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Verse 1 Kings 16:31. _HE TOOK TO WIFE JEZEBEL_] This was the head and
chief of his offending; he took to wife, not only a _heathen_, but one
whose hostility to the true religion was well known, and ca...
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AS IF IT HAD BEEN A LIGHT THING FOR HIM TO WALK IN THE SINS OF
JEROBOAM - Idolatries are not exclusive. Ahab, while he detested the
pure worship of Yahweh, and allowed Jezebel to put to death every
“p...
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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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JEZEBEL, daughter of. regicide and fratricide (Josephus _c. Apion_ 1,
18, _Antiquities_ viii. 3, 1), priest of the Phoenician goddess
Astarte....
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_as if it had been a light thing_ i.e. He was unwarned by all the
visitations which had befallen the kings before him for their worship
of the calves. He went further than this and introduced the wors...
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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 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...
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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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SERVED BAAL] Baal was merely a title (meaning 'lord' or 'owner') and
was applicable to a number of deities (hence the plural Baalim) who
were described as the Baals of particular localities ('Baal Peo...
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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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ETHBAAL, KING OF THE ZIDONIANS. — The mention of Ethbaal, clearly
the _Eithobalus_ of Menander (see Jos. _against Apion_ i. 18), affords
another comparison of Israelite with Tyrian history. He is said...
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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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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 (m) to wife
Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went...
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Jezabel, whose name is become proverbial, to designate a proud, lewd,
cruel, and impious woman, Apocalypse ii. 20. Grotius compares her with
Tullia, Fulvia, and Eudoxia, the respective wives of Tarqui...
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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 IT CAME TO PASS, AS IF IT HAD BEEN A LIGHT THING FOR HIM TO WALK
IN THE SIN OF JEROBOAM THE SON OF NEBAT,.... To worship the golden
calves he set up:
THAT HE TOOK TO WIFE JEZEBEL THE DAUGHTER OF...
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_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...
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_In the thirty and eighth year of Asa_, &c. Asa saw six kings of
Israel buried, while Judah flourished under him, the length of whose
reign was doubtless a great advantage to them. _Began Ahab the son...
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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 RULE OF OMRI AND OF AHAB...
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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, the horror of the situation
being brought out still more strongly by a parenthetical ques...
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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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AS IF IT HAD BEEN A LIGHT THING:
_ Heb._ was it a light thing? etc....
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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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AS IF IT HAD BEEN A LIGHT THING FOR HIM; as if that sin were not big
enough to express his contempt of God; as if he thought it below his
wit and dignity to content himself with such a vulgar fault. B...
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1 Kings 16:31 thing H7043 (H8738) walk H3212 (H8800) sins H2403
Jeroboam H3379 son H1121 Nebat H5028 took...
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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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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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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 11:1; 1 Kings 11:4; 1 Kings 18:19; 1 Kings 18:4; 1 Kings 19:1
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A light thing — The Hebrew runs, was it a light thing, &c, that is,
was this but a small sin, that therefore he needed to add more
abominations? Where the question, as is usual among the Hebrews,
impl...