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.
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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.
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And I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah:
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And I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasa the son of Ahijah.
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Passages linked to 2 Kings 9:9 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 1 Kings 15:29 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;
- 1 Kings 21:22 I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah for the provocation with which you have provoked me to anger, and have made Israel to sin.”
- 1 Kings 14:10-11 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.” ’
- 1 Kings 16:3-5 behold, I will utterly sweep away Baasha and his house; and I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat. The dogs will eat Baasha’s descendants who die in the city; and he who dies of his in the field, the birds of the sky will eat.” Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, and what he did, and his might, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
- 1 Kings 16:11-12 When he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, he attacked all the house of Baasha. He didn’t leave him a single one who urinates on a wall among his relatives or his friends. Thus Zimri destroyed all the house of Baasha, according to Yahweh’s word, which he spoke against Baasha by Jehu the prophet,
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Ki 9:9 And I will make the house of…
2Ki 9:9 And I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah:
Ver. 9. Like the house of Jeroboam.] Hereby was hinted to Jehu what himself was to expect if found faulty.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his…
Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord,.... The rest of the captains of the army, who served under Joram as he did:
and one said unto him, is all well? one of the captains, the greatest of them, as Kimchi; he inquired whether he brought any ill news, since he came and went in such haste:
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wherefore came this mad fellow to thee? so profane men, especially the worshippers of Baal, as those captains might be, were wont to call the prophets of the Lord, because of their habit, their manner of living, and the gestures they sometimes used in prophesying, and especially because of the things they prophesied of; and even prophets were sometimes called so, because, in the time of their prophesying, they appeared as madmen (m), and in a frenzy:
and he said unto them, ye know the man, and his communication; you saw by his habit of what profession he is, and you may easily guess what he talked of, as such men usually do, about religion, and one whimsical thing or another, reproving men for their sins, and telling them what they ought to do; and such like things you may well imagine he has been talking of to me; you rightly call him a mad fellow, and you may well suppose his discourse was agreeably to his character, and not worth relating and hearing; this he said, to put them off inquiring any further.
(m) David de Pomis, Lexic. p. 204. 3.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 9. like the house of Jeroboam] Against whom the…
9. like the house of Jeroboam] Against whom the like prophecy is spoken in 1Ki_14:10, and against Baasha in 1Ki_16:3-4.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (9) Baasha.—See 1Ki_14:10; 1Ki_16:3-4. Shalmaneser II. mentions a king…
(9) Baasha.—See 1Ki_14:10; 1Ki_16:3-4. Shalmaneser II. mentions a king of Ammon named Ba’sa.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And I will make the house of Ahab like…
And I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat. Jeroboam"s house had been "cut off," smitten, destroyed, till not one of his posterity was left, about seventy years previously, (1Ki_15:29) by Baasha, "because of his sins which he sinned, and which he made Israel sin, by his provocation wherewith he provoked the Lord God of Israel to anger". (1Ki_15:30) The far greater sin of Ahab could not be visited with less severity. And like the house of Baasha the Son of Ahijah. As the whole house of Jeroboam had been cut off for its idolatries, so the house of Baasha, which succeeded to the throne, was removed even more speedily, Baasha himself and all his posterity being swept from the earth by. Zimri, who "smote him and killed him," and succeeded him. (1Ki_16:11) The house of Ahab had had a double warning of the fate in reserve for those who deserted the religion of Jehovah, but had disregarded both warnings alike, and had provoked God yet more than their predecessors, by introducing a novel and degraded form of idolatrous worship.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 General Information:
General Information:
The young prophet continues to speak the words of Yahweh to Jehu, whom he had just anointed as king over Israel.
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I will make the house of Ahab like
This means that God will destroy Ahab and his family just as he destroyed Jeroboam and Baasha and their families. AT: "I will get rid of the house of Ahab like I got rid of" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
the house of
This phrase is used in this verse three times. Each time, the word "house" refers to the "family" of the man specified. AT: "the family of" (See: Metonymy)
Nebat ... Ahijah
These are the names of men. Translate the name "Nebat" the same as you did in 2 Kings 3:3. (See: Copy or Borrow Words)
The dogs will eat Jezebel
This means that the dogs will eat her dead body. AT: "Dogs will eat the dead body of Jezebel" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
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house
Jeroboam
Baasha
Jezebel
Jezreel
bury
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