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.
Parallel translations
- KJV 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:
- BSB I will make the house of Ahab like the houses of Jeroboam son of Nebat and Baasha son of Ahijah.
- NKJV So 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.
- NASB 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.
- NLT I will destroy the family of Ahab as I destroyed the families of Jeroboam son of Nebat and of Baasha son of Ahijah.
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Quick answer
Ahab's house would become like the doomed houses of Jeroboam and Baasha. Ahab's dynasty would share the same fate as earlier apostate kings.
Overview
By comparing Ahab's house to those of Jeroboam and Baasha, God shows a consistent pattern of judgment on dynasties that led Israel into idolatry. Each was wiped out for the same sin of forsaking the LORD. The repetition underscores that God's justice is impartial and certain, falling on all who persist in covenant rebellion.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- 1 Kgs 15:29As 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 Kgs 21:22I 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 Kgs 16:11–12When 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.
- 1 Kgs 14:10–11therefore, 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.
- 1 Kgs 16:3–5behold, I will utterly sweep away Baasha and his house; and I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
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