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1 Kings 16:12

So Zimri put to death all the family of Baasha, so that the word which the Lord said against him by the mouth of Jehu the prophet came about;

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Anger;   Elah;   Jehu;   Prophecy;   Zimri;   Thompson Chain Reference - Fulfilment of Prophecy;   Prophecy;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Kings;   Prophets;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Omri;   Zimri;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Jehu;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Baasha;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Nadab;   Samaria;   Zimri;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Elah;   Jehu;   Omri;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Elah;   Zimri (1);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Baasha ;   Elah ;   Jehu ;   Tirzah ;   Zimri ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Nimshi;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Jehu;   Zimri;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Zim'ri;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Israel;   Babylonish Captivity, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Chronicles, Books of;   Elah (2);   Jehu;   Zimri (1);   Zimri (2);  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So Zimri destroyed the entire house of Baasha, according to the word of the Lord he had spoken against Baasha through the prophet Jehu.
Hebrew Names Version
Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Ba`sha, according to the word of the LORD, which he spoke against Ba`sha by Yehu the prophet,
King James Version
Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha, according to the word of the Lord , which he spake against Baasha by Jehu the prophet.
English Standard Version
Thus Zimri destroyed all the house of Baasha, according to the word of the Lord , which he spoke against Baasha by Jehu the prophet,
New Century Version
So Zimri destroyed all of Baasha's family just as the Lord had said it would happen through the prophet Jehu.
New English Translation
Zimri destroyed Baasha's entire family, just as the Lord had predicted to Baasha through Jehu the prophet.
Amplified Bible
Thus Zimri destroyed the entire household of Baasha, in accordance with the word of the LORD which He spoke against Baasha through Jehu the prophet,
New American Standard Bible
So Zimri eliminated all the household of Baasha, in accordance with the word of the LORD which He spoke against Baasha through Jehu the prophet,
Geneva Bible (1587)
So did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha, according to the word of the Lord which he spake against Baasha by the hande of Iehu the Prophet,
Legacy Standard Bible
Thus Zimri destroyed all the household of Baasha, according to the word of Yahweh, which He spoke against Baasha by the hand of Jehu the prophet,
Contemporary English Version
Baasha's family was completely wiped out, just as the Lord 's prophet Jehu had warned.
Complete Jewish Bible
Thus Zimri eliminated all the house of Ba‘sha, in keeping with the word of Adonai spoken against Ba‘sha through Yehu the prophet. This word had been spoken
Darby Translation
And Zimri destroyed all the house of Baasha, according to the word of Jehovah, which he spoke against Baasha through Jehu the prophet,
Easy-to-Read Version
So Zimri destroyed Baasha's family just as the Lord said he would when he spoke against Baasha through the prophet Jehu.
George Lamsa Translation
Thus Zimri destroyed all the house of Baasha, according to the word of the LORD which he spoke against Baasha by Jehu the prophet
Good News Translation
And so, in accordance with what the Lord had said against Baasha through the prophet Jehu, Zimri killed all the family of Baasha.
Lexham English Bible
So Zimri destroyed all of the house of Baasha according to the word of Yahweh which he spoke against Baasha by the hand of Jehu the prophet
Literal Translation
And Zimri destroyed the whole house of Baasha, according to the Word of Jehovah that He spoke as to Baasha, by the hand of Jehu the prophet;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thus dyd Simri destroye all the house of Baesa, acordinge to the worde of the LORDE, which he spake ouer Baesa by the prophet Iehu,
American Standard Version
Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha, according to the word of Jehovah, which he spake against Baasha by Jehu the prophet,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasa, according to the worde of the Lorde, which he spake against Baasa by the hande of Iehu the prophet,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasa, according to the word of the LORD, which He spoke against Baasa by Jehu the prophet,
King James Version (1611)
Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake against Baasha by Iehu the prophet,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
that he smote all the house of Baasa, according to the word which the Lord spoke against the house of Baasa, and to Ju the prophet,
English Revised Version
Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake against Baasha by Jehu the prophet,
Berean Standard Bible
So Zimri destroyed the entire household of Baasha, according to the word the LORD had spoken against Baasha through Jehu the prophet.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Zamri dide awey al the hows of Baasa, bi the word of the Lord, which he spak to Baasa, in the hond of Hieu, the prophete, for alle the synnes of Baasa,
Young's Literal Translation
And Zimri destroyeth the whole house of Baasha, according to the word of Jehovah, that He spake concerning Baasha, by the hand of Jehu the prophet:
Update Bible Version
Thus Zimri destroyed all the house of Baasha, according to the word of Yahweh, which he spoke against Baasha by Jehu the prophet,
Webster's Bible Translation
Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha, according to the word of the LORD, which he spoke against Baasha, by Jehu the prophet,
World English Bible
Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha, according to the word of Yahweh, which he spoke against Baasha by Jehu the prophet,
New King James Version
Thus Zimri destroyed all the household of Baasha, according to the word of the LORD, which He spoke against Baasha by Jehu the prophet,
New Living Translation
So Zimri destroyed the dynasty of Baasha as the Lord had promised through the prophet Jehu.
New Life Bible
So Zimri destroyed the whole family of Baasha, as was spoken against Baasha by the word of the Lord through Jehu the man who spoke for God.
New Revised Standard
Thus Zimri destroyed all the house of Baasha, according to the word of the Lord , which he spoke against Baasha by the prophet Jehu—
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha, - according to the word of Yahweh which he spake unto Baasha, through Jehu the prophet;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Zambri destroyed all the house of Baasa, according to the word of the Lord, that he had spoken to Baasa, in the hand of Jehu, the prophet,
Revised Standard Version
Thus Zimri destroyed all the house of Ba'asha, according to the word of the LORD, which he spoke against Ba'asha by Jehu the prophet,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Thus Zimri destroyed all the household of Baasha, according to the word of the LORD, which He spoke against Baasha through Jehu the prophet,

