1 Kings 21:22

22 I will make your house like that of Jeroboam son of Nebat and that of Baasha son of Ahijah, because you have aroused my anger and have caused Israel to sin.’

1 Kings 21:22 in Other Translations

22 And will make thine house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for the provocation wherewith thou hast provoked me to anger, and made Israel to sin.

22 And I 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 anger to which you have provoked me, and because you have made Israel to sin.

22 I am going to destroy your family as I did the family of Jeroboam son of Nebat and the family of Baasha son of Ahijah, for you have made me very angry and have led Israel into sin.’

22 And I'll bring down on you the same fate that fell on Jeroboam son of Nebat and Baasha son of Ahijah - you've made me that angry by making Israel sin.'"

22 I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam son of Nebat and like the house of Baasha son of Ahijah, because you have provoked [My] anger and caused Israel to sin.

1 Kings 21:22 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 21:22

And will make thine house like the house of Jeroboam the son
of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah
Two of his predecessors, whose families were utterly destroyed, ( 1 Kings 15:29 ) ( 16:11 ) ,

for the provocation wherewith thou hast provoked me to anger, and made
Israel to sin:
not only by his worship of the calves, but of the idols of the Zidonians, particularly Baal, and also of the Amorites, ( 1 Kings 21:26 ) .

1 Kings 21:22 In-Context

20 Ahab said to Elijah, “So you have found me, my enemy!” “I have found you,” he answered, “because you have sold yourself to do evil in the eyes of the LORD.

21 He says, ‘I am going to bring disaster on you. I will wipe out your descendants and cut off from Ahab every last male in Israel—slave or free.

22 I will make your house like that of Jeroboam son of Nebat and that of Baasha son of Ahijah, because you have aroused my anger and have caused Israel to sin.’

23 “And also concerning Jezebel the LORD says: ‘Dogs will devour Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.’

24 “Dogs will eat those belonging to Ahab who die in the city, and the birds will feed on those who die in the country.”

Cross References

• 1. 1 Kings 15:29; 1 Kings 16:3
• 2. S 1 Kings 12:30