So I am ready to burn up ¹  Baasha and his family, and make your family ²  like the family of Jeroboam son of Nebat.

biblegateway 1Ki 16:3

behold, I will consume Baasha and his house, and I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

take note: I will sweep away Baasha and his house, and I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam son of Nebat:

So I will destroy Baasha and his family. I will make his family like the family of Jeroboam (Nebat’s son).

biblegateway 1Ki 16:3

So I am about to consume Baasha and his house, and I will make your house like that of Jeroboam son of Nebat.

behold, I will utterly sweep away Baasha and his house, and I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

bibleoremus 1Ki 16:3

therefore, I will consume Baasha and his house, and I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam son of Nebat.

Therefore I am about to sweep away Baasha and his house and deal with it as I dealt with the house of Jeroboam son of Nebat.

biblegateway 1Ki 16:3

"surely I will take away the posterity of Baasha and the posterity of his house, and I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

Behold, I will take away the posterity of Baasha, and the posterity of his house; and will make thy house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

biblegateway 1Ki 16:3

So I am ready to burn up ¹  Baasha and his family, and make your family ²  like the family of Jeroboam son of Nebat.

¹ tn The traditional view understands the verb בָּעַר (ba’ar) to mean “burn.” However, an alternate view takes בָּעַר (ba’ar) as a homonym meaning “sweep away” (HALOT 146 s.v. II בער). In this case one might translate, “I am ready to sweep away Baasha and his family.” Either metaphor emphasizes the thorough and destructive nature of the coming judgment.

² tc The Old Greek, Syriac Peshitta, and some mss of the Targum have here “his house.”