Now the rest of the acts of Elah and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
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
And it came to pass, that when Zimri saw that the city was taken,.... That Omri, and the army with him, had got into it, being a place not much fortified, and Zimri not having force enough to defend it against such an army: that he went into the palace of the king's house; into the innermost and most splendid, as well as the strongest...
1Ki 16:12-14 “According to the word of the Lord;” see at 1Ki 16:1. כּל־חטּאות אל, with regard to all, i.e., on account of all the sins (compare 1Ki 16:7, where על is used). בּהבליהם, through their nothingnesses, i.e., their idols, by which the golden calves are meant.
Commenting on 1 Kings 16:12-14