In the third year of Asa, the king of Judah, Baasha, the son of Ahijah, reigned over all of Israel, at Tirzah, for twenty-four years.
1 Kings 16:1 - Catholic Public Domain Version Then the word of the Lord came to Jehu, the son of Hanani, against Baasha, saying: Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then the word of the LORD came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition AND THE word of the Lord came to Jehu son of Hanani against Baasha, saying, American Standard Version (1901) And the word of Jehovah came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying, Common English Bible The LORD’s word came to Jehu, Hanani’s son, against Baasha: Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Then the word of the Lord came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasa, saying: English Standard Version 2016 And the word of the Lord came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying, |
In the third year of Asa, the king of Judah, Baasha, the son of Ahijah, reigned over all of Israel, at Tirzah, for twenty-four years.
And when the word of the Lord had arrived by the hand of the prophet Jehu, the son of Hanani, against Baasha, and against his house, and against every evil that he had done before the Lord, so that he provoked him by the works of his hands, so that he became like the house of Jeroboam: for this reason, he killed him, that is, the prophet Jehu, the son of Hanani.
And the Lord testified to them, in Israel and in Judah, through the hand of all the prophets and seers, saying: "Return from your wicked ways, and keep my precepts and ceremonies, in accord with the entire law, which I instructed to your fathers, and just as I sent to you by the hand of my servants, the prophets."
And the seer Jehu, the son of Hanani, met him, and said to him: "You offer assistance to the impious, and you are joined in friendship with those who hate the Lord. And for this reason, you certainly deserve the wrath of the Lord.
But the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, the first and the last, have been written in the words of Jehu, the son of Hanani, which he digested into the books of the kings of Israel.
You act with mercy a thousand-fold, but you repay the iniquity of the fathers into the sinews of their sons after them. The Lord of hosts is your name: most strong, great, and powerful!