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You have provoked my anger by causing my people Israel to sin. <a href="/esv/1_kings/16.htm">English Standard Version</a> “Since I exalted you out of the dust and made you leader over my people Israel, and you have walked in the way of Jeroboam and have made my people Israel to sin, provoking me to anger with their sins, <a href="/bsb/1_kings/16.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> “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. <a href="/kjv/1_kings/16.htm">King James Bible</a> Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee prince over my people Israel; and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins; <a href="/nkjv/1_kings/16.htm">New King James Version</a> “Inasmuch as I lifted you out of the dust and made you ruler over My people Israel, and you have walked in the way of Jeroboam, and have made My people Israel sin, to provoke Me to anger with their sins, <a href="/nasb_/1_kings/16.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> “Since I exalted you from the dust and made you leader over My people Israel, and you have walked in the way of Jeroboam and have misled My people Israel into sin, provoking Me to anger with their sins, <a href="/nasb/1_kings/16.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220Inasmuch as I exalted you from the dust and made you leader over My people Israel, and you have walked in the way of Jeroboam and have made My people Israel sin, provoking Me to anger with their sins, <a href="/nasb77/1_kings/16.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “Inasmuch as I exalted you from the dust and made you leader over My people Israel, and you have walked in the way of Jeroboam and have made My people Israel sin, provoking Me to anger with their sins, <a href="/lsb/1_kings/16.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> “Inasmuch as I exalted you from the dust and made you ruler over My people Israel, and you have walked in the way of Jeroboam and have made My people Israel sin, provoking Me to anger with their sins, <a href="/amp/1_kings/16.htm">Amplified Bible</a> “Because I exalted you [Baasha] from the dust and made you leader over My people Israel, and you walked in the way of Jeroboam and made My people Israel sin, provoking Me to anger with their sins [of idol worship], <a href="/csb/1_kings/16.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> “Because I raised you up from the dust and made you ruler over my people Israel, but you have walked in the ways of Jeroboam and have caused my people Israel to sin, angering me with their sins, <a href="/hcsb/1_kings/16.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Because I raised you up from the dust and made you ruler over My people Israel, but you have walked in the way of Jeroboam and have caused My people Israel to sin, provoking Me with their sins, <a href="/asv/1_kings/16.htm">American Standard Version</a> Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee prince over my people Israel, and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins; <a href="/cev/1_kings/16.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Nobody knew who you were until I, the LORD, chose you to be the leader of my people Israel. And now you're acting exactly like Jeroboam by causing the Israelites to sin. What you've done has made me so angry <a href="/erv/1_kings/16.htm">English Revised Version</a> Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee prince over my people Israel; and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins; <a href="/gwt/1_kings/16.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> He said, "I raised you from the dust and made you leader of my people Israel. But you have lived like Jeroboam. You have led my people to sin, and their sins make me furious. <a href="/gnt/1_kings/16.htm">Good News Translation</a> "You were a nobody, but I made you the leader of my people Israel. And now you have sinned like Jeroboam and have led my people into sin. Their sins have aroused my anger, <a href="/isv/1_kings/16.htm">International Standard Version</a> I raised you from the dirt to become Commander-in-Chief over my people Israel, but you've been living like Jeroboam, you've been leading my people Israel into sin, and you've been provoking me to anger with their sins. <a href="/msb/1_kings/16.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> ?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. <a href="/net/1_kings/16.htm">NET Bible</a> "I raised you up from the dust and made you ruler over my people Israel. Yet you followed in Jeroboam's footsteps and encouraged my people Israel to sin; their sins have made me angry. <a href="/nheb/1_kings/16.