because he killed him: This the Vulgate understands of Jehu the prophet; some think Baasha is intended; others Nadab the son of Jeroboam; and others Jeroboam, whom Baasha destroyed in his posterity by cruelly murdering them all. 1Ki 14:14, 1Ki 15:27-29; 2Ki 10:30-31; Isa 10:6-7; Hos 1:4; Act 2:23, Act 4:27-28