Introduction
Overview
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 14 . 31 , 2 Chronicles 13 . 1 , 2-22
Reciprocal . 1 Chronicles 3 . 10 . Abia 2 Chronicles 11 . 20 . Abijah
his mother's . 1 Kings 15 . 13 , 2 Chronicles 11 . 20-22
Maachah . 2 Chronicles 13 . 2 , Michaiah the daughter of Uriel
Abishalom . 2 Chronicles 11 . 21 , Absalom
Reciprocal . 1 Kings 15 . 10 . mother's 1 Kings 22 . 42 . And his mother's 2 Chronicles 15 . 16 . the mother
all the sins . 1 Kings 14 . 21 , 1 Kings 14 . 22
and his heart . 1 Kings 3 . 14 , 1 Kings 11 . 4 , 1 Kings 11 . 33 , 2 Kings 20 . 3 , 2 Chronicles 25 . 2 , 2 Chronicles 31 . 20 , 2 Chronicles 31 . 21 , Psalm 119 . 80
Reciprocal . 1 Kings 3 . 3 . walking 1 Kings 8 . 61 . perfect 1 Kings 14 . 31 . Rehoboam 1 Kings 15 . 5 . David 1 Kings 15 . 11 . Asa 1 Kings 15 . 12 . all the idols 1 Kings 15 . 14 . was perfect 2 Kings 13 . 6 . walked 2 Kings 14 . 3 . he did 2 Kings 16 . 2 . did not 2 Kings 17 . 7 . the Lord 2 Chronicles 17 . 3 . he walked Psalm 51 . 10 . right Acts 13 . 22 . I have Hebrews 10 . 22 . a true Revelation 3 . 2 . thy works
for David's . 1 Kings 11 . 12 , 1 Kings 11 . 32 , Genesis 12 . 2 , Genesis 19 . 29 , Genesis 26 . 5 , Deuteronomy 4 . 37 , 2 Samuel 7 . 12-16 , Isaiah 37 . 35 , Jeremiah 33 . 20-26 , Romans 11 . 28
give him . 1 Kings 11 . 36 , 2 Chronicles 21 . 7 , Psalm 132 . 17 , Luke 1 . 69-79 , Luke 2 . 32 , John 8 . 12 , Revelation 22 . 16
lamp . or , candle , Psalm 18 . 28
and to establish . Psalm 87 . 5 , Isaiah 9 . 7 , Isaiah 14 . 32 , Isaiah 62 . 7 , Jeremiah 33 . 2 , Micah 4 . 1 , Micah 4 . 2 , Matthew 16 . 18
Reciprocal . 2 Samuel 21 . 17 . quench 2 Kings 8 . 19 . for David 2 Kings 16 . 5 . but could not 2 Kings 19 . 34 . my servant 2 Chronicles 17 . 3 . he walked 2 Chronicles 22 . 11 . she slew him not Psalm 132 . 10 . thy servant Proverbs 17 . 6 . and the Isaiah 38 . 5 . God
David . 1 Kings 15 . 3 , 1 Kings 14 . 8 , 2 Kings 22 . 2 , 2 Chronicles 34 . 2 , Psalm 119 . 6 , Luke 1 . 6 , Acts 13 . 22 , Acts 13 . 36
save only . 2 Samuel 11 . 4 , 2 Samuel 11 . 15-17 , 2 Samuel 12 . 9 , 2 Samuel 12 . 10 , Psalm 51 . 1 , *title
Reciprocal . Deuteronomy 17 . 20 . he turn 1 Samuel 25 . 28 . evil hath 2 Samuel 23 . 39 . Uriah 1 Kings 3 . 6 . according 1 Kings 3 . 14 . as thy 1 Kings 9 . 4 . And if thou 1 Kings 22 . 43 . he turned 2 Kings 8 . 19 . for David 2 Kings 18 . 3 . according 2 Kings 23 . 25 . that turned 1 Chronicles 21 . 7 . And God was displeased with this thing 2 Chronicles 31 . 20 . wrought Psalm 44 . 18 . heart Psalm 78 . 72 . according Psalm 132 . 10 . thy servant Proverbs 6 . 33 . and his Matthew 1 . 6 . her
there was war . 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 1 Kings 14 . 30 , and a repetition which interrupts the history of Abijah. (See note on 2 Chronicles 13 . 3 , etc). 1 Kings 14 . 30