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> "Because I exalted you out of the dust, and made you ruler over my people Israel, and you have walked in the way of Jeroboam, and have made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins; <a href="/wbt/1_kings/16.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Forasmuch as I exalted thee from the dust, and made thee prince over my people Israel; and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins; <a href="/web/1_kings/16.htm">World English Bible</a> “Because I exalted you out of the dust and made you prince over my people Israel, and you have walked in the way of Jeroboam and have made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins, <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/1_kings/16.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> “Because that I have raised you up out of the dust, and appoint you leader over My people Israel, and you walk in the way of Jeroboam, and cause My people Israel to sin—to provoke Me to anger with their sins; <a href="/ylt/1_kings/16.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 'Because that I have raised thee up out of the dust, and appoint thee leader over My people Israel, and thou walkest in the way of Jeroboam, and causest My people Israel to sin -- to provoke Me to anger with their sins; <a href="/slt/1_kings/16.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Because I raised thee up from the dust, and I will give thee chief over my people Israel, and thou wilt go in the way of Jeroboam, and cause my people Israel to sin, to irritate me in their sins.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/1_kings/16.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Forasmuch as I have exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee prince over my people Israel, and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins: <a href="/cpdv/1_kings/16.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> “Even though I exalted you from the dust, and I set you as ruler over my people Israel, still you have walked in the way of Jeroboam, and you have caused my people Israel to sin, so that you have provoked me by their sins. <a href="/nabre/1_kings/16.htm">New American Bible</a> Inasmuch as I exalted you from the dust and made you ruler of my people Israel, but you have walked in the way of Jeroboam and have caused my people Israel to sin, provoking me to anger by their sins, <a href="/nrsvce/1_kings/16.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> “Since I exalted you out of the dust and made you leader over my people Israel, and you have walked in the way of Jeroboam, and have caused my people Israel to sin, provoking me to anger with their sins,<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/1_kings/16.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Thus says the LORD: Forasmuch as I have exalted you out of the dust and made you a ruler over my people Israel and you have walked in the ways of Jeroboam and have made my people Israel to sin to provoke me to anger with the evil work of their hands; <a href="/hpbt/1_kings/16.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> “Thus says LORD JEHOVAH: ‘Because I raised you from the dust and I have made you Leader over my people Israel, and you walked in the ways of Yorbaam, and you caused my people Israel to sin, that they would anger me by the work of their hands.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/1_kings/16.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee prince over My people Israel; and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast made My people Israel to sin, to provoke Me with their sins; <a href="/sep/1_kings/16.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Forasmuch as I lifted thee up from the earth, and made thee ruler over my people Israel; and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast caused my people Israel to sin, to provoke me with their vanities; <a href="/parallel/1_kings/16-2.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xx9A0AxPaoQ?start=6278" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/1_kings/16.htm">Jehu's Prophecy Against Baasha</a> 1Then the word of the LORD came to Jehu son of Hanani against Baasha, saying: 2<a href="/hebrew/3282.htm" title="3282: ya·‘an (Adv) -- From an unused root meaning to pay attention; properly, heed; by implication, purpose; used adverbially to indicate the reason or cause.">“Even</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">though</a> <a href="/hebrew/7311.htm" title="7311: hă·rî·mō·ṯî·ḵā (V-Hifil-Perf-1cs:: 2ms) -- To be high or exalted, rise. A primitive root; to be high actively, to rise or raise.">I lifted you</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: min- (Prep) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses.">out</a> <a