1Ki 16:3-4 | MHM | STEP | v. 3 : God charged Baasha with serious sins. First, he made Israel sin by leading them away from God to worship idols, just like Jeroboam did (1 Kings 16:2; 1 Kings 16:7 ). Second, he angered God with the work of his hands, serving and making images—idols that people made themselves. Third, he destroyed Jeroboam’s family not to serve God, but out of his own selfish ambition (1 Kings 16:7 ). God wants people to do His work for the right reasons. If we do right things with wrong motives, we can still be guilty before God.

‏ 1 Kings 16:3-4

v. 3: God charged Baasha with serious sins. First, he made Israel sin by leading them away from God to worship idols, just like Jeroboam did (1 Kings 16:2; 1 Kings 16:7 ^a). Second, he angered God with the work of his hands, serving and making images—idols that people made themselves. Third, he destroyed Jeroboam’s family not to serve God, but out of his own selfish ambition (1 Kings 16:7 ^b). God wants people to do His work for the right reasons. If we do right things with wrong motives, we can still be guilty before God.

v. 4: God told Baasha that his family would be destroyed just like Jeroboam’s family (1 Kings 16:3-4 ^c). Anyone from Baasha’s family who died in the city would be eaten by dogs, and those who died in the fields would be eaten by birds. People who sin like others should expect the same punishments. This is similar to what happened to the house of Jehu (Hosea 1:4 ^d).