1 Kings 16:4

Him that dieth of [Heb. to ; see note on 1 Kings 14:11 ] Baasha in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth of his in the fields shall the fowls of the air eat . [It may be these words, like those of the next two verses, were almost a formula, but if so, it is noticeable that precisely the same formula was used of Jeroboam a few years before, and Baasha knew well how it had been accomplished. "All the prophets in succession have the same message from God for the same sins" (Wordsworth).]