href="/hebrew/6083.htm" title="6083: he·‘ā·p̄ār (Art:: N-ms) -- Dry earth, dust. From aphar; dust; hence, clay, earth, mud.">of the dust</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: wā·’et·ten·ḵā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-1cs:: 2ms) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">and made</a> <a href="/hebrew/5057.htm" title="5057: nā·ḡîḏ (N-ms) -- A leader, ruler, prince. Or nagid; from nagad; a commander, civil, military or religious; generally, honorable themes.">you ruler</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">over</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: ‘am·mî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">My people</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">Israel,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: wat·tê·leḵ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-2ms) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">you have walked</a> <a href="/hebrew/1870.htm" title="1870: bə·ḏe·reḵ (Prep-b:: N-csc) -- Way, road, distance, journey, manner. From darak; a road; figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb.">in the way</a> <a href="/hebrew/3379.htm" title="3379: yā·rā·ḇə·‘ām (N-proper-ms) -- From riyb and am; people will contend; Jarobam, the name of two Israelite kings.">of Jeroboam</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: ‘am·mî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">and have caused My people</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">Israel</a> <a href="/hebrew/2398.htm" title="2398: wat·ta·ḥă·ṭi (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-2ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to miss; hence to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, lead astray, condemn.">to sin</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3707.htm" title="3707: lə·haḵ·‘î·sê·nî (Prep-l:: V-Hifil-Inf:: 1cs) -- To be vexed or angry. A primitive root; to trouble; by implication, to grieve, rage, be indignant.">and to provoke Me to anger</a> <a href="/hebrew/2403.htm" title="2403: bə·ḥaṭ·ṭō·ṯām (Prep-b:: N-fpc:: 3mp) -- Or chattacth; from chata'; an offence, and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also an offender.">by their sins.</a> 3So now I will consume Baasha and his house, and I will make your house like that of Jeroboam son of Nebat:…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/1_samuel/15-17.htm">1 Samuel 15:17</a> And Samuel said, “Although you were once small in your own eyes, have you not become the head of the tribes of Israel? The LORD anointed you king over Israel <a href="/1_kings/14-7.htm">1 Kings 14:7-9</a> Go, tell Jeroboam that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I raised you up from among the people and appointed you ruler over My people Israel. / I tore the kingdom away from the house of David and gave it to you. But you have not been like My servant David, who kept My commandments and followed Me with all his heart, doing only what was right in My eyes. / You have done more evil than all who came before you. You have proceeded to make for yourself other gods and molten images to provoke Me, and you have flung Me behind your back. <a href="/1_kings/15-29.htm">1 Kings 15:29-30</a> As soon as Baasha became king, he struck down the entire household of Jeroboam. He did not leave to Jeroboam anyone who breathed, but destroyed them all according to the word that the LORD had spoken through His servant Ahijah the Shilonite, / because of the sins Jeroboam had committed and had caused Israel to commit, and because he had provoked the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger. <a href="/2_kings/9-7.htm">2 Kings 9:7-9</a> And you are to strike down the house of your master Ahab, so that I may avenge the blood of My servants the prophets and the blood of all the servants of the LORD shed by the hand of Jezebel. / The whole house of Ahab will perish, and I will cut off from Ahab every male, both slave and free, in Israel. / I will make the house of Ahab like the houses of Jeroboam son of Nebat and Baasha son of Ahijah. <a href="/1_samuel/2-30.htm">1 Samuel 2:30</a> Therefore, the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever. But now the LORD declares: Far be it from Me! For I will honor those who honor Me, but those who despise Me will be disdained. <a href="/1_kings/11-31.htm">1 Kings 11:31-33</a> and said to Jeroboam, “Take ten pieces for yourself, for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I will tear the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and I will give you ten tribes. / But one tribe will remain for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel. / For they have forsaken Me to worship Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the Ammonites. They have not walked in My ways, nor done what is right in My eyes, nor kept My statutes and judgments, as Solomon’s father David did. <a href="/1_kings/21-21.htm">1 Kings 21:21-22</a> 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. / 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.’ <a href="/2_kings/10-30.htm">2 Kings 10:30-31</a> Nevertheless, the LORD said to Jehu, “Because you have done well in carrying out what is right in My sight and have done to the house of Ahab all that was in My heart, four generations of your sons will sit on the throne of Israel.” / Yet Jehu was not careful to follow the instruction of the LORD, the God of Israel, with all his heart. He did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam had caused Israel to commit. <a href="/1_kings/12-15.htm">1 Kings 12:15</a> So the king did not listen to the people, and indeed this turn of events was from the LORD, to fulfill the word He had spoken to Jeroboam son of Nebat through Ahijah the Shilonite. <a href="/1_kings/13-33.htm">1 Kings 13:33-34</a> Even after these events, Jeroboam did not repent of his evil ways, but again he appointed priests for the high places from every class of people. He ordained anyone who desired to be a priest of the high places. / And this was the sin of the house of Jeroboam that led to its extermination and destruction from the face of the earth. <a href="/2_chronicles/21-12.htm">2 Chronicles 21:12-15</a> Then a letter came to Jehoram from Elijah the prophet, which stated: “This is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: ‘You have not walked in the ways of your father Jehoshaphat or of Asa king of Judah, / but you have walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and have caused Judah and the people of Jerusalem to prostitute themselves, just as the house of Ahab prostituted itself. You have also killed your brothers, your father’s family, who were better than you. / So behold, the LORD is about to strike your people, your sons, your wives, and all your possessions with a serious blow. ... <a href="/hosea/13-11.htm">Hosea 13:11</a> So in My anger I gave you a king, and in My wrath I took him away. <a href="/1_samuel/13-13.htm">1 Samuel 13:13-14</a> “You have acted foolishly,” Samuel declared. “You have not kept the command that the LORD your God gave you; if you had, the LORD would have established your kingdom over Israel for all time. / But now your kingdom will not endure; the LORD has sought a man after His own heart and appointed him ruler over His people, because you have not kept the command of the LORD.” <a href="/2_samuel/12-7.htm">2 Samuel 12:7-9</a> Then Nathan said to David, “You are that man! This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul. / I gave your master’s house to you and your master’s wives into your arms. I gave you the house of Israel and Judah, and if that was not enough, I would have given you even more. / Why then have you despised the command of the LORD by doing evil in His sight? You put Uriah the Hittite to the sword and took his wife as your own. You have slain him with the sword of the Ammonites. <a href="/2_kings/17-21.htm">2 Kings 17:21-23</a> When the LORD had torn Israel away from the house of David, they made Jeroboam son of Nebat king, and Jeroboam led Israel away from following the LORD and caused them to commit a great sin. / The Israelites persisted in all the sins that Jeroboam had committed and did not turn away from them. / Finally, the LORD removed Israel from His presence, as He had declared through all His servants the prophets. So Israel was exiled from their homeland into Assyria, where they are to this day.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>For as much as I exalted you out of the dust, and made you prince over my people Israel; and you have walked in the way of Jeroboam, and have made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins;I exalted thee<a href="/1_kings/14-7.htm">1 Kings 14:7</a> Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Forasmuch as I exalted thee from among the people, and made thee prince over my people Israel,<a href="/1_samuel/2-8.htm">1 Samuel 2:8,27,28</a> He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD'S, and he hath set the world upon them… <a href="/1_samuel/15-17.htm">1 Samuel 15:17-19</a> And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the LORD anointed thee king over Israel? … thou has walked<a href="/1_kings/13-33.htm">1 Kings 13:33,34</a> After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests of the high places… <a href="/1_kings/15-34.htm">1 Kings 15:34</a> And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.has made my people<a href="/1_kings/14-16.htm">1 Kings 14:16</a> And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who did sin, and who made Israel to sin.