Contextual Overview

1 And the word of the Lord came to Jehu, son of Hanani, protesting against Baasha and saying, 2 Because I took you up out of the dust, and made you ruler over my people Israel; and you have gone in the ways of Jeroboam, and made my people Israel do evil, moving me to wrath by their sins; 3 Truly, I will see that Baasha and all his family are completely brushed away; I will make your family like the family of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat. 4 Anyone of the family of Baasha who comes to death in the town, will become food for the dogs; and he to whom death comes in the open country, will be food for the birds of the air. 5 Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, and what he did, and his power, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel? 6 And Baasha went to rest with his fathers, and was put into the earth at Tirzah; and Elah his son became king in his place. 7 And the Lord sent his word against Baasha and his family by the mouth of the prophet Jehu, the son of Hanani, because of all the evil he did in the eyes of the Lord, moving him to wrath by the work of his hands, because he was like the family of Jeroboam, and because he put it to death. 8 In the twenty-sixth year that Asa was king of Judah, Elah, the son of Baasha, became king of Israel in Tirzah, and he was king for two years. 9 And his servant Zimri, captain of half his war-carriages, made secret designs against him: now he was in Tirzah, drinking hard in the house of Arza, controller of the king's house in Tirzah. 10 And Zimri went in and made an attack on him and put him to death, in the twenty-seventh year that Asa was king of Judah, and made himself king in his place.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

according: 1 Kings 16:1-4

by Jehu the prophet: Heb. by the hand of Jehu the prophet, 1 Kings 16:1, 1 Kings 16:7, 1 Kings 14:18, 2 Kings 14:25, 2 Chronicles 10:15, Proverbs 26:6

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 16:3 - will make thy house 1 Kings 17:16 - by Elijah 2 Kings 9:9 - and like the house 1 Chronicles 2:6 - Zimri 2 Chronicles 19:2 - And Jehu

Cross-References

Genesis 16:5
And Sarai said to Abram, May my wrong be on you: I gave you my servant for your wife and when she saw that she was with child, she no longer had any respect for me: may the Lord be judge between you and me.
Genesis 16:8
And he said, Hagar, Sarai's servant, where have you come from and where are you going? And she said, I am running away from Sarai, my master's wife.
Genesis 21:20
And God was with the boy, and he became tall and strong, and he became a bowman, living in the waste land.
Genesis 27:40
By your sword will you get your living and you will be your brother's servant; but when your power is increased his yoke will be broken from off your neck.
Job 11:12
And so a hollow-minded man will get wisdom, when a young ass of the field gets teaching.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha, according to the word of the Lord, which he spoke against Baasha by Jehu the prophet. That not only his posterity, but all any way related to him, should be cut off; yea, it seems to have been carried further, even to all that were in any connection with him in point of friendship, see 1 Kings 16:3.


 
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