.... [ Continue Reading ]
And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD above all that [were] before him. Ver. 30. _Above all that were._] He proved an arrant non-such. _a_ a _Bipedum nequissimus._... [ Continue Reading ]
_And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him._ Ver. 31. _He took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal._] Who... [ Continue Reading ]
And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria. Ver. 32. _And he reared up an altar._] For the sake, and by the instigation of his wicked wife, _a qua totus possidebatur et regebatur, et ut ita dicam, regina erat Rex, Rex vero regina._ _a_ a Bucholc.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 his worst.... [ Continue Reading ]
In his days did Hiel the Bethelite build Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest [son] Segub, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun. Ver. 34. _In his days did Hiel the Bethelite build Jericho.... [ Continue Reading ]