<a href="/1_kings/15-26.htm">1 Kings 15:26</a> And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.<a href="/exodus/32-21.htm">Exodus 32:21</a> And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them?<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_kings/15-30.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/2_samuel/22-43.htm">Dust</a> <a href="/1_kings/15-34.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/1_kings/14-7.htm">Exalted</a> <a href="/1_kings/14-7.htm">Forasmuch</a> <a href="/2_samuel/14-13.htm">Inasmuch</a> <a href="/1_kings/15-34.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/1_kings/15-34.htm">Jeroboam</a> <a href="/1_kings/15-34.htm">Jerobo'am</a> <a href="/1_kings/14-7.htm">Leader</a> <a href="/1_kings/15-30.htm">Moving</a> <a href="/1_kings/14-7.htm">Prince</a> <a href="/1_kings/14-9.htm">Provoke</a> <a href="/1_kings/14-7.htm">Ruler</a> <a href="/1_kings/15-34.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/1_kings/15-30.htm">Sins</a> <a href="/1_kings/15-34.htm">Walked</a> <a href="/1_kings/15-34.htm">Way</a> <a href="/1_kings/15-34.htm">Ways</a> <a href="/1_kings/14-9.htm">Wrath</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_kings/16-7.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/1_kings/18-38.htm">Dust</a> <a href="/1_kings/16-7.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-22.htm">Exalted</a> <a href="/2_kings/1-16.htm">Forasmuch</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/2-16.htm">Inasmuch</a> <a href="/1_kings/16-5.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/1_kings/16-3.htm">Jeroboam</a> <a href="/1_kings/16-3.htm">Jerobo'am</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/2-10.htm">Leader</a> <a href="/1_kings/16-13.htm">Moving</a> <a href="/2_kings/20-5.htm">Prince</a> <a href="/1_kings/16-7.htm">Provoke</a> <a href="/1_kings/21-7.htm">Ruler</a> <a href="/1_kings/16-13.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/1_kings/16-13.htm">Sins</a> <a href="/1_kings/16-26.htm">Walked</a> <a href="/1_kings/16-19.htm">Way</a> <a href="/1_kings/16-19.htm">Ways</a> <a href="/1_kings/16-13.htm">Wrath</a><div class="vheading2">1 Kings 16</div>1. <a href="/1_kings/16-1.htm">Jehu's prophecy against Baasha</a> 5. <a href="/1_kings/16-5.htm">Elah succeeds him</a> 8. <a href="/1_kings/16-8.htm">Zimri, conspiring against Elah, succeeds him</a> 11. <a href="/1_kings/16-11.htm">Zimri executes Jehu's prophecy</a> 15. <a href="/1_kings/16-15.htm">Omri, made king by the soldiers, forces Zimri desperately to burn himself</a> 21. <a href="/1_kings/16-21.htm">The kingdom being divided, Omri prevails against Tibni</a> 23. <a href="/1_kings/16-23.htm">Omri builds Samaria</a> 25. <a href="/1_kings/16-25.htm">His wicked reign</a> 27. <a href="/1_kings/16-27.htm">Ahab succeeds him</a> 29. <a href="/1_kings/16-29.htm">Ahab's most wicked reign</a> 34. <a href="/1_kings/16-34.htm">Joshua's curse upon Hiel the builder of Jericho</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The imagery of "dust" suggests lowliness and insignificance, reminiscent of God's creation of man from dust (<a href="/genesis/2-7.htm">Genesis 2:7</a>). It underscores the divine initiative in raising leaders, as seen with David, who was taken from shepherding sheep to become king (<a href="/1_samuel/16-11.htm">1 Samuel 16:11-13</a>). This elevation is a reminder of God's power to transform and use anyone for His purposes.and made you ruler over My people Israel God's appointment of rulers over Israel highlights His ultimate authority over the nation. The phrase "My people" emphasizes the covenant relationship between God and Israel, where He is their God and they are His chosen people (<a href="/exodus/6-7.htm">Exodus 6:7</a>). The role of a ruler in Israel was not merely political but also spiritual, as they were to lead the people in accordance with God's laws. This divine appointment carries a responsibility to govern justly and righteously, as seen in the expectations set for kings in <a href="/deuteronomy/17-14.htm">Deuteronomy 17:14-20</a>.you have walked in the way of Jeroboam Jeroboam, the first king of the northern kingdom of Israel, is infamous for leading Israel into idolatry by setting up golden calves in Bethel and Dan (<a href="/1_kings/12-28.htm">1 Kings 12:28-30</a>). Walking in his way implies following a path of disobedience and idolatry, rejecting God's commandments. This phrase serves as a warning against the spiritual and moral decline that results from turning away from God. It also reflects the recurring theme of Israel's kings failing to uphold God's standards, leading the nation into sin.and have caused My people Israel to sin The king's actions have a profound impact on the nation, as leaders set the