1 Reis 16

1 Reis 16

1 Kings Commentaries Chart from recommended resource Jensen's Survey of the OT - used by permission 1 Kings Chart from Charles Swindoll THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL (NOTE: Many consider Amaziah and Hezekiah as "good" kings) SEE ALSO: ESV chart - kings of Israel - more information ESV chart - kings of Judah - more information Another Chart with Variable Dates for Reigns of Kings 1 Kings 16:1 Now the word of the LORD came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying, Jehu: 1Ki 16:7 2Ch 19:2 20:34 Hanani: 1Ki 15:33 2Ch 16:7-10 1 Kings 16 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries Related Passages: 1 Kings 15:33+ In the third year of Asa king of Judah, Baasha the son of Ahijah became king over all Israel at Tirzah, and reigned twenty-four years. 2 Chronicles 16:7-10+ At that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah and said to him, “Because you have relied on the king of Aram and have not relied on the LORD your God, therefore the army of the king of Aram has escaped out of your hand. 8“Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubim an immense army with very many chariots and horsemen? Yet because you relied on the LORD, He delivered them into your hand. 9 “For the eyes of the LORD move to and fro throughout the earth that He may strongly support those whose heart is completely His. You have acted foolishly in this. Indeed, from now on you will surely have wars.” 10 Then Asa was angry with the seer and put him in prison, for he was enraged at him for this. And Asa oppressed some of the people at the same time. Keep the context in mind, for in 1 Kings 15:25-30 Baasha rose to power in a conspiracy to kill Jeroboam's son Nadab and all Jeroboam's lineage, completely destroying the house of Jeroboam and fulfilling God's prophecy. Now the word of the LORD came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying - Jehu's father had prophesied to King Asa, a good king, but now Jehu is charge to prophesy to a bad king. Note the phrase against Baasha clearly suggesting this is not going to be a message to comfort Baaha, but to disturb his false comfort. THOUGHT - Dear pastor, "prophet" of God, would you describe your message as a word you have received from the LORD (not new revelation of course, but Spirit illuminated insights on the finished revelation of God)? As most of us have heard said, a good, God honoring message should comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable. Are your messages saturated with Scripture? If not they need to be, because God does not promise to bless our mental machinations, as clever and humorous as they might be, but He does promise to bless the proclamation of His Word declaring "So will My word be which goes forth from My mouth; It will not return to Me empty, Without accomplishing what I desire, And without succeeding in the matter for which I sent it." (Isaiah 55:11). Knapp points out that “Baasha was of plebian stock, yet his name, he who lays waste, tells only too accurately what kind of a ruler he proved himself to be.” (Quoted by Guzik) C T Lacey points out that "In these dark days of declension, when God’s word was ignored, the voice of the prophet was frequently heard. Ahijah the Shilonite (1Ki 11:29; 14:5) and Shemaiah the man of God (1Ki 12:22) had already appeared on the scene to reveal the mind and will of God in relation to Jeroboam and Rehoboam respectively. It was now the turn of Jehu the son of Hanani to declare the Lord’s message to Baasha. (What the Bible Teaches – 1 and 2 Kings.) Bob