Reciprocal . 1 Kings 15 . 16 . General 1 Chronicles 3 . 10 . Rehoboam 2 Chronicles 13 . 2 . And there was
the rest . 1 Kings 14 . 29 , 2 Chronicles 13 . 2 , 2 Chronicles 13 . 21 , 2 Chronicles 13 . 22
there was war . 2 Chronicles 13 . 3-20
Reciprocal . 1 Kings 14 . 30 . General 1 Kings 15 . 16 . General 1 Kings 15 . 23 . rest of all 2 Kings 20 . 20 . the book
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Abijam . 1 Kings 14 . 1 , 1 Kings 14 . 31 , 2 Chronicles 14 . 1
Asa . 1 Chronicles 3 . 9 , Matthew 1 . 7 , Matthew 1 . 8
Reciprocal . 1 Kings 11 . 43 . slept 1 Kings 15 . 23 . rest of all 1 Chronicles 3 . 10 . Asa
Reciprocal . 2 Chronicles 13 . 20 . he died
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mother's . that is , grandmother's. 1 Kings 15 . 2 , 1 Kings 15 . 13 , 2 Chronicles 11 . 20 , 2 Chronicles 11 . 21 , 2 Chronicles 13 . 2
Reciprocal . 1 Kings 22 . 42 . And his mother's 2 Chronicles 15 . 16 . the mother
Asa . 1 Kings 15 . 3 , 2 Chronicles 14 . 2 , 2 Chronicles 14 . 11 , 2 Chronicles 15 . 17 , 2 Chronicles 16 . 7-10
Reciprocal . 1 Kings 22 . 43 . he walked 2 Kings 18 . 3 . according 2 Chronicles 20 . 32 . the way 2 Chronicles 21 . 12 . in the ways of Asa
the sodomites . 1 Kings 14 . 24 , 1 Kings 22 . 46 , Romans 1 . 26 , Romans 1 . 27 , Jude 1 . 7
all the idols . 1 Kings 15 . 3 , 1 Kings 11 . 7 , 1 Kings 11 . 8 , 1 Kings 14 . 23 , 2 Chronicles 14 . 2-5 , Ezekiel 20 . 18 , Ezekiel 20 . 19 , Zechariah 1 . 2-6 , 1 Peter 1 . 18
Reciprocal . Deuteronomy 23 . 17 . sodomite 2 Kings 18 . 4 . brake 2 Kings 23 . 7 . the sodomites 2 Chronicles 14 . 3 . the high places Hosea 4 . 14 . and they
Maachah . 1 Kings 15 . 2 , 1 Kings 15 . 10 , 2 Chronicles 15 . 15 , 2 Chronicles 15 . 16-19
his mother . Deuteronomy 13 . 6-11 , Deuteronomy 33 . 9 , Zechariah 13 . 3 , Matthew 10 . 37 , Matthew 12 . 46-50 , 2 Corinthians 5 . 16 , Galatians 2 . 5 , Galatians 2 . 6 , Galatians 2 . 14
destroyed . Heb. cut off , Leviticus 26 . 30 , Deuteronomy 7 . 5 , 2 Kings 18 . 4 , 2 Kings 23 . 12-15 , 2 Chronicles 34 . 4
and burnt . Exodus 32 . 20 , Deuteronomy 9 . 21 , Joshua 6 . 24
the brook . 2 Samuel 15 . 23 , 2 Kings 23 . 6 , John 18 . 1 , Cedron
Reciprocal . Deuteronomy 12 . 3 . and burn 1 Kings 2 . 37 . over the 1 Kings 18 . 19 . prophets of the groves 2 Kings 17 . 16 . a grove
the high places . 1 Kings 22 . 43 , 2 Kings 12 . 3 , 2 Kings 14 . 4 , 2 Kings 15 . 4 , 2 Chronicles 14 . 3 , 2 Chronicles 14 . 5
was perfect . 1 Kings 15 . 3 , 1 Kings 8 . 61 , 1 Kings 11 . 4 , 2 Chronicles 15 . 17 , 2 Chronicles 15 . 18 , 2 Chronicles 16 . 9 , 2 Chronicles 25 . 2
Reciprocal . 1 Kings 3 . 3 . only he 2 Kings 18 . 4 . removed 2 Kings 20 . 3 . a perfect heart 2 Chronicles 14 . 2 . good and right 2 Chronicles 15 . 16 . cut down Isaiah 38 . 3 . a perfect
