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Selected Verse: 1 Kings 15:16 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 1Ki 15:16 |
Strong Concordance |
And there was war [04421] between Asa [0609] and Baasha [01201] king [04428] of Israel [03478] all their days [03117]. |
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King James |
And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days--Asa enjoyed a ten years' peace after Jeroboam's defeat by Abijam, and this interval was wisely and energetically spent in making internal reforms, as well as increasing the means of national defense (Ch2 14:1-7). In the fifteenth year of his reign, however, the king of Israel commenced hostilities against him, and, invading his kingdom, erected a strong fortress at Ramah, which was near Gibeah, and only six Roman miles from Jerusalem. Afraid lest his subjects might quit his kingdom and return to the worship of their fathers, he wished to cut off all intercourse between the two nations. Ramah stood on an eminence overhanging a narrow ravine which separated Israel from Judah, and therefore he took up a hostile position in that place. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Baasha became king of Israel in the third year of Asa Kg1 15:33. The petty warfare which ordinarily prevailed on the borders of the two kingdoms continued "all the days" of Asa and Baasha. During the first ten years of Asa's reign he was little molested Ch2 14:1, Ch2 14:6. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| There was war - That is, there was continual enmity; see on Kg1 15:6 (note). But there was no open war till the thirty-sixth year of Asa, when Baasha, king of Israel, began to build Ramah, that he might prevent all communication between Israel and Judah; see Ch2 15:19; Ch2 16:1. But this does not agree with what is said here, Kg1 16:8, Kg1 16:9, that Elah, the son and successor of Baasha, was killed by Zimri, in the twenty-sixth year of the reign of Asa. Chronologers endeavor to reconcile this by saying that the years should be reckoned, not from the beginning of the reign of Asa, but from the separation of the kingdoms of Israel and Judah. It is most certain that Baasha could not make war upon Asa in the thirty-sixth year of his reign, when it is evident from this chapter that he was dead in the twenty-sixth year of that king. We must either adopt the mode of solution given by chronologists, or grant that there is a mistake in some of the numbers; most likely in the parallel places in Chronicles, but which we have no direct means of correcting. But the reader may compare Ch2 14:1, with Ch2 15:10, Ch2 15:19; Ch2 16:1. |
1 So Abijah [029] slept [07901] with his fathers [01], and they buried [06912] him in the city [05892] of David [01732]: and Asa [0609] his son [01121] reigned [04427] in his stead. In his days [03117] the land [0776] was quiet [08252] ten [06235] years [08141].
2 And Asa [0609] did [06213] that which was good [02896] and right [03477] in the eyes [05869] of the LORD [03068] his God [0430]:
3 For he took away [05493] the altars [04196] of the strange [05236] gods, and the high places [01116], and brake down [07665] the images [04676], and cut down [01438] the groves [0842]:
4 And commanded [0559] Judah [03063] to seek [01875] the LORD [03068] God [0430] of their fathers [01], and to do [06213] the law [08451] and the commandment [04687].
5 Also he took away [05493] out of all the cities [05892] of Judah [03063] the high places [01116] and the images [02553]: and the kingdom [04467] was quiet [08252] before [06440] him.
6 And he built [01129] fenced [04694] cities [05892] in Judah [03063]: for the land [0776] had rest [08252], and he had no war [04421] in those years [08141]; because the LORD [03068] had given him rest [05117].
7 Therefore he said [0559] unto Judah [03063], Let us build [01129] these cities [05892], and make about [05437] them walls [02346], and towers [04026], gates [01817], and bars [01280], while the land [0776] is yet before [06440] us; because we have sought [01875] the LORD [03068] our God [0430], we have sought [01875] him, and he hath given us rest [05117] on every side [05439]. So they built [01129] and prospered [06743].
6 And he built [01129] fenced [04694] cities [05892] in Judah [03063]: for the land [0776] had rest [08252], and he had no war [04421] in those years [08141]; because the LORD [03068] had given him rest [05117].
1 So Abijah [029] slept [07901] with his fathers [01], and they buried [06912] him in the city [05892] of David [01732]: and Asa [0609] his son [01121] reigned [04427] in his stead. In his days [03117] the land [0776] was quiet [08252] ten [06235] years [08141].
33 In the third [07969] year [08141] of Asa [0609] king [04428] of Judah [03063] began Baasha [01201] the son [01121] of Ahijah [0281] to reign [04427] over all Israel [03478] in Tirzah [08656], twenty [06242] and four [0702] years [08141].
1 In the six [08337] and thirtieth [07970] year [08141] of the reign [04438] of Asa [0609] Baasha [01201] king [04428] of Israel [03478] came up [05927] against Judah [03063], and built [01129] Ramah [07414], to the intent that [01115] he might let [05414] none go out [03318] or come in [0935] to Asa [0609] king [04428] of Judah [03063].
19 And there was no more war [04421] unto the five [02568] and thirtieth [07970] year [08141] of the reign [04438] of Asa [0609].
10 So they gathered themselves together [06908] at Jerusalem [03389] in the third [07992] month [02320], in the fifteenth [02568] [06240] year [08141] of the reign [04438] of Asa [0609].
1 So Abijah [029] slept [07901] with his fathers [01], and they buried [06912] him in the city [05892] of David [01732]: and Asa [0609] his son [01121] reigned [04427] in his stead. In his days [03117] the land [0776] was quiet [08252] ten [06235] years [08141].
9 And his servant [05650] Zimri [02174], captain [08269] of half [04276] his chariots [07393], conspired [07194] against him, as he was in Tirzah [08656], drinking [08354] himself drunk [07910] in the house [01004] of Arza [0777] steward of his house [01004] in Tirzah [08656].
8 In the twenty [06242] [08141] and sixth [08337] year [08141] of Asa [0609] king [04428] of Judah [03063] began Elah [0425] the son [01121] of Baasha [01201] to reign [04427] over Israel [03478] in Tirzah [08656], two years [08141].
1 In the six [08337] and thirtieth [07970] year [08141] of the reign [04438] of Asa [0609] Baasha [01201] king [04428] of Israel [03478] came up [05927] against Judah [03063], and built [01129] Ramah [07414], to the intent that [01115] he might let [05414] none go out [03318] or come in [0935] to Asa [0609] king [04428] of Judah [03063].
19 And there was no more war [04421] unto the five [02568] and thirtieth [07970] year [08141] of the reign [04438] of Asa [0609].
6 And there was war [04421] between Rehoboam [07346] and Jeroboam [03379] all the days [03117] of his life [02416].