As soon as he was king, he struck all the house of Jeroboam. He didn’t leave to Jeroboam any who breathed, until he had destroyed him; according to the saying of Yahweh, which he spoke by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite;
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As soon as he was king, he struck all the house of Jeroboam. He didn’t leave to Jeroboam any who breathed, until he had destroyed him; according to the saying of Yahweh, which he spoke by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite;
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And it came to pass, when he reigned, that he smote all the house of Jeroboam; he left not to Jeroboam any that breathed, until he had destroyed him, according unto the saying of the LORD, which he spake by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite:
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And it came to pass that, as soon as he was king, he smote all the house of Jeroboam; he left not to Jeroboam any that breathed, until he had destroyed him; according unto the saying of the LORD, which He spoke by the hand of His servant Ahijah the Shilonite;
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Passages linked to 1 Kings 15:29 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 1 Kings 14:9-16 but have done evil above all who were before you, and have gone and made for yourself other gods, molten images, to provoke me to anger, and have cast me behind your back; therefore, behold, I will bring evil on the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam everyone who urinates on a wall, he who is shut up and he who is left at large in Israel, and will utterly sweep away the house of Jeroboam, as a man sweeps away dung, until it is all gone. The dogs will eat he who belongs to Jeroboam who dies in the city; and the birds of the sky will eat he who dies in the field: for Yahweh has spoken it.” ’ Arise therefore, and go to your house. When your feet enter into the city, the child will die. All Israel will mourn for him and bury him; for he only of Jeroboam will come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing toward Yahweh, the God of Israel, in the house of Jeroboam. Moreover Yahweh will raise up a king for himself over Israel, who will cut off the house of Jeroboam. This is the day! What? Even now. For Yahweh will strike Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water; and he will root up Israel out of this good land which he gave to their fathers, and will scatter them beyond the River, because they have made their Asherah poles, provoking Yahweh to anger. He will give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, which he has sinned, and with which he has made Israel to sin.”
- 2 Kings 9:7-10 You must strike your master Ahab’s house, that I may avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of Yahweh, at the hand of Jezebel. For the whole house of Ahab will perish. I will cut off from Ahab everyone who urinates against a wall, both him who is shut up and him who is left at large in Israel. I will make Ahab’s house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah. The dogs will eat Jezebel on the plot of ground of Jezreel, and there shall be no one to bury her.’ ” Then he opened the door and fled.
- 2 Kings 9:36-37 Therefore they came back, and told him. He said, “This is Yahweh’s word, which he spoke by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, ‘The dogs will eat the flesh of Jezebel on the plot of Jezreel, and the body of Jezebel will be as dung on the face of the field on Jezreel’s land, so that they won’t say, “This is Jezebel.” ’ ”
- 2 Kings 10:10-11 Know now that nothing will fall to the earth of Yahweh’s word, which Yahweh spoke concerning Ahab’s house. For Yahweh has done that which he spoke by his servant Elijah.” So Jehu struck all that remained of Ahab’s house in Jezreel, with all his great men, his familiar friends, and his priests, until he left him no one remaining.
- 2 Kings 10:31 But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of Yahweh, the God of Israel, with all his heart. He didn’t depart from the sins of Jeroboam, with which he made Israel to sin.
- 2 Kings 19:25 Haven’t you heard how I have done it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? Now I have brought it to pass, that it should be yours to lay waste fortified cities into ruinous heaps.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain So God stirred up one tyrant to punish the…
So God stirred up one tyrant to punish the wickedness of another.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Ki 15:29 And it came to pass, when he…
1Ki 15:29 And it came to pass, when he reigned, [that] he smote all the house of Jeroboam; he left not to Jeroboam any that breathed, until he had destroyed him, according unto the saying of the LORD, which he spake by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite:
Ver. 29. According to the saying of the Lord.] The fulfilling whereof Baasha aimed not at; but the wise God effected it. The devil and his imps do God’s will, though oft against their own will.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Any that breathed, i.e. any of the males of…
Any that breathed, i.e. any of the males of that family. See Deu 20:16; Jos 10:40. According unto the saying of the Lord: so God overruled Baasha’s ambition and cruelty, to fulfil his own counsel and prediction.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Any - Any of the males of that family.…
Any - Any of the males of that family. According, &c. - So God overruled Baasha's ambition and cruelty, to fulfil his own prediction.
