Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - 1 Kings 16:2

Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - 1 Kings 16:2 - 16:2

Online Resource Library

Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.com

Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - 1 Kings 16:2 - 16:2

(Show All Books | Show All Chapters)

This Chapter Verse Commentaries:

16:1 - 16:1
16:2 - 16:2
16:7 - 16:7
16:8 - 16:8
16:9 - 16:9
16:15 - 16:15
16:19 - 16:19
16:21 - 16:21
16:22 - 16:22
16:23 - 16:23
16:24 - 16:24
16:25 - 16:25
16:29 - 16:29
16:32 - 16:32
16:34 - 16:34

Forasmuch as I exalted thee - The doom he pronounced on Baasha was exactly the same as denounced against Jeroboam and his posterity. Though he had waded through slaughter to his throne, he owed his elevation to the appointment or permission of Him “by whom kings reign.”

over my people Israel - With all their errors and lapses into idolatry, they were not wholly abandoned by God. He still showed His interest in them by sending prophets and working miracles in their favor, and possessed a multitude of faithful worshippers in the kingdom of Israel.