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1 Kings 16:8

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In the twenty-sixth year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Elah son of Baasha became king of Israel, and he reigned in Tirzah two years.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah the son of Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, and reigned two years.

KJV

In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah the son of Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, two years.

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This verse in 1 Kings 16

Commentary

4 notes on this verse
In the twenty sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah the son of Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, two years. Not complete, for he died in the twenty seventh of Asa, 1Ki 16:10 he reigned just the time that Nadab the son of Jeroboam did, 1Ki 15:25.

This site's exposition

Elah son of Baasha became king of Israel

on 1 Kings 16:8-10

Elah reigns two years and dies drunk in the house of Arza his steward, while the army sits at the siege of Gibbethon. Zimri, “the commander of half his chariots”, kills him there. Nadab reigned two years, Elah two, and Zimri will reign seven days, each reign ending in blood.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

began Elah the son of Baasha to reign--(compare 1Ki 15:33). From this it will appear that Baasha died in the twenty-third year of his reign (see on 1Ki 15:2), and Elah, who was a prince of dissolute habits, reigned not fully two years.

quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — starts-lowercase

Two years - i. e., More than one year, or, at any rate, some portion of two distinct years (compare 1Ki 16:10).

The words behind it

15 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • בִּשְׁנַ֨תin year

    bishnatH8141 →877 times

  • עֶשְׂרִ֤יםtwenty

    ʾesrimH6242 →315 times

  • וָשֵׁשׁ֙and six

    vasheshH8337 →216 times

  • שָׁנָ֔הyear

    shanahH8141 →877 times

  • לְאָסָ֖אof Asa

    leasa'H609 →57 times

  • מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of

    melekhH4428 →2525 times

  • יְהוּדָ֑הJudah

    yehudahH3063 →819 times

  • מָ֠לַךְhe became king

    malakhH4427 →348 times

  • אֵלָ֨הElah

    ʾelahH425 →16 times

  • בֶן־[the] son of

    ven-H1121 →4930 times

  • בַּעְשָׁ֧אBaasha

    ba'sha'H1201 →28 times

  • עַל־over

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֛לIsrael

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • בְּתִרְצָ֖הin Tirzah

    betirtzahH8656 →18 times

  • שְׁנָתָֽיִם׃two years

    shenatayimH8141 →877 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

7 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

1 Kings 15:33In 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.2 works1 Kings 16:15In 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,2 works1 Kings 16:21At that time the people of Israel were divided: Half of the people supported Tibni son of Ginath as king, and half supported Omri.2 works1 Kings 16:23In 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.2 works1 Kings 16:6And Baasha rested with his fathers and was buried in Tirzah, and his son Elah reigned in his place.2 works2 Kings 15:23In the fiftieth year of Azariah’s reign over Judah, Pekahiah son of Menahem became king of Israel and reigned in Samaria two years.2 works
The other 1 cross-references, with their words ▾
2 Kings 21:19Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem two years. His mother’s name was Meshullemeth daughter of Haruz; she was from Jotbah.2 works

Where this verse is studied

About 1 Kings

The visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon, Sir Edward John Poynter, 1890. Public domain.
The visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon, Sir Edward John Poynter, 1890. Public domain.
1 Kings: the study guide →Read 1 Kings 16 →

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament.

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