he brought . 1 Kings 7 . 51 , 1 Chronicles 26 . 26-28 , 2 Chronicles 14 . 13 , 2 Chronicles 15 . 18
things . Heb. holy
Reciprocal . 1 Kings 15 . 18 . Asa 2 Kings 18 . 15 . General 1 Chronicles 28 . 12 . the treasuries
1 Kings 15 . 6 , 1 Kings 15 . 7 , 1 Kings 15 . 32 , 1 Kings 14 . 30 , 2 Chronicles 16 . 1-6
Reciprocal . 2 Samuel 3 . 1 . long war 1 Kings 15 . 27 . Baasha the son 2 Chronicles 15 . 19 . five and thirtieth
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Baasha . 1 Kings 15 . 27 , 2 Chronicles 16 . 1-6
Ramah . 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. 1 Kings 15 . 21 , Joshua 18 . 25 , 1 Samuel 15 . 34 , Jeremiah 31 . 15
he might not suffer . 1 Kings 12 . 27 , 2 Chronicles 11 . 13-17
Reciprocal . 1 Kings 12 . 25 . built 2 Chronicles 15 . 19 . five and thirtieth Jeremiah 41 . 9 . for fear
Asa . 1 Kings 15 . 15 , 1 Kings 14 . 26 , 2 Kings 12 . 18 , 2 Kings 18 . 15 , 2 Kings 18 . 16 , 2 Chronicles 15 . 18 , 2 Chronicles 16 . 2-6
Benhadad . 1 Kings 20 . 1-5 , 1 Kings 20 . 33 , 1 Kings 20 . 34 , 2 Kings 8 . 7-15
Damascus . 1 Kings 11 . 23 , 1 Kings 11 . 24 , Genesis 14 . 15 , Genesis 15 . 2 , Jeremiah 49 . 27 , Amos 1 . 4
Reciprocal . 2 Kings 14 . 14 . all the gold 1 Chronicles 26 . 20 . treasures 1 Chronicles 28 . 12 . the treasuries 2 Chronicles 12 . 9 . took away
There is a league . 2 Chronicles 19 . 2 , Isaiah 31 . 1
break thy league . 2 Samuel 21 . 2 , 2 Chronicles 16 . 3 , Ezekiel 17 . 13-16 , Romans 1 . 31 , Romans 3 . 8
depart . Heb. go up
Reciprocal . Genesis 43 . 11 . carry down 1 Kings 5 . 12 . they two 2 Kings 18 . 15 . General Ecclesiastes 2 . 4 . I builded Isaiah 9 . 1 . when
Ijon . 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
Dan . 1 Kings 12 . 29 , Genesis 14 . 14 , Judges 18 . 29 , Abel-beth-maachah , 2 Samuel 20 . 14 , 2 Samuel 20 . 15
Cinneroth . Joshua 11 . 2 , Joshua 12 . 3
Reciprocal . 1 Kings 20 . 1 . Benhadad 1 Kings 20 . 34 . The cities 2 Chronicles 16 . 4 . Ijon Isaiah 9 . 1 . when
when Baasha . 2 Chronicles 16 . 5
Tirzah . 1 Kings 14 . 17 , 1 Kings 16 . 15-18 , Song of Solomon 6 . 4
Reciprocal . 1 Kings 15 . 17 . Ramah 1 Kings 16 . 6 . Tirzah 2 Kings 15 . 14 . Tirzah
made a proclamation . 2 Chronicles 16 . 6
exempted . Heb. free
Geba . Joshua 18 . 24 , Gaba , Joshua 21 . 17
Mizpah . Joshua 18 . 26 , 1 Samuel 7 . 5 , Mizpeh , Jeremiah 40 . 6 , Jeremiah 40 . 10
Reciprocal . Genesis 31 . 49 . Mizpah Joshua 11 . 3 . land 2 Kings 23 . 8 . Geba Zechariah 14 . 10 . from Geba
rest of all . 1 Kings 15 . 7 , 1 Kings 15 . 8 , 1 Kings 14 . 29-31
in the time . 2 Chronicles 16 . 12-14 , Psalm 90 . 10
Reciprocal . 1 Kings 22 . 39 . the rest 2 Kings 8 . 23 . General 2 Kings 20 . 20 . the book 2 Chronicles 16 . 11 . Judah Isaiah 10 . 29 . Geba
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was buried . Of his splendid and costly funeral we read in 2 Chronicles 16 . 14.
