“And also by the hand of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the word of the LORD against Baasha, and against his house, even for all the evil that he did in the sight of the LORD, in provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam; and because he killed him.”
King James Version (KJV)
16:7 Came, &c. - The meaning is, the message which came fromthe Lord to Jehu, ver.#1|, &c. was here deliveredby the hand, the ministry of Jehu, unto Baasha. Jehu didwhat God commanded him in this matter, tho' it was notwithout apparent hazard to himself.