1 Kings 16:3
New International Version
So I am about to wipe out Baasha and his house, and I will make your house like that of Jeroboam son of Nebat.

New Living Translation
So now I will destroy you and your family, just as I destroyed the descendants of Jeroboam son of Nebat.

English Standard Version
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.

Berean Standard Bible
So now I will consume Baasha and his house, and I will make your house like that of Jeroboam son of Nebat:

King James Bible
Behold, I will take away the posterity of Baasha, and the posterity of his house; and will make thy house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

New King James Version
surely I will take away the posterity of Baasha and the posterity of his house, and I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

New American Standard Bible
behold, I am going to burn Baasha and his house, and I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

NASB 1995
behold, I will consume Baasha and his house, and I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

NASB 1977
behold, I will consume Baasha and his house, and I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

Legacy Standard Bible
behold, I am going to sweep away Baasha and his house, and I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

Amplified Bible
behold, I am going to sweep away Baasha and his household (family), and I will make your house (royal line) like that of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

Christian Standard Bible
take note: I will eradicate Baasha and his house, and I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam son of Nebat:

Holman Christian Standard Bible
take note: I will sweep away Baasha and his house, and I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam son of Nebat:

American Standard Version
behold, I will utterly sweep away Baasha and his house; and I will make thy house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Behold, I pick off Baasha and his house, and I shall make his house like the house of Yorbaam, son of Nebat.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Behold, I raise up enemies after Baasa, and after his house; and I will make thy house as the house of Jeroboam son of Nabat.

Contemporary English Version
that I will destroy you and your family, just as I did the family of Jeroboam.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Behold, I will cut down the posterity of Baasa, and the posterity of his house, and I will make thy house as the house of Jeroboam the son of Nabat.

English Revised Version
behold, I will utterly sweep away Baasha and his house; and I will make thy house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
So I will destroy Baasha and his family. I will make his family like the family of Jeroboam (Nebat's son).

Good News Translation
and so I will do away with you and your family, just as I did with Jeroboam.

International Standard Version
So watch out! I'm going to devour Baasha and his household. I'm going to make your household just like the household of Jeroboam, Nebat's son.

JPS Tanakh 1917
behold, I will utterly sweep away Baasa and his house; and I will make thy house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

Literal Standard Version
behold, I am putting away the posterity of Baasha, even the posterity of his house, and have given up your house as the house of Jeroboam son of Nebat;

Majority Standard Bible
So now I will consume Baasha and his house, and I will make your house like that of Jeroboam son of Nebat:

New American Bible
I will burn up what is left of Baasha and his house; I will make your house like that of Jeroboam, son of Nebat:

NET Bible
So I am ready to burn up Baasha and his family, and make your family like the family of Jeroboam son of Nebat.

New Revised Standard Version
therefore, I will consume Baasha and his house, and I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam son of Nebat.

New Heart English Bible
look, I will utterly sweep away Baasha and his house; and I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

Webster's Bible Translation
Behold, I will take away the posterity of Baasha, and the posterity of his house; and will make thy house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

World English Bible
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.

Young's Literal Translation
lo, I am putting away the posterity of Baasha, even the posterity of his house, and have given up thy house as the house of Jeroboam son of Nebat;

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Context
Jehu's Prophecy Against Baasha
2“Even though I lifted you out of the dust and made you ruler over My people Israel, you have walked in the way of Jeroboam and have caused My people Israel to sin and to provoke Me to anger by their sins. 3So now I will consume Baasha and his house, and I will make your house like that of Jeroboam son of Nebat: 4Anyone belonging to Baasha who dies in the city will be eaten by dogs, and anyone who dies in the field will be eaten by the birds of the air.”…

Cross References
1 Kings 14:10
Because of all this, behold, I am bringing disaster on the house of Jeroboam: I will cut off from Jeroboam every male, both slave and free, in Israel; I will burn up the house of Jeroboam as one burns up dung until it is gone!

1 Kings 15:29
As soon as Baasha became king, he struck down the entire household of Jeroboam. He did not leave to Jeroboam anyone that breathed, but destroyed them all according to the word that the LORD had spoken through His servant Ahijah the Shilonite,

1 Kings 16:11
As soon as Zimri began to reign and was seated on the throne, he struck down the entire household of Baasha. He did not leave a single male, whether a kinsman or friend.

1 Kings 16:12
So Zimri destroyed the entire household of Baasha, according to the word that the LORD had spoken against Baasha through Jehu the prophet.

1 Kings 21:21
This is what the LORD says: 'I will bring calamity on you and consume your descendants; I will cut off from Ahab every male in Israel, both slave and free.

1 Kings 21:22
I will make your house like that of Jeroboam son of Nebat and like that of Baasha son of Ahijah, because you have provoked My anger and caused Israel to sin.'

2 Kings 9:9
I will make the house of Ahab like the houses of Jeroboam son of Nebat and Baasha son of Ahijah.


Treasury of Scripture

Behold, I will take away the posterity of Baasha, and the posterity of his house; and will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

will make thy house

1 Kings 16:11,12
And it came to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, that he slew all the house of Baasha: he left him not one that pisseth against a wall, neither of his kinsfolks, nor of his friends…

1 Kings 14:10
Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, and will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh away dung, till it be all gone.

1 Kings 15:29,30
And it came to pass, when he reigned, that he smote all the house of Jeroboam; he left not to Jeroboam any that breathed, until he had destroyed him, according unto the saying of the LORD, which he spake by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite: …

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1 Kings 16
1. Jehu's prophecy against Baasha
5. Elah succeeds him
8. Zimri, conspiring against Elah, succeeds him
11. Zimri executes Jehu's prophecy
15. Omri, made king by the soldiers, forces Zimri desperately to burn himself
21. The kingdom being divided, Omri prevails against Tibni
23. Omri builds Samaria
25. His wicked reign
27. Ahab succeeds him
29. Ahab's most wicked reign
34. Joshua's curse upon Hiel the builder of Jericho














Verse 3. - Behold, I will take away [Heb. exterminate; same word as in 1 Kings 14:10 (where see note); 21:21; 22:47, etc.] the posterity of [Heb. after] Baasha, and the posterity of [after] his house, and will make thy house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat. [Cf. 1 Kings 15:29; 1 Kings 21:22, etc.]

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
So now
הִנְנִ֥י (hin·nî)
Interjection | first person common singular
Strong's 2005: Lo! behold!

I will consume
מַבְעִ֛יר (maḇ·‘îr)
Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 1197: To kindle, consume, to be, brutish

Baasha
בַעְשָׁ֖א (ḇa‘·šā)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1201: Baasha -- a king of Israel

and his house,
בֵית֑וֹ (ḇê·ṯōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 1004: A house

and I will make
וְנָֽתַתִּי֙ (wə·nā·ṯat·tî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

your house
בֵּ֣יתְךָ֔ (bê·ṯə·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 1004: A house

like that
כְּבֵ֖ית (kə·ḇêṯ)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1004: A house

of Jeroboam
יָרָבְעָ֥ם (yā·rā·ḇə·‘ām)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3379: Jeroboam -- 'the people increase', the name of two Israelites kings

son
בֶּן־ (ben-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1121: A son

of Nebat:
נְבָֽט׃ (nə·ḇāṭ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 5028: Nebat -- father of Jeroboam


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