John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 29. He smote all the house of Jeroboam]…
Verse 29. He smote all the house of Jeroboam] This was according to Ahijah's prophetic declaration; see 1Kg 14:10; 1Kg 14:14. Thus God made use of one wicked man to destroy another.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 1Ki 15:29. He smote all the house of Jeroboam…
1Ki 15:29. He smote all the house of Jeroboam — The first thing he did when he came to the crown was, to cut off all that had any title to it, that he might secure himself in his usurped government. He did not think it enough to imprison or banish them, but he destroyed them; and carried his vengeance so far, that he left not only no males, as was foretold 1Ki 14:10, but not any that breathed. Herein he was barbarous; but God was righteous; and Jeroboam’s sin was punished: for they that provoke God do it to their own confusion, Jer 7:19. According to the word of the Lord, which he spake by Ahijah — Baasha had no thought about fulfilling Ahijah’s prophecy, but God overruled his ambition and cruelty to that end, and thereby executed, on the house of Jeroboam, the judgments he had threatened, and that as speedily as Ahijah had foretold, (1Ki 14:14,) for no word of God shall fall to the ground.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Jeroboam. The author of schism is punished in his…
Jeroboam. The author of schism is punished in his posterity. (Worthington) --- The body of Nadab was left unburied, chap. xiv. 11. (Menochius)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain when he reigned, he smote all the house of…
when he reigned, he smote all the house of Jeroboam--It was according to a barbarous practice too common in the East, for a usurper to extirpate all rival candidates for the throne; but it was an accomplishment of Ahijah's prophecy concerning Jeroboam (Kg1 14:10-11).
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 29. He smote all the house of Jeroboam —…
29. He smote all the house of Jeroboam — Thus signally fulfilling the prophecy of Ahijah. 1Ki_14:10-14. But this slaughter was not, on the part of Baasha, a design or desire to fulfil the word of the Lord; it was his policy, and the bloody policy of most ancient sovereigns and of all usurpers, to rid themselves of every heir or claimant of the usurped possession.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 29. when he reigned, that he smote] R.V. that…
29. when he reigned, that he smote] R.V. that as soon as he was king he smote. Being an usurper he would desire to make his power secure by removing at once everyone who might become a rival. This is expressed in the original, and the R.V. seems to bring it out fully. Thus God used the policy of Baasha to fulfil the prophecy against Jeroboam.
by his servant] The Hebrew says by the hand of his servant, and as this mode of expression is not uncommon in the Old Testament, the R.V. has given the full form. For the threat against Jeroboam and the reason, see 1Ki_14:9-11.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (29) According unto the saying of the Lord.—See 1Ki_14:10-14.…
(29) According unto the saying of the Lord.—See 1Ki_14:10-14. There seems no reason to suppose that Baasha had any formal mission of vengeance, or that his conspiracy and assassination were due to any motive but his own ambition. The contrary, indeed, may be inferred from the declaration of 1Ki_16:7, that the judgment on Baasha was in part “because he killed” Nadab and his house. Sin which works out God’s purpose is not the less truly sin. Of Baasha we know nothing, except his attempt on the independence of Judah, and its failure (1Ki_15:16-22).
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And it cams to pass, when he reigned, that…
And it cams to pass, when he reigned, that he smote all the house of Jeroboam; he left not to Jeroboam any that breathed Same expression in Jos_11:14; cf. Deu_20:16. Males and females alike were destroyed; (see 1Ki_14:11) until he had destroyed him according unto the saying of the Lord, which he spake by his servant AhiJah the Shilonite 1Ki_14:10. It is not implied that it was because of this prophecy that Baasha exterminated the house of Jeroboam. It is probable that, so far from setting himself to fulfil it, he knew nothing about it, and, as he thought, merely took effectual measures for his own security. His seat could never be safe, so long as one of Jeroboam"s house survived. Grotius aptly cites, with reference to these wholesale murders, the saying, orav pate kteinav uiJoulipe:
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Baasha killed all the family of Jeroboam. He left…
Baasha killed all the family of Jeroboam. He left none of Jeroboam's descendants breathing.
These two sentences mean the same thing and are combined to emphasize his descendents were all killed. (See: Parallelism)
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all the family of Jeroboam
Jeroboam was King Nadab's father.
He left none of Jeroboam's descendants breathing
Breathing represents being alive. AT: "He left none of Jeroboam's descendants living" (See: Metonymy)
his royal line
"Jeroboam's royal line"
just as Yahweh had spoken by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite
In 1 Kings 14:10-11 Yahweh spoke through his prophet Ahijah and told Jeroboam that he would destroy his family.
Ahijah the Shilonite
"Ahijah, who was from Shiloh"
for the sins of Jeroboam which he committed and by which he led Israel to sin
The abstract noun "sins" can be expressed with the verb "sin." AT: "because Jeroboam sinned and led Israel to sin in the same ways" (See: Abstract Nouns)
by which he led Israel to sin
Leading people to do something represents influencing them to do something. AT: "by which he influenced Israel to sin" (See: Metaphor)
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royal
servant
Ahijah
God
Israel
anger
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