Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Kings 16:7
1 Kings 16:7. And also by the hand of the Prophet Jehu The order of the narrative seems to be here much confused, to restore which Houbigant places this seventh verse before the fifth and sixth. Came the word of the Lord against Baasha The meaning is, the message which came from the Lord to Jehu, (1 Kings 16:1-4,) was here delivered by the hand, that is, the ministry of Jehu unto Baasha. Jehu did what God commanded in this matter, though it was not without apparent hazard to... read more
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 16:8
Two years - i. e., More than one year, or, at any rate, some portion of two distinct years (compare 1 Kings 16:10). read more