1 Kings 16:1

1. Jehu the son of Hanani The Hanani here mentioned was, probably, the seer who reproved Asa for seeking help from the king of Syria. 2 Chronicles 16:7. His son Jehu was early called to the same divine work which distinguished his father, and some thirty years after this we find him reproving Jehoshaphat, (2 Chronicles 19:2,) whose acts he afterwards wrote in a book. 1 Kings 19:34. This prophecy (1 Kings 16:2-4) is substantially the same as that which Ahijah uttered against Jeroboam, (1 Kings 14:7-11,) and it should be observed that Jehu utters it against the very “king over Israel” whom Ahijah foretold as the instrument raised up by God to “cut off the house of Jeroboam.” 1 Kings 14:14. But that prophecy of Jeroboam’s fate gave Baasha no authority to massacre him and his house; and those bloody deeds exposed him further to the rebukes of Jehu. 1 Kings 16:7.