So Zimri destroyed the entire household of Baasha, according to the word that the LORD had spoken against Baasha through Jehu the prophet.
Parallel translations
- WEB Thus Zimri destroyed all the house of Baasha, according to Yahweh’s word, which he spoke against Baasha by Jehu the prophet,
- KJV 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,
- NKJV Thus Zimri destroyed all the household of Baasha, according to the word of the Lord, which He spoke against Baasha by Jehu the prophet,
- NASB 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,
- NLT So Zimri destroyed the dynasty of Baasha as the Lord had promised through the prophet Jehu.
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Zimri's massacre is explicitly identified as the fulfillment of God's word spoken through the prophet Jehu.
Overview
The narrator pauses to underline that Zimri's violence accomplished exactly what Yahweh had foretold against Baasha through Jehu. This editorial comment keeps the prophetic word, not human scheming, at the center of the story. It reassures readers that history unfolds under God's sovereign and reliable direction.
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Cross-references · 7
- 1 Kgs 16:1Then the word of the LORD came to Jehu son of Hanani against Baasha, saying:
- 1 Kgs 16:7Moreover, the word of the LORD came through the prophet Jehu son of Hanani against Baasha and his house, because of all the evil he had done in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger with the work of his hands and becoming like the house of Jeroboam, and also because Baasha had struck down the house of Jeroboam.
- 2 Chr 10:15So the king did not listen to the people, and indeed this turn of events was from God, in order that the LORD might fulfill the word that He had spoken through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.
- 2 Kgs 14:25This Jeroboam restored the boundary of Israel from Lebo-hamath to the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word that the LORD, the God of Israel, had spoken through His servant Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet from Gath-hepher.
- 1 Kgs 16:3So now I will consume Baasha and his house, and I will make your house like that of Jeroboam son of Nebat:
- 1 Kgs 14:18And they buried him, and all Israel mourned for him, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through His servant Ahijah the prophet.
- Prov 26:6Like cutting off one’s own feet or drinking violence is the sending of a message by the hand of a fool.
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