spiritual tone for their people. This phrase indicates the king's role in leading Israel into sin, highlighting the corporate nature of sin and its consequences. The influence of a leader can either draw people closer to God or lead them astray, as seen in the contrast between righteous kings like Josiah (<a href="/2_kings/22-2.htm">2 Kings 22:2</a>) and those who led Israel into idolatry. The responsibility of leadership is thus underscored, with the king accountable for the spiritual welfare of the nation.and to provoke Me to anger by their sins Provoking God to anger is a serious charge, reflecting the severity of Israel's idolatry and disobedience. God's anger is not capricious but a response to covenant unfaithfulness and moral corruption. This phrase echoes the warnings given in the Law, where God cautioned Israel about the consequences of idolatry and sin (<a href="/deuteronomy/4-25.htm">Deuteronomy 4:25-26</a>). The anger of God is a recurring theme in the prophetic literature, where it serves as a call to repentance and a reminder of the need for covenant faithfulness.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/b/baasha.htm">Baasha</a> The king of Israel whom God is addressing in this verse. He was initially raised from humble beginnings to become king. 2. <a href="/topical/j/jeroboam.htm">Jeroboam</a> The first king of the northern kingdom of Israel, known for leading Israel into idolatry. 3. <a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a> The northern kingdom, consisting of ten tribes, over which Baasha ruled. 4. <a href="/topical/g/god's_judgment.htm">God's Judgment</a> The context of this verse is a prophetic word of judgment against Baasha for his sins and leading Israel astray. 5. <a href="/topical/p/prophet_jehu.htm">Prophet Jehu</a> The prophet who delivered God's message to Baasha, though not mentioned in this specific verse, he is the one conveying God's words.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_elevation.htm">God's Sovereignty in Elevation</a> God is the one who raises individuals to positions of authority. We must recognize His hand in our lives and remain humble. <a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_following_ungodly_examples.htm">The Danger of Following Ungodly Examples</a> Baasha's choice to follow Jeroboam's sinful ways serves as a warning against adopting ungodly practices, even if they are culturally or politically expedient. <a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_sin.htm">The Consequences of Sin</a> Sin, especially when it leads others astray, provokes God's anger and brings about judgment. We must be vigilant in our personal and communal holiness. <a href="/topical/r/responsibility_of_leadership.htm">Responsibility of Leadership</a> Leaders have a profound impact on those they lead. Baasha's failure reminds us of the responsibility to lead others toward righteousness, not sin. <a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_change.htm">Repentance and Change</a> While this verse speaks of judgment, it also implies the possibility of repentance. Leaders and individuals alike should seek God's forgiveness and change their ways.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_kings_16.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Kings 16</a> <a href="/q/why_punish_baasha's_family_for_his_sins.htm">(1 Kings 16:2–4) How could a just God punish an entire family line for Baasha’s sins without violating individual accountability? </a> <a href="/q/who_were_rehoboam_and_jeroboam.htm">Who were Rehoboam and Jeroboam in biblical history?</a> <a href="/q/what_defines_the_jezebel_spirit.htm">What defines the Jezebel spirit?</a> <a href="/q/who_was_ahijah_in_the_bible.htm">Who was Ahijah in the Bible?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_kings/16.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(2) Forasmuch as I exalted thee . . .--The prophecy--closely resembling that of Ahijah against Jeroboam--clearly shows that Baasha had a probation, which he neglected; and it seems to be implied in <a href="/1_kings/16-7.htm" title="And also by the hand of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the word of the LORD against Baasha, and against his house, even for all the evil that he did in the sight of the LORD, in provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam; and because he killed him.">1Kings 16:7</a> that his guilt was enhanced by perseverance in the very sins for which, by his hand, so terrible a vengeance had been inflicted.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_kings/16.