1 Kings 16:1

Then the word of the Lord came to Jehu the son of Hanani,.... The seer that reproved Asa, Ch2 16:7, so that this man was the son of a prophet then living, and was a young man; for we hear of him…

Hanani, the father of Jehu, was seer to Asa in the kingdom of Judah 2Ch 16:7-10. His son Jehu, who here discharges the same office in the kingdom of Israel, appears at a later date as an inhabitant of…

Then the word of the Lord came to Jehu - Of this prophet we know nothing but from this circumstance. It appears from Ch2 16:7-10, that his father Hanani was also a prophet, and suffered imprisonment…

Here is, I. The ruin of the family of Baasha foretold. He was a man likely enough to have raised and established his family - active, politic, and daring; but he was an idolater, and this brought…

1Ki 16:1. Then[R.V. and] the word of the Lord came The conjunction is the simple copula, and this verse is in close connexion with the closing sentence of the previous chapter.

Jehu the son of Hanani…