Jehoshaphat . 1 Kings 22 . 41-43 , 2 Chronicles 17 . 1-9 , Matthew 1 . 8 , Josaphat
Reciprocal . 1 Kings 11 . 43 . slept 1 Kings 14 . 31 . Rehoboam 1 Kings 22 . 2 . Jehoshaphat 1 Kings 22 . 50 . in the city 1 Chronicles 3 . 10 . Jehoshaphat 2 Chronicles 16 . 13 . slept
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Nadab . 1 Kings 14 . 12 , 1 Kings 14 . 20
began to reign . Heb. reigned
Reciprocal . 1 Kings 14 . 10 . I will bring 1 Kings 16 . 6 . Baasha 1 Kings 16 . 21 . divided 1 Kings 22 . 51 . two years 2 Kings 15 . 23 . and reigned two years 2 Kings 21 . 19 . two years Esther 2 . 21 . and sought Proverbs 28 . 2 . the transgression
he did evil . 1 Kings 16 . 7 , 1 Kings 16 . 25 , 1 Kings 16 . 30
walked . 1 Kings 12 . 28-33 , 1 Kings 13 . 33 , 1 Kings 13 . 34
in his sin . 1 Kings 15 . 30 , 1 Kings 15 . 34 , 1 Kings 14 . 16 , 1 Kings 16 . 19 , 1 Kings 16 . 26 , 1 Kings 21 . 22 , 1 Kings 22 . 52 , Genesis 20 . 9 , Exodus 32 . 21 , 1 Samuel 2 . 24 , 2 Kings 3 . 3 , 2 Kings 21 . 11 , 2 Kings 23 . 15 , Jeremiah 32 . 35 , Romans 14 . 15 , 1 Corinthians 8 . 10-13
Reciprocal . 2 Chronicles 33 . 9 . made Judah Ezekiel 23 . 5 . Aholah
Baasha the son . 1 Kings 15 . 16 , 1 Kings 15 . 17 , 1 Kings 14 . 14
conspired . 1 Kings 16 . 9 , 2 Kings 12 . 20
Gibbethon . 1 Kings 16 . 15 , 1 Kings 16 . 17 , Joshua 19 . 44 , Joshua 21 . 23
Reciprocal . 1 Kings 16 . 7 . because he killed him 2 Kings 9 . 14 . conspired 2 Kings 21 . 23 . General
Reciprocal . 1 Kings 16 . 21 . divided 2 Kings 8 . 15 . so that he died 2 Kings 15 . 10 . slew him Proverbs 28 . 2 . the transgression Jeremiah 41 . 7 . slew Hosea 7 . 7 . devoured
he left not . 1 Kings 14 . 9-16 , 2 Kings 9 . 7-10 , 2 Kings 9 . 36 , 2 Kings 9 . 37 , 2 Kings 10 . 10 , 2 Kings 10 . 11 , 2 Kings 10 . 31 , 2 Kings 19 . 25
Reciprocal . Joshua 10 . 40 . utterly 1 Kings 13 . 34 . to cut it off 1 Kings 16 . 3 . will make thy house 1 Kings 16 . 11 . he slew 1 Kings 21 . 22 . make thine 2 Kings 9 . 9 . like the house Jeremiah 41 . 7 . slew
the sins . 1 Kings 15 . 26 , 1 Kings 14 . 9-16
by his provocation . 1 Kings 14 . 22
Reciprocal . Joshua 22 . 25 . make 1 Samuel 2 . 24 . ye make 1 Kings 11 . 26 . Jeroboam 1 Kings 13 . 34 . to cut it off 1 Kings 14 . 16 . who did sin 1 Kings 16 . 3 . will make thy house 1 Kings 16 . 13 . in provoking 1 Kings 16 . 19 . in doing 1 Kings 21 . 22 . made Israel to sin 2 Kings 21 . 11 . made Judah 2 Kings 23 . 15 . the altar Jeremiah 32 . 35 . to cause Ezekiel 23 . 5 . Aholah Hosea 6 . 10 . there
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are they not written . 1 Kings 14 . 19 , 1 Kings 16 . 5 , 1 Kings 16 . 14 , 1 Kings 16 . 20 , 1 Kings 16 . 27
Reciprocal . 1 Kings 22 . 39 . the rest 2 Chronicles 15 . 19 . five and thirtieth 2 Chronicles 33 . 18 . in the book
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there was war . 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
Reciprocal . 2 Samuel 3 . 1 . long war 2 Chronicles 16 . 9 . henceforth
twenty and four years . 1 Kings 16 . 8
Reciprocal . 1 Kings 14 . 17 . Tirzah 1 Kings 16 . 1 . Hanani 2 Kings 15 . 14 . Tirzah 2 Chronicles 15 . 19 . five and thirtieth Song of Solomon 6 . 4 . as Tirzah
he did evil . 1 Kings 15 . 26
walked . 1 Kings 15 . 26 , 1 Kings 12 . 28 , 1 Kings 12 . 29 , 1 Kings 13 . 33 , 1 Kings 13 . 34 , 1 Kings 14 . 16 , Isaiah 1 . 4
Reciprocal . Deuteronomy 12 . 13 . General 1 Kings 14 . 9 . hast done 1 Kings 16 . 2 . thou hast walked 1 Kings 16 . 19 . in his 1 Kings 21 . 22 . made Israel to sin 1 Kings 22 . 52 . and in the way 2 Kings 3 . 3 . which made