King James Version
1 Kings 16:1 in the King James Version says “Then the word of the LORD came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying,” — study this verse from 1 Kings chapter 16 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Then the word of the LORD came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying,”
1 Kings 16:1 · KJV
Then the word of the LORD came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying,
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;
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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“Then the word”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
“of the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“the son”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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