1 Kings 16:13

1 Kings 16:13 -

For [ אֶל corresponds with the עַל of 1 Kings 16:7 = propter ; cf. 1 Kings 14:5 ; 1 Kings 21:22 ] all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, by which they sinned, and by which they made Israel to sin, in provoking the Lord God of Israel to anger [the formula of 1 Kings 15:30 , etc.] with their vanities. [The calves, not idols, are referred to here. Cf. Deuteronomy 32:21 ; 1 Corinthians 8:4 . The same idea is embodied in the word Bethaven ; Hosea 4:15 ; Hosea 5:8 .]

The Pulpit Commentary

Public domain

Be the first to react on this!

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary

Rev. Joseph S. Exell M.A. served as the editor of Clerical World, The Homiletical Quarterly and the Monthly Interpreter. Exell was also the editor for several other large commentary sets like The Men of the Bible, The Preacher's Homiletic Library and The Biblical Illustrator. Henry Donald Maurice Spence-Jones was the Vicar and Rural Dean of St. Pancras, London and the principal of Gloucester Theological College.... Show more

The Pulpit Commentary is a homiletic commentary on the Bible created during the nineteenth century under the direction of Rev. Joseph S. Exell and Henry Donald Maurice Spence-Jones. It consists of 23 volumes with 22,000 pages and 95,000 entries, and was written over a 30-year period with 100 contributors.... Show more

1 Kings 16:13 -

The Pulpit Commentary

Group of Brands