1 Kings 16:3
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.
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Gill's Exposition
Behold, I will take away the posterity of Baasha, and the posterity of his house,.... By death, there shall be none of his family remaining in any branch of it:
and I will make thy house like the…
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…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
I will take away the posterity of Baasha, and the posterity of his house R.V. I will utterly sweep away Baasha and his house. Here we have precisely the same expression as in the closing words of 1Ki…
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