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1 Kings 16:3
So now I will consume Baasha and his house, and I will make your house like that of Jeroboam son of Nebat:
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The prophet Jehu pronounces a divine oracle against King Baasha, declaring judgment for Baasha’s continuation of Jeroboam’s idolatrous system and his provocation of God’s anger.
The words — מַבְעִיר (mav‘îr) translates literally as “I will sweep away” or “consume,” and the accusative marker אֶת־ (’et-) explicitly targets Baasha and his lineage as the objects of this impending destruction.
The thread — The text directly parallels the earlier judgment on Jeroboam’s house in 1 Kings 14:10, anticipates the dynastic pattern fulfilled in 1 Kings 15:29, and is mirrored in the subsequent eradication of Baasha’s line in 1 Kings 16:11.
Why it lands — The passage requires acknowledgment that political elevation cannot override covenant obedience, and that inherited sin draws a fixed boundary where divine judgment executes without partiality.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- 1 Kings 14:10 Because of all this, behold, I am bringing disaster on the house of Jeroboam: I will cut off from Jeroboam every male, both slave and free, in Israel; I will burn up the house of Jeroboam as one burns up dung until it is gone!
- 1 Kings 15:29 As soon as Baasha became king, he struck down the entire household of Jeroboam. He did not leave to Jeroboam anyone who breathed, but destroyed them all according to the word that the LORD had spoken through His servant Ahijah the Shilonite,
- 1 Kings 16:11 As soon as Zimri began to reign and was seated on the throne, he struck down the entire household of Baasha. He did not leave a single male, whether a kinsman or friend.
- 1 Kings 21:21 This is what the LORD says: ‘I will bring calamity on you and consume your descendants; I will cut off from Ahab every male in Israel, both slave and free.
- Isaiah 66:24 “As they go forth, they will see the corpses of the men who have rebelled against Me; for their worm will never die, their fire will never be quenched, and they will be a horror to all mankind.”
- Jeremiah 22:19 He will be buried like a donkey, dragged away and thrown outside the gates of Jerusalem.