1 Kings 16:7

“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, etc.] Which is here repeated, as Abarbinel thinks, because in the former prophecy the threatening was on account not of his own sin, but because he made Israel to sin; but here it is because of his own evil works, as it follows: 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: worshipping the golden calves as they did: and because he killed him; either Jeroboam; for, according to Dr. Lightfoot f350, he was alive this year; rather Nadab the son of Jeroboam, who it is…”

“also by the hand of the prophet Jehu--This is not another prophecy, but merely an addition by the sacred historian, explanatory of the death of Baasha and the extinction of his family. The doom pronounced against Jeroboam (Kg1 14:9), did not entitle him to take the execution of the sentence into his own hands; but from his following the same calf-worship, he had evidently plotted the conspiracy and murder of that king in furtherance of his own ambitious designs; and hence, in his own assassination, he met the just reward of his deeds. The similitude to Jeroboam extends to their deaths as well as their lives--the reign of their sons, and the ruin of their families.”

“The natural position of this verse would be after 1 Kings 16:4 and before 1 Kings 16:5. But it may be regarded as added by the writer, somewhat irregularly, as an afterthought; its special force being to point out that the sentence on Baasha was intended to punish, not only his calf-worship, but emphatically his murder of Jeroboam and his family. Though the destruction of Jeroboam had been foretold, and though Baasha may be rightly regarded as God’s instrument to punish Jeroboam’s sins, yet, as he received no command to execute God’s wrath on the offender, and was instigated solely by ambition and self-interest, his guilt was just as great as if no prophecy had been uttered. Even Jehu’s…”

“Came, &c. - The meaning is, the message which came from the Lord to Jehu, Kg1 16:1, &c. was here delivered by the hand, the ministry of Jehu, unto Baasha. Jehu did what God commanded him in this matter, tho' it was not without apparent hazard to himself. 3 Kings (1 Kings) 16:8”

“the hand: Kg1 16:1, Kg1 16:2 and against his house: Exo 20:5 in provoking: Kg1 16:13 with the work: Psa 115:4; Isa 2:8, Isa 44:9-20 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. Kg1 14:14, Kg1 15:27-29; Kg2 10:30, Kg2 10:31; Isa 10:6, Isa 10:7; Hos 1:4; Act 2:23, Act 4:27, Act 4:28 3 Kings (1 Kings) 16:8”