Reading for August 3rd

Read 1 Kings 15.33-16.7
In 15.33-16.7: Baasha of Israel.
In verse 34: the sin that Jeroboam caused Israel to commit was the worship at the shrines of Dan and Bethel (12.25-33).
In 16.1-4: This oracle predicts the demise of the house of Baasha in terms very similar to the one against Jeroboam in 14.7-11.
Both are likely the work of the deuteronomist.
In verse 7: This verse seems secondary because it is repetitive of vv. 1-4 and because it follows the closing formula for Baasha in vv. 5-6.
The last clause, and also because he destroyed it, has never been understood by some as "even though" he destroyed (The house of Jeroboam)."
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