Matthew Henry Presbyterian @wholebiblehenry

Here is, I. The ruin of the family of Baasha foretold. He was a man likely enough to have raised and established his family - active, politic, and daring; but he was an idolater, and this brought destruction upon his family. 1. God sent him warning of it before.

Commenting on 1 Kings 16:1-14

John Gill Reformed Baptist @doctorgill

Then the word of the Lord came to Jehu the son of Hanani,.... The seer that reproved Asa, Ch2 16:7, so that this man was the son of a prophet then living, and was a young man; for we hear of him several years after reproving Jehoshaphat, Ch2 19:2, and as a writer of history, Ch2 20:34, the prophecy that came to him from the...

Adam Clarke Methodist @methodicalclarke

Then the word of the Lord came to Jehu - Of this prophet we know nothing but from this circumstance. It appears from Ch2 16:7-10, that his father Hanani was also a prophet, and suffered imprisonment in consequence of the faithful discharge of his ministry to Asa.