Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 15

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1 Kings 15 . 1 , Abijam’s wicked reign; 1 Kings 15 . 7 , Asa succeeds him; 1 Kings 15 . 9 , Asa’s good reign; 1 Kings 15 . 16 , The war between Baasha and him causes him to make a league with Bed-hadad; 1 Kings 15 . 23 , Jehoshaphat succeeds Asa; 1 Kings 15 . 25 , Nadab’s wicked reign; 1 Kings 15 . 27 , Baasha conspiring against him , executes Ahijah’s prophecy; 1 Kings 15 . 31 , Nadab’s acts and death; 1 Kings 15 . 33 , Baasha’s wicked reign.

1 Kings 15:1

In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijam became king of Judah,

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1 Kings 15:2

and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother's name was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.

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1 Kings 15:3

And Abijam walked in all the sins that his father before him had committed, and his heart was not as fully devoted to the LORD his God as the heart of David his forefather had been.

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all the sins2 parallels

and his heart8 parallels

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1 Kings 15:4

Nevertheless, for the sake of David, the LORD his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem by raising up a son to succeed him and to make Jerusalem strong.

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for David's10 parallels

give him7 parallels

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or , candle

and to establish8 parallels

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1 Kings 15:5

For David had done what was right in the eyes of the LORD and had not turned aside from anything the LORD commanded all the days of his life, except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.

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1 Kings 15:6

And there was war between the houses of Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of Abijam's life.

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Instead of Rehoboam fourteen manuscripts , the Arabic , and some copies of the Targum , read Abijam. The Syriac has "Abia , the son of Rehoboam;" and the Editio Princeps of the Vulgate has Abia. This is doubtless the true reading , as otherwise it would be an unnecessary repetition of

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1 Kings 15:7

As for the rest of the acts of Abijam, along with all his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.

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1 Kings 15:8

And Abijam rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David, and his son Asa reigned in his place.

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1 Kings 15:9

In the twentieth year of Jeroboam's reign over Israel, Asa became king of Judah,

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1 Kings 15:10

and he reigned in Jerusalem forty-one years. His grandmother’s name was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.

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that is , grandmother's

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1 Kings 15:11

And Asa did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, as his father David had done.

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1 Kings 15:12

He banished the male shrine prostitutes from the land and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.

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1 Kings 15:13

He also removed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made a detestable Asherah pole. Asa chopped down the pole and burned it in the Kidron Valley.

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destroyed5 parallels

Heb. cut off

and burnt3 parallels

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1 Kings 15:14

The high places were not removed, but Asa’s heart was fully devoted to the LORD all his days.

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1 Kings 15:15

And he brought into the house of the LORD the silver and gold and other articles that he and his father had dedicated.

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things Heb. holy

1 Kings 15:16

Now there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel throughout their days.

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1 Kings 15:17

Baasha king of Israel went to war against Judah and fortified Ramah to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the territory of Asa king of Judah.

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By building Ramah is here meant fortifying it , in order to prevent all intercourse with the kingdom of Judah , lest his subjects should cleave to the house of David . for Ramah was a city of Benjamin , situated on the confines of both kingdoms , probably on a hill , as the name imports , commanding a narrow defile between the mountains , through which lay the principal road to Jerusalem; so that a fortification being erected here , no communication could be held between the people of Israel and Judah , without Baasha's permission

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1 Kings 15:18

So Asa withdrew all the silver and gold that remained in the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the royal palace. He entrusted it to his servants and sent them with this message to Ben-hadad son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion king of Aram, who was ruling in Damascus:

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1 Kings 15:19

“Let there be a treaty between me and you, between my father and your father. See, I have sent you a gift of silver and gold. Now go and break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel, so that he will withdraw from me.”

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depart Heb. go up

1 Kings 15:20

And Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel, conquering Ijon, Dan, Abel-beth-maacah, and the whole land of Naphtali, including the region of Chinnereth.

1 Kings 15:20 · BSB

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Probably the same as Hazar-enan , a frontier town to Damascus

  • Ezekiel 48:1 and perhaps the Inna of Coele-Syria , long. 68 degrees and a half , lat. 33 degrees , according to Ptolemy
  • 2 Kings 15:29

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1 Kings 15:21

When Baasha learned of this, he stopped fortifying Ramah and withdrew to Tirzah.

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1 Kings 15:22

Then King Asa summoned all the men of Judah, with no exceptions, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and the timbers Baasha had used for building. And with these materials King Asa built up Geba of Benjamin, as well as Mizpah.

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exempted Heb. free

1 Kings 15:23

Now the rest of the acts of Asa, along with all his might, all his accomplishments, and the cities he built, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? In his old age, however, he became diseased in his feet.

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1 Kings 15:24

And Asa rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the city of his father David, and his son Jehoshaphat reigned in his place.

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was buried Of his splendid and costly funeral we read in 2 Chronicles 16 . 14.

1 Kings 15:25

In the second year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Nadab son of Jeroboam became king of Israel, and he reigned two years.

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began to reign Heb. reigned

1 Kings 15:26

And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and walked in the way of his father and in his sin, which he had caused Israel to commit.

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1 Kings 15:27

Then Baasha son of Ahijah of the house of Issachar conspired against Nadab, and Baasha struck him down at Gibbethon of the Philistines while Nadab and all Israel were besieging the city.

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1 Kings 15:28

In the third year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Baasha killed Nadab and reigned in his place.

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1 Kings 15:29

As soon as Baasha became king, he struck down the entire household of Jeroboam. He did not leave to Jeroboam anyone that breathed, but destroyed them all according to the word that the LORD had spoken through His servant Ahijah the Shilonite,

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1 Kings 15:30

because of the sins Jeroboam had committed and had caused Israel to commit, and because he had provoked the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger.

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1 Kings 15:31

As for the rest of the acts of Nadab, along with all his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

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1 Kings 15:32

And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel throughout their days.

1 Kings 15:32 · BSB

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That is , there was a constant spirit of hostility kept up between the two kingdoms , and no doubt frequent skirmishing between the bordering parties; but there was no open war till Baasha king of Israel began to build Ramah , which was , according to

  • 2 Chronicles 15:19
  • 2 Chronicles 16:1 in the thirty-sixth year of Asa; but according to
  • 1 Kings 16:8
  • 1 Kings 16:9 his son was killed by Zimri in the twenty-sixth year of Asa , and consequently he could not make war upon him in the thirty-sixth year of his reign. Chronologers endeavour to reconcile this , by saying that the years should be reckoned , not from the beginning of Asa's reign , but from the separation of the kingdoms of Israel and Judah. We must either adopt this mode of solution , or admit that there is a mistake in some of the numbers , probably in the parallel places in Chronicles , but which we have no direct means of correcting
  • 1 Kings 15:16

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1 Kings 15:33

In the third year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Baasha son of Ahijah became king of all Israel, and he reigned in Tirzah twenty-four years.

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1 Kings 15:34

And Baasha did evil in the sight of the LORD and walked in the way of Jeroboam and in his sin, which he had caused Israel to commit.

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Quotations 2 Chronicles 13:1-22 → 1 Kings 15:1-8, 2 Chronicles 13:1-23 → 1 Kings 15:1-8, 2 Chronicles 14:1 → 1 Kings 15:9-24
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