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 2. - Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust [cf. <a href="/1_kings/14-7.htm">1 Kings 14:7</a>; <a href="/2_samuel/7-8.htm">2 Samuel 7:8</a>; <a href="/psalms/78-70.htm">Psalm 78:70</a>. These words assuredly point to a lowly origin. He may well have risen from the ranks], and made thee prince [The original word is used of leaders of various degrees, comprehending even the king: <a href="/1_kings/1-35.htm">1 Kings 1:35</a>; <a href="/1_samuel/9-16.htm">1 Samuel 9:16</a>; <a href="/1_samuel/10-1.htm">1 Samuel 10:1</a>; cf. <a href="/daniel/9-25.htm">Daniel 9:25</a>] over my people Israel [There is no approval implied here of the means by which Baasha had raised himself to the throne. All that is said is that he had been an instrument in God's hands, and owed his throne to God's sanction and ordering. Even his conspiracy and cruelties had been overruled to the furtherance of the Divine purpose], and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger [better vex, one word] with their sins; <a href="/commentaries/1_kings/16-2.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>“Even יַ֗עַן (ya·‘an) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3282.htm">Strong's 3282: </a> Heed, purpose, to indicate the reason, cause though אֲשֶׁ֤ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that I lifted you הֲרִימֹתִ֙יךָ֙ (hă·rî·mō·ṯî·ḵā) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7311.htm">Strong's 7311: </a> To be high actively, to rise, raise out מִן־ (min-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4480.htm">Strong's 4480: </a> A part of, from, out of of the dust הֶ֣עָפָ֔ר (he·‘ā·p̄ār) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6083.htm">Strong's 6083: </a> Dust, clay, earth, mud and made וָאֶתֶּנְךָ֣ (wā·’et·ten·ḵā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> To give, put, set you ruler נָגִ֔יד (nā·ḡîḏ) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5057.htm">Strong's 5057: </a> A commander, civil, military, religious, honorable themes over עַ֖ל (‘al) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against My people עַמִּ֣י (‘am·mî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock Israel, יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc you have walked וַתֵּ֣לֶךְ ׀ (wat·tê·leḵ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> To go, come, walk in the way בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ (bə·ḏe·reḵ) Preposition-b | Noun - common singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1870.htm">Strong's 1870: </a> A road, a course of life, mode of action of Jeroboam יָרָבְעָ֗ם (yā·rā·ḇə·‘ām) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3379.htm">Strong's 3379: </a> Jeroboam -- 'the people increase', the name of two Israelites kings and have caused My people עַמִּ֣י (‘am·mî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock Israel יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc to sin וַֽתַּחֲטִא֙ (wat·ta·ḥă·ṭi) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2398.htm">Strong's 2398: </a> To miss, to sin, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, lead astray, condemn and to provoke Me to anger לְהַכְעִיסֵ֖נִי (lə·haḵ·‘î·sê·nî) Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3707.htm">Strong's 3707: </a> To trouble, to grieve, rage, be indignant by their sins. בְּחַטֹּאתָֽם׃ (bə·ḥaṭ·ṭō·ṯām) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2403.htm">Strong's 2403: </a> An offence, its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, expiation, an offender <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_kings/16-2.htm">1 Kings 16:2 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/1_kings/16-2.htm">1 Kings 16:2 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/1_kings/16-2.htm">1 Kings 16:2 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/1_kings/16-2.htm">1 Kings 16:2 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/1_kings/16-2.htm">1 Kings 16:2 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/1_kings/16-2.htm">1 Kings 16:2 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_kings/16-2.htm">1 Kings 16:2 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_kings/16-2.htm">1 Kings 16:2 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/1_kings/16-2.htm">1 Kings 16:2 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/1_kings/16-2.htm">1 Kings 16:2 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/1_kings/16-2.htm">OT History: 1 Kings 16:2 Because I exalted you out (1Ki iKi i Ki 1 Kg 1kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_kings/16-1.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Kings 16:1"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Kings 16:1" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_kings/16-3.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Kings 16:3"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Kings 16:3" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>