1 Kings 15:21 BSB — MannaFest

1 Kings 15:21

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

BSB

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ASV

And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off building Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah.

KJV

And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off building of Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah.

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Dwelt in Tirzah - This seems to have been the royal city; see 1Ki 15:33, and 1Ki 14:17; and in this Baasha was probably obliged to shut himself up.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

There he abode to defend his own kingdoms, and durst not return to oppose Asa, lest the Syrian king should make a second invasion. So Asa met with success in this ungodly course as good men sometimes meet with disappointment in a good cause and course. So there is no judging of causes by events.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַֽיְהִי֙	vay.Hi	and it was	H1961 →
כִּשְׁמֹ֣עַ	kish.Mo.a'	when heard	H8085 →
בַּעְשָׁ֔א	ba'.Sha'	Baasha	H1201 →
וַיֶּחְדַּ֕ל	vai.yech.Dal	and he ceased	H2308 →
מִבְּנ֖וֹת	mi.be.Not	from building	H1129 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הָֽרָמָ֑ה	ha.ra.Mah	<the> Ramah	H7414 →
וַיֵּ֖שֶׁב	vai.Ye.shev	and he remained	H3427 →
בְּתִרְצָֽה׃	be.tir.Tzah	in Tirzah	H8656 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Song of Solomon 6:4
You are as beautiful, my darling, as Tirzah, as lovely as Jerusalem, as majestic as troops with banners.
leads to
- Song of Solomon 6:10
  Who is this who shines like the dawn, as fair as the moon, as bright as the sun, as majestic as the stars in procession?
- Psalms 48:2
  Beautiful in loftiness, the joy of all the earth, like the peaks of Zaphon is Mount Zion, the city of the great King.
- 1 Kings 14:17
  Then Jeroboam’s wife got up and departed for Tirzah, and as soon as she stepped over the threshold of the house, the boy died.
Through
1 Kings 14:17
Then Jeroboam’s wife got up and departed for Tirzah, and as soon as she stepped over the threshold of the house, the boy died.
leads to
- 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.
- 1 Kings 16:23
  In the thirty-first year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Omri became king of Israel, and he reigned twelve years, six of them in Tirzah.
- 1 Kings 16:15
  In the twenty-seventh year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Zimri reigned in Tirzah for seven days. Now the troops were encamped against Gibbethon of the Philistines,
Through
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.
leads to
- 1 Kings 12:27
  If these people go up to offer sacrifices in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, their hearts will return to their lord, Rehoboam king of Judah; then they will kill me and return…
- 2 Chronicles 16:1–6
  In the thirty-sixth year of Asa’s reign, Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah and fortified Ramah to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the territory of Asa king of Judah.

About 1 Kings

The Judgment of Solomon — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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PlaceHill country of EphraimRamahSamuel's home town, the seat of his circuit as judge, the place David fled to, and the prophet's burial place.

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Where the connections lead

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06About 1 Kings

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

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About 1 Kings