1 Kings 15:27-30; 16:11-13 ESV
27 Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him[Nadab]. And Baasha struck him down at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines, for Nadab and all Israel were laying siege to Gibbethon. 28 So Baasha killed him in the third year of Asa king of Judah and reigned in his place. 29 And as soon as he was king, he killed all the house of Jeroboam. He left to the house of Jeroboam not one that breathed, until he had destroyed it, according to the word of the Lord that he spoke by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite. 30 It was for the sins of Jeroboam that he sinned and that he made Israel to sin, and because of the anger to which he provoked the Lord, the God of Israel.

11 When he[Zimri] began to reign, as soon as he had seated himself on his throne, he struck down all the house of Baasha. He did not leave him a single male of his relatives or his friends. 12 Thus Zimri destroyed all the house of Baasha, according to the word of the Lord, which he spoke against Baasha by Jehu the prophet, 13 for all the sins of Baasha and the sins of Elah his son, which they sinned and which they made Israel to sin, provoking the Lord God of Israel to anger with their idols.

DON’T PROVOKE THE LORD TO ANGER.
Baasah, son of Abijah, became king by carrying a coup d’etat against Nadab, the wicked son of Jeroboam. And as soon as he was king, he killed all the house of Jeroboam. He left to the house of Jeroboam not one that breathed, until he had destroyed it, according to the word of the Lord that he spoke by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite.[v.29]

When Baasah died after 24 year reign, his son Elah became king. His reign was shortlived. During his second year, Zimri killed him as his father Baasah killed Nadab. What goes around comes around. What a man sows that will he also reap later.

However, there is an indictment from God consistent to these events. The Lord allowed this to happen for “they made Israel to sin, provoking the Lord God of Israel to anger with their idols.”[1 Kings 15:30; 16:13] Previously, Yahweh had declared through Moses, saying, “You shall have no other gods before me. You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me.” [Ex 20:3-5]

God is a jealous God. He won’t tolerate that glory would be attributed to any of His creation. “For my own sake, for my own sake, I do it, for how should my name be profaned? My glory I will not give to another.”[Isa 48:11]

Thus, the apostle John had argued, “And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life. Little children, keep yourselves from idols.”[1 John